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The Lighting Nerds
by The Lighting Nerds
Lighting Nerds is a bi-monthly podcast that talks about the technology used in entertainment lighting, lighting industry news, hosts interviews with people in the field, and general banter about lighting.
Episodes
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Episode 046: CRI doesn't matter for anything
Did you hear about the three holes in the ground? Well, well, well... JOIN THE FRIGGIN DISCORD, NERD In this episode: Hear the sounds of hope and anticipation of the 47th President of the United States not being a insane person! Ah, 'twas a simpler time... Embark on a journey through Ayrton's...
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Episode 045: And It Also Powers Your Sawzall
It's episode 045, a most inauspicious number. Last episode EVER...to be recorded on this beast of a Mac Pro tower from 2010. You've been good to me, CODA. In this episode: -The Robe iBolt. We also chat about laser sources in general, and opine as to why FDA treats them so -The Martin MAC Viper…
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Episode 044: Where All the Cars Were, Man?
It's the Lighting Nerds! Into Logic and out of it again in an actually reasonable amount of time, belive it or not. Though sort of unreasonable when it comes to how long it's been since we released. Don't forget to join the Discord: https://discord.gg/vGPDbhU And hear other great pods at...
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Episode 043 - Gosh
Zounds! We're back again with a fresh helpin' of down-home, Wisconsin-grade minced oaths. We've got so much forking content to get through that if we don't get talking, we might driven to harder words like frickin' or shirtballs. At least there won't be any trolley problems. In this episode: News...
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Episode 042 - It's A Hundred Grand Panini Press
It's the Lighting Nerds, nerding out about lighting, of all things! In this episode: -The GLP X5 series, which uses four emitter colors...confusingly -The KL series profile - The passing of Richard "Nook" Schoenfeld - Tea Time: Thoughts about the grandMA 3. Spoiler alert: not all good! - Lighting...
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Episode 041 - Even Squarespace Wont' Touch Us
It's episode 041! Not episode 042. That's the next episode. You know, I made some really delicious brussels sprouts tonight, they were like...flavor sponges. They were SO GOOD with the mustard and maple sauce that I made. Anyway...where am I? Who are you people? This episode was recorded in…
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Episode 040 - Whatever the Average Weight of a Goat Was
Yeah, we still podcast. Sometimes. In this day and age of little work, sometimes we seem to have even less time to get together to pod. Certainly, it affects our motivation. But we have mustered some up for you, dear listeners, so let's dive into this year's week's episode. New fixtures: the…
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Episode 039: There Are Actually Wizards Who Create These Files In the Nether Realm
Because we suck at publishing, it's been a while. But here's a new episode, and it's 39, which is a LUCKY NUMBER. In this episode: The Chroma-Q thing that has some cool gears for focusing. Craig is amazed, because he's never seen that before, but apparently it's a thing Drafty 4.0: It's…
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Episode 038 - I Got A Rock
It's our THIRTY EIGHTH episode. Craig has finally moved, and finally got this edited. Geez. Two locations, two webinars, and a broken lead pipe later...we are finally releasing this old thang. Anyway. In this episode: ChamSys MQ500 Robe Tetra1 grandMA3 OnPC XT Grant Imahara's death Tea Time:...
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Episode 037 - That Covers Opening Banter
Geeze, United States. We leave the room for ONE SECOND and everything goes up in flames, at times literally. To those who have asked: Craig is fine. (He lives in the Twin Cities, but all is well) In this episode: Alex and Craig talk about the protests surrounding the death of George Floyd New…
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Episode 036 - Defer to Llama on All the Tough Topics
In the midst of the global pandemic, we offer you this commentary on the state of the lighting industry. I have very few pithy comments this week, because this pandemic is just so emotionally draining. The strain of prolonged isolation is truly monumental. Hang in there, everyone. I'm feeling it,...
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Episode 035 - Today's Keyword is COVID
Yeah, we know you haven't thought about COVID-19 for like...ten seconds, but here we are anyway, talking about it. At least, like, a little. It's the episode featuring the OG Lighting Nerd, Gavin Lake! Say hello, Gavin. In this episode: Industry news: God almighty, the mother effing coronavirus....
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Episode 034 - Your New Pocket Friend
It's a Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/Las Posadas/Eid-al-Adha/Diwali/Festivus miracle! An episode: shiny, new, episode 034. Curl up in front of the fire, break out the Glögg, or if you're like Craig, Templeton Rye and have yourself a merry little whatever with The Lighting Nerds. I really should…
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Episode 033 - Like If Somebody Shaved A Zebra
We're back with the hackneyed animal similes. In this episode: The Chauvet Maverick MK3 We talk about having network connectivity such as sACN/Artnet vs physical DMX that loops thru etc. And some other stuff The Martin ERA 300/Martin ELP Profile Range The new generation of visualizers Tea Time...
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Episode 032 - Shooting At X-Wings Coming Down the Trench
It's The Lighting Nerds, episode 032. That's an exponent of 8, which makes this episode extra-special. We also have Jose, my old L2 from Halsey, filling in for Alex, who's off making money for this ep. In this ep: Industry news and fixture talk The Martin MAC Allure It's cool, I want to see a rig...
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Episode 031 - I'm Really Doing Host Effacing Right Now
It's Episode 031! Craig and Alex are back, Craig had a baby. Well, his partner did anyway. It's the Episode with the title card you'll have to listen to the whole thing to get. In this episode: Industry news We do not talk about the new Clay-Paky light, because I have conflicting information…
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Episode 030 - To Use A Millennial Phrase, It Just Triggers Me
Woah, two eps in the space of a month? Stop the presses! Hold the phone! Pet the hedgehog! Wat? In this episode, Alexander is back: Industry news: New fixtures / gear GLP JDC1s now feature "Aggressive mode", which increases the brightness 180% when the RGB LEDs are not in use World's first…
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Episode 029 - Don't Forget the Ribbon Dancers, Craig
It's the Lighting Nerds, first ep of 2019. That's twenty-nineteen. Special guest co-host, Chas! In this Episode: ROE Vanish V8 LED screen New Follow-Me hardware Craig has concerns about AC Lighting Clay-Paky manuals are now behind a username / pass wall? Why? That's dumb. Bohemian Rhapsody Tea...
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Episode 028 - Their Children Look Like Something Out of Wicked
It's the Lighting Nerds! Your go-to source for slightly up-to-date lighting information! In this episode: News Items The Vari-Lite VL10 WashBeam Circa-Scoop LED by Mega Lite. Interesting. The Altman AP-150. It's...an RGBW PAR. Notable Movements George Masek is back at VL. Woo, George! Notable…
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Episode 027 - It's All Good For You, Timecode Boy
We're still not dead yet! Craig's back from Halsey, and Alex is done with his move. We're here to chew gum and make podcasts, and we're stock full of Juicy Fruit. Er, or something like that? Since I know you're listening, hi, Drew! Anyway, in this "ep": Industry news I lost the audio of our last...
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Episode 025 - Taken Down Faster Than A Jake Paul Video
It's the TWENTY-FIFTH EPISODE of Lighting Nerds! In this episode, we keep Alex around, joke (or do we??) about being corporate shills, and talk about festival lighting. In this ep: News Items Alex sees the Portman lights, Craig still doesn't like them, exactly. The 2018 Superbowl halftime show…
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Episode 024 - Sweet, Sweet Corporate Hack Dollars
It's the one with Brad Schiller! Fresh off the newly-reinstalled Silver Mac Tower of Audio is Episode 024 of The Lighting Nerds. In this "ep": News Items A new touring roadshow, from ENTECH. http://www.avnetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=128052 GrandMA 3 orders exceeding expectations, delays of…
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Episode 023 - Frightening for Something You Put in Your Mouth
We've fixed our audio! Thanks to everyone who sent me pineapples, I really appreciate it. Our title this time references electric toothbrushes, people...obviously... In this episode: News grandMA3! It's new! It's big! It has little letterbox screens that are just *begging* for a cool timecode…
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Episode 022 - Slightly Tweak Your Colors
Does anybody read these? If any of you are reading this, shoot me a email / DM / tag me with "pineapple". The Lighting Nerds! We're still around. Thanks so many to the many, many people who stepped up in to say that they'd be happy to host a show with me, it felt really good to find out that…
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Episode 021 - A Whole New World
Somewhat approaching a normal release schedule, I hereby...release a new episode. Wherein I bungle a movie reference. In this episode: News items Mythos 2...it's...mythier? VL6000. Kinda cool. Watch Netflix's new series, Abstract: The Art of Design Tea Time - getting faster at punting, favorite...
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Episode 020 - Clever Title Name
Remember when I said we'd be back soon? I lied. But Josh is back, and Gavin is not. It's Lighting Nerds, and we're still doing this! In this episode: News items Samsung acquires Harmon, including Martim. Cue the jokes about exploding moving lights WSJ's take on it: tl;dr: it's all about cars...
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Episode 019 - Gravity Boots In a Dryer
I'm back from LDI, Gavin is back from Europe and we're both seriously tossing around the idea of emigrating straight back to the shores of Britain! #election2016. In this episode: The PRG Ground Control Long Throw The laser phosphor thingy from Osram The Robe DLF7 wash Indoor spark projectors!...
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Episode 018 - Fixture-tastic!
Dear interwebs, we promise never to be away this long again. If two or more of us aren't available, we'll do an episode anyway. Maybe a short one, maybe a long one, maybe with a guest. But we'll stick to that two week (about) schedule from now on. Probably. Maybe. Also, new cohost with Craig…
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Episode 017 - In Which We Are Slightly Meandering
Hot off the presses, it's a new episode of Lighting Nerds. We did this one right in the middle of being way distracted by houses, touring, and honey-do lists, and it shows a bit in the show. So uh, bear with us. News items The Olympic opening ceremonies are a thing that happened, and we…
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Episode 016 - One From the Road
It's tour season, and Gavin and I are on the road and subsequently exhausted. But we keep making this for you, because, well, that's what we do. Anyway. In this episode: OSHA report on the Ringling Bros rigging failure - https://www.osha.gov/doc/engineering/2014_r_05.html Arrests made in Texas…
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Episode 015 - A Little Bit Helmholtz, A Little Bit Kohlrausch
Thanks to the restorative powers of angry e-mails, we're back after a month hiatus! Whew! Let's get this show on the road! Guest star: Rowboat, the man with the Golden Voice Gavin and Craig have jobs, let us tell you about them Live Design Product of the Year Awards The GLP X4 Bar SGM G-1 Beam...
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We're not dead yet!
Folks might be wonderin' about us.
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Episode 014 - Chemistry Nerds
We've got everything this week: Craig's crappy on-location audio, new lights, quizzes, we're like a week late, and more! News items: Elation releases A moving head wash with lots of colors, the Platinum 7 An LED PAR that combines all the sources and zooms The eMotion, a moving head projector The...
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Episode 013 - Terminate Your DMX runs, or, you know, don't
Boy howdy, I was late on that one. But your loss is our, uh, gain? Or something like that. Anyway. In this episode: Ayrton makes cool stuff: https://vimeo.com/user25643031 Lighting Design, Console, and Programming Theory:effects Some e-mails: David Henry talks to us about termination, Amy Peryam...
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Hello lighting nerds! Sorry that this isn't the podcast, it's me telling you you're gonna have to wait until I can get this thing edited. Boo! Hiss! Deal wit it! -Craig
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Episode 012 - Hi, my name is Gavin, and I'm addicted to gobos
In this episode, Gavin admits some...personal shortcomings, namely, his obsession with tiny pieces of metal and glass that change the shape of a light beam. We're all here for you, Gavin. SRSLY THO Pro Light and Sound happened The Axiom happened Some other Martin fixtures happened, and Craig…
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Episode 011 - Colorful Metaphors for Socopex
An on-time episode! It's like Christmas in March! In this episode: Gavin and Craig talk about their current projects. Craig does lights for Alan Jackson, Gavin is building a kick-ass previz rig. Industry news: Martin releases a teaser video for the MAC Axiom hybrid, which we still can't talk…
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Episode 010 - We Get Emails
Geeze, enough with the late episodes, Craig! I was prepping a new rig and programming video and lighting alike and had two shows this weekend. Audio quality and editing skill in this episode: 6/10. Sorry. I'm on the road. Anyway, Episode 010 is hot off the proverbial presses and it's low-key but...
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Episode 009 - Colors, colors everywhere
We're back, 24 hours late this time because one of us - not saying who but his name rhymes with KAVIN - is cavorting about Europe, surrounded by history and country music fans. In this episode: Gavin is in Europe, and he caught a cold. Advance your show, especially in Europe. The Robe BFML A…
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Episode 008 - Incandescent Resurrection!
Oh man, incandescent is back, and it's more efficient efficacious than ever, thanks to some MIT braniacs and the power of TEENY TINY THINGS. In this episode: MIT creates a ~40% efficacious light bulb with NANOSTUFF. Linky here: http://news.mit.edu/2016/nanophotonic-incandescent-light-bulbs-0111...
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Episode 007 - On Her Majesty's Color Quality Scale
Hi guys! I'm trying some new things with the audio levels, trying to keep stuff around where most other podcasts are. So maybe you'll notice some changes from previous episodes in terms of audio levels. Shouldn't be too big an inconvenience. I hope. In this episode! We talk about Drafty, a new…
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Episode 006 - Return of the LED Ellipsoidal
Holy cow, two days late this time? Shame on us. We had some audio issues, okay? OKAY?!? Episode VI ETC's Source 4WRD, an LED retrofit The Elation 360i and the High End Uno - it's the year of the LED ACL beam, mark my words A review of the Martin MAC Quantum Profile - tl;dr, we like it Story time...
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Episode 005 - Only fourteen hours late
Between having a nasty upper respiratory infection (just what you want when you're a podcaster) gigging over New Years, and moving to different houses, it's a wonder we're only fourteen hours late on this one. Anyway, fresh off the presses, it's Lighting Nerds, Episode 005 folks. In this edition:...
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Episode 004 - A positive upward spiral of creativity!
It's the holiday season! In this episode of Lighting Nerds: Happy birthday Columbus McKinnon, visit their blog at: http://blog.cmworks.com/ Incandescent is dyyyyyying. Yes, it's true, thank science, and you can watch its death throes in art form:...
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Episode 003 - You're (not) a rigger, Harry
In this episode: History and terminology: Fresnel lenses Here's a diagram for your enjoyment: http://www.uq.edu.au/_School_Science_Lessons/27.5.1.4.GIF Industry news: The New York Times re-instates designer credits Tech talk: plots Note: you will notice that my voice changes dramatically about...
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Episode 002 - Vive la France!
In this episode: History and terminology: Limelight Tech: LDI products: The PRG Ground Control remote followspot, the Martin Atomic 3000 LED Designing, specifying, and setting up a ground package Tour reviews: Mrs. Carter tour designed by LeRoy Bennet Links:...
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Episode 001 - The Pressure's On! (Pilot)
In this episode: History and terminology: "Leko" lights Tech: Lua scripting Lime and mint LEDs The Clay Paky Mythos Links: TimeLord's Lua scripting: https://www.timelord-mtc.com/index.php?cID=150 Ma-Share: www.ma-share.net CIE Color space: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIE_1931_color_space Short...
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Lighting Nerds is a bi-monthly podcast that talks about the technology used in entertainment lighting, lighting industry news, hosts interviews with people in the field, and general banter about lighting.
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