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Originally Posted by agplate I'm looking for some very compact, reasonably professional looking/functioning stage lighting for my band. Mostly small stages, occasional outdoor venues. What do you use for lighting? Do you have experience with this set up from Chauvet?: http://www.musiciansfriend.com/produ...0&src=3SOSWXXA
Looks like something I could work with if the quality is there. Other suggestions; reviews?
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The Chauvet that you linked to is pretty cool. I have tried it out in GC, though, and it doesn't have much power behind it. It might work for you, but you'll also want something else to help.
Just think about what you like about concerts you've been to.
First, you need a little bit of fog (or smoke) in the air to catch the light and add ambiance.
Second, you do want color. However, you don't want that color to wash over the entire stage (do you really want to be washed in red for the whole show?). What you want is to provide a color wash but have a few neutral colored lights to illuminate the performers.
Finally, you need to have some movement. That usually means an effect of some sort. Again, with the fog/smoke in the air, this really does a good job of setting the mood.
In my band, we have 2 PAR 38s on each side of the stage, in the back. They wash across the stage, but also out toward the audience. Provides great wash for the fog machine to pick up on. Those 4 lights go into one dimmer pack on a preprogrammed chase. Then we set up 3 PAR 38s (uncolored) along the front of the stage, pointed at us. These are typically on all the time. Finally, we picked up an American DJ Vertigo light and set that up somewhere behind the drummer (either low and pointed up toward the backdrop or high and pointed down toward the front of the stage). Works surprisingly well for our purposes.
I figure you could pick up two of those PAR 38/dimmer/stand packages and pretty well duplicate what we've done.
