Theater and Stage

Reference information for the technical side of theater performance.

The Compass Auditorium service information is here.

Some information is still on the old site, which is slowly being dismantled.

Theater Information

• Batavia Fine Arts Center "BFAC", Batavia, IL
• The Compass Auditorium at The Compass Church, Naperville, IL
• The MAC McAninch Arts Center at College of Dupage, Glen Ellyn, IL
• Huizenga Auditorium at Timothy Christian School, Elmhurst, IL

Lighting Consoles

Hog - High End Systems / Barco

• Hog4PC main product vendor page
• Hog4PC User Manual 3.2 – hog-h4-manual-3-2-0 [pdf]
• Hog4PC User Manual 3.0 – hog-h4-manual-3-0-0-en [pdf]
• Hog4PC User Manual 2.4 – hog-h4-manual-2-4-0 [pdf]
• Hog4PC User Manual 1.2 – hog-h4-manual-1-2-0-en [pdf]
• Nano Hog (control surface)

In use at:

• The Compass Auditorium, Naperville, IL (Hog4PC with Nano Hog)

ION - ETC / Electronic Theater Controls

Including all ION based systems

• ETC EOS Ion product series vendor page
• Element Lighting Control Console v 2.1.0 user manual – etc-element_v2-1-0_user_manual_reva [pdf]
• ETC EOS Element product series [link]
• ETC Smart product series [link]
• ETC Express technical support (legacy product) [link]
• Express 24/48, 48/96, 72/144 Lighting control system v 3.03 user manual [pdf]
• ETC Expression technical support (legacy product) [link]
• Obsession Lighting control system v 2.4 user manual [pdf]
• ETC Obsession 2 technical support (legacy product) [link]

Lighting and Color theory

• Complementary colors (Wikipedia link)
• Additive colors (Wikipedia link)
• Subtractive color (Wikipedia link)]

Software

Theater show control

• QLab – Live show control. (Mac OSX, $)
• MultiPlay – Windows based program designed to play audio cues for theater or corporate use. It is free to use in both amateur and commercial environments. (Windows, free)

Worship presentation software

• ProPresenter
• MediaShout
• EasyWorship

Theater reference for your smartphone

• AV Tools – Android (DMX addressing, color mixing)

Video Editing

• Magix - Video, photo and audio editing
• Cinelerra – Quite possibly the most powerful video editing software out there. Free. Linux based only.
• Blender 3D

Audio Editing

• Audacity

Photo Editing

• GIMP
• Inkscape
• PhotoShop