Hi all
Next year I have a show coming up in Feb, which will be a return to a club night I was involved in regularly prior to lock down. It's the first time its been run since Covid, and we've got a pretty big name appearing so wanted to improve on our lighting situation.
I have two multi coloured 1w lasers currently running on Moncha through the ILDA ports which I set up with one master and one slave.
One laser is a cheap old Lanta unit, which has served a purpose but is probably fit for the bin, which we ran with the other laser which I believe is an old Laser Know How laser from BITD, which is pretty solidly built and I think of reasonable quality. I do not know the full specs at this point, but could obviously get them.
As the theme of the club night is back to the 90's classics, we always strive to achieve a more minimalist lighting experience in order to make it more nostalgic, so the laser offering is kept to a green beam.
My question is, I want to upgrade the LKH laser and have a brighter green fitted, and get it performing as close to a more modern laser as possible. I'm not concerned at all about the other colours as these are switched off/redundant during the evening and they will not be used for anything else.
Next question is is Pangolin Quickshow going to give me better control than the old Moncha software/interface?
Lastly, if the above is possible, are there any reputable people in the UK that might be able to help, and what might the limitations be, and what possible costs would i be looking at excluding buying the Pangolin software?
The club is able to take circa 500 people. I am fully aware of laser safety, no crowd scanning takes place and the lights are securely mounted on the overhead lighting gantry at least 2.5 m above head height. Would like it to be bright, but accept that there are limitations within a given space. The main requirement second to the brighter effect would be to get more movement from the beams as the Moncha software seems fairly limited (or is it the laser that is limited??)
This whole plan is offset by buying a new unit, but i'm unsure of what benefit this would bring as i still only require a green beam so would be paying for the other colours which obviously comes at a higher cost.
Cheers in advance, any help is greatly appreciated
Si