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FLEM ver 7 wrap up
Wow! What a fun event we had! I didn't get much sleep, but it was worth it... I think this is the first time I've been at the venue until 2:30 in the morning for both Friday night *and* Saturday night!
Big thanks to everyone who brought their equipment. 8 whitelight projectors is quite an accomplishment for an event that was thrown together so hastily - to say nothing of the other projectors, pointers, and other equipment we had there! (If you're wondering which RGB(/V) projectors I'm counting, we had mine, DZ's, Astroguy's, Yobresal's, Daedal's, Allthatwhichis', DJMatt's, & Lazerjock's, though we never had more than 6 running at once.)
Also a big thanks to Aaron, Cathy, and Matthew for sticking around to help me pack up on Saturday night, and to Fred and Dee, who came back on Sunday morning to help me clean up the venue, set the tables back up, and take out the trash. Everything looks great now, so I'm sure we won't have any problems with the boat club people.
I think the highlight of this event was getting multiple projectors synchronized using Pangolin's .net software. Seeing 6 RGB projectors all playing the same beam show in *perfect* sync was truly awesome! We have *got* to do this again for SELEM this summer.
Unfortunately, Clandestiny was unable to resurrect the hulking CVL that he bought recently, but it does appear that in time he'll get it going. (Best guess is a very small vacuum leak, as everything else is OK.) Big thanks to everyone who helped move that big laser in and out of the venue. (What a monster.!.)
LazerJock's home-made rum was certainly a hit, as we ran out of it around 5 in the afternoon on Saturday!( Might want to bring two bottles to SELEM, Chris!) DZ was able to impliment a working ILDA interlock loop on DJMatt's projector, which was very cool. And Cat showed up with 15 sq yards of thick black fabric that worked wonders to block out the light from the windows. We'll definitely be using that stuff next time!
Daedal had the new projector he built for Yobresal, and it was very nice. Compact, lightweight, and quite powerful! It actually gave Aaron's KVANT projector a run for it's money! I'm sure Yobresal will enjoy it - assuming that Mo is willing to let it go now that he's seen it running!This was also the debut of DJMatt's projector, and it is most impressive. About the only real problem is that it weighs about 120 pounds!
Well, maybe not that much, but close! Still, some fine work there Matt!
I think WolfBlue is hooked now. He's already talking about buying scanners and a DAC! Will be interesting to see how that build progresses.
And of course, the big surprize was the phone call from Richard (Soforene) in the afternoon. He was in attendance at the UKLEM and wanted to call us to link the two events! Cool idea! It was night time in the UK when he called, and they already had their barbeque fired up. I remember he told us to "turn the fookin' music down", probably because it sounded like crap over the live feed.
But honestly, we had the music rather low at the time (because we were still trying to get the CVL working at that point). At other times, however, the music was *deafeningly* loud. I mean, I really like loud music, but when we played the Metallica show on DZ's projector with the volume turned up, I seriously worried about loosing my hearing.(And we still had a little headroom left on the amps!) SELEM is going to be awesome, I tell ya!
So thanks again for everyone who helped make this event happen. I had a lot of fun, people! But now, I need to get some sleep....
Adam
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Sounds kick-ass.
) Also a very happy birthday from us again 
Did I mention that thing was heavy? It was so damn heavy it took 6 men to move the sucker!
