The Lighting Nerds

The Lighting Nerds
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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.

  1. Episode 046: CRI doesn't matter for anything

    27/01/2025

    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 Pollockian landscape of absurdist, Technicolor prose. Witness the tortured output of ChatGPT trying its best to capture the true essence of a friggin' moving light. Oh yeah, this one is about the Rivale Wash, or whatever. Orkis Cyc So (liquid) cool, it's hot! 90's kids will understand that one AOTO introduces RGBW LED wall tiles What took so long? Chris Stuba in memoriam Tea Time 512A. When do we just start running ethernet? Or wireless? (Scary) Lighting Trivia Craig stops caring about decades-old copyright law, and Alex gets it right Lighting Term of the Day Mafia Block We choose to not think about the origin of the term too much To all our brothers, sisters, and everyone else about to be impacted by the coming #&%storm, we stand beside you. "A riot is the language of the unheard. And what is it America has failed to hear?...It has failed to hear that the promises of freedom and justice have not been met. And it has failed to hear that large segments of white society are more concerned about tranquility and the status quo than about justice and humanity."  - Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., "The Other America," 1968

    1hr 20min

  2. 16/06/2024

    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 XIP -The CM BatteryStar Hoist -PLSN CONTROVERSY: is a FREE publication FORCING the little guy to PAY TO PLAY? Find out TONIGHT -Tea Time: Rendering workflows, part I of who knows -Lighting trivia: Craig gets it wrong. No, right! -Lighting Term of the Day: Egg Crate

    1hr 35min

  3. 11/03/2024

    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 lightingnerds.net. Update your bookmarks, folks. This episode is the one with the corrected audio.   News Cobra2: What's up at the FDA, exactly? Martin MAC One Notable productions Eras, which we'll discuss later The Grammys, which we'll discuss...now Tea Time The Eras Tour Lighting Trivia: Alex gets it wrong, but we've got a new drop for it Lighting Term of the Day: sACN: Craig struggles to remember an exponent of two.

    1hr 17min

  4. 04/12/2023

    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 items The Ayrton Cobra Unreal Engine pricing changes Solotech founder in memoriam Designer chat Renaissance Tour Tea Time How do you like to distribute DMX? Lighting Trivia Lighting Term of the Day: Art-Net During the time of holiday cheer, whatever you celebrate, may the light of truth and the warmth of love go with you in your hearts.

    1hr 3min
  5. Episode 042 - It's A Hundred Grand Panini Press

    11/09/2023

    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 term of the day: camlock, and to a lesser extent, a discussion of feeder - Lighting trivia: Alex and Craig both don't know it! Hopefully we'll be back soon. Much love to y'all.

    1hr 7min
  6. Episode 041 - Even Squarespace Won't Touch Us

    13/07/2022

    Episode 041 - Even Squarespace Won't 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 March, so things are a teensy-tiny bit out of date, but stick with us, folks. We have some good stuff here to talk about. Starting with: Martin P3 5.3 is out Alex talks about CuePoints, Craig asks questions about it GLP X5 Wash Tea Time: should you carry your own gear onto shows? Lighting Term of the Day: Encoder Lastly, our hearts go out to all those affected by the recent gun violence in our nation. Please visit everytown.org to help save lives.

    1hr 4min

  7. 03/09/2021

    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 Martin MAC Ultra Notable personnel movements: don't move, it's COVID. Garth Brooks cancels Notable stage designs: feat. NAZIS Tea Time: Spectacle vs Art: Backline Techs Weight In Lighting Trivia: First distributed networking? Lighting Term of the Day: Telescan

    1hr 16min

  8. 08/02/2021

    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 Drafty-er! Michael Strickland of Bandit Lites fighting for Teh Working Class Decentralized productions. Tea Time: General Device Type Format Lighting Trivia: Alex gets it right Lighting Term of the Day: PWM

    1hr 26min
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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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  • Creator
    The Lighting Nerds
  • Years Active
    2015 - 2025
  • Episodes
    47
  • Rating
    Clean
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