Nightly setup of part of the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo lighting. 

Tiberius Wallace King Clive

Locally he's known as Lang Clive.

Me's more muckle, gadge.

The 'E' was sent to Yorkshire.

RWBHere: It's now somewhere by gum. ;)

Caledonian TV: "Lang may yer lum reek" I just googled Scottish phrases, apparently that's the equivalent of, 'Live long and prosper'?

Graham's filming is professional

+bearwithme to me reek sounds like 'smell bad' :)

No, they drop them down the Fore Well.

"BBC guys" sounds nice ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

It must be scene to be believed.....

x x yeah I noticed he's becoming a star :)

Pillowtap Prevents spreading diseases from the audio gear :)

praestant8 *does not protect from justin beiber*

almost as big as mine, that

Pillowtap have you ever seen the serial numbers on a condom

The sound guys don't use protection so as a LX (Electrician for people who don't know what LX is) I prefer to use protection for my gear lol. The sound guys just like to bag it while we use more safer protection lol

There's plenty of pink light sneaked in, including from LED fixtures.

I concur, he should be cannonised for that, using one of the irreplaceable cannons.

...Yer Steve; I think that was actually the joke mate. See Connolly, William J. (the J stands for Josephine) for the reference.

Our current followspots weight 70kg.

Brexit's coming up, so i have my doubts that's gonna be relevant soon :P

You Europeans have regulations about urinating, gee that's taking it a bit far isn't it? It's a bit more casual here in the colonies - just don't weee in front of a cop and you're a-okay.

Yes. The WEEE regulations were originally adapted from the Scottish system. Many years ago the Noble Scottish Guild of Amalgamated Sparkies, decided they needed a few wee rules to make sure nobody got hurt.

As long as they contain no mercury you should be good to go.

Actually mercury is OK in the Fore Well as it transmutes into liquid gold. You can then buy the liquid gold in any number of local establishments.

It's impossible to escape the bagpipes at this time of year in Edinburgh.

In all honesty, I ask this question in total sincerity... Does anyone over in Scotland refer (lovingly, of course) to them as "the agony bags" ? Don't get me wrong, I appreciate well-played pipes, but sometimes you catch the sound of a junior piper in training....

I was in Edinburgh in december last year and it was also not possible to escape the bagpipes.

alternate name for the Tattoo "Cat Torture Convention"

In Scotland trainees are not allowed to have listeners until they are at least grade 3, until then they are in seclusion being tutored via paperwork.

It can be made to swipe the full length nearly instantly, but the lighting designer chose the speed.

During the show he means.

You should only do that with the more powerful lights. A 5kW or 10kW followspot, for example. Remember, radiation is perfectly safe...

Many thanks for the link Bob ... Great setup, the lighting desk is a Road Hog 4 - 8 universe DMX. Would dearly love to play with that one :) I wonder if it's the same setup this year.

It's not a Road Hog 4, it's a Full Boar 4, the RH4 is smaller with a single 22" screen ;) The full Boar 4 is about the same format as the Roadhog 3 was though. I work on a RH4 quite often which has indeed 4 DMX ports and/or 8 universes on the network. The Full Boar 4 also has 4 DMX ports built in and/or 12 universes over network. + moving faders, 5th encoder, trackball, grand master, LCD screens on the command keys,.... The Hog 4 (that's the top of the line full size one) has a DP8000 built in: 8 dmx ports, and/or 16 universes on the network. + rate wheel and intensity wheel + center touchscreen and encoder + adjustable angle screens. All in all nice consoles (from the roadhog up, don't care much for the hedgehog) but they need some work on the software front, let's hope ETC will help High End with that.

On closer inspection of the video I think we are both wrong. Clive says what sounds like 'Whole Hog' but it isn't that. The highend.com website reveals that it's a HOG 4.

You are right, it is indeed the Full size Hog 4 with the center touchscreen. There is also a Roadhog 3 playback wing in that video (the blue wing to the left of the hog 4) To the right you can see the smaller Hog 3 PC playback wing. And another full size Hog 4 in the back for the backup. (lots of overkill, could do the backup with a tiny PC and a wing, but hey, that's what PRG has so they use it ;) )

I'd love to own one but A/ I don't have 22,000 euros to spend on a lighting desk and B/ The small theatre I own does quite OK with one universe of 12 addressed fixtures. Nice bit of kit though :)

+Darth Vader The edited BBC version you see is very good. It may not have the scale of being there, but it lets you get in and around the performers in a way the live show can't.

Don't be jealous, it's not as glamorous as it looks. It's a ruthless and exploitative industry.

+Pete Scott Tell him to say hello if he sees me.

I will be back on that show again. There will definitely be some video content from the castle.

I'm guessing that's reserved for the audio gear - never the twain shall meet.

+Thermal Ions It's for dead loudspeakers because it's bigger and they're less likely to jam on the way down.

The BBC will broadcast it in most countries and there's already a lot of this years show on RU-vid.

The camera person isn't allowed, and Clive just couldn't be bothered. lol

It's all clasifed.

The video was already too lang.

The firworks area is where mirkens are fitted, trimmed and maintained. RU-vid would frown that content to be sure. Hence Clive just cutting the video short.

+steelskin667 in my language Lang indeed means Long ;-)

Yes I know. The rock face/cliff near the castle (the one bound with steel mesh/netting) is right next to the East Coast Main Line coming from Berwick and Dunbar into Edinburgh Waverley station.

I was working in Edinburgh at the Commonwealth Games in 1986. I was in the bus travelling up Princes Street one day before starting work. In the seats behind were some American tourists. One said to the other "O Lord, who on earth would build a castle next to a railway station" I kid you not!

Coffee that's been in a urinal? No thanks....

That is most likely a commercial radio that will be programmed with a hardware programmer for their allocated commercial frequency, not really something that would be of use to a civilian. If you enjoy experimenting with radios considering becoming a licensed amateur radio operator. Then you can legally play with a whole bunch of different radio types.

It's not that critical for these lights as they just fire out tight beams into the air.

bigclivedotcom I thought you were talking about the stand behind you.

JJ TECH You should on a long DMX run but in reality, people just don't do it.

+Chris Chelt It depends where you are in the world. They usually aim to broadcast it in the UK at the end of the actual run of the live show.

+bigclivedotcom RE The Lang Stairs... Did you know Patsy Kensit but Walt Disney?

Thanks Clive that's much appreciated :) also I'm in Cheltenham in the UK. I will one day get to see the Tattoo in person but for the time being the BBC is as close as I can get.

NoName, is that a pie or a meringue?

You're not wrong!

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Maxx B if you look there are multiple segments telescoping out at the same time

Manfrotto 087NWB (B for black :p ) It's a combination of a gear rack and a steel cable with a pulley. As you rotate the crank a cog engages with holes in the bottom tube (just as a gear rack) this slides up the bottom tube. This then pushes up a steel cable over a pulley which pulls up the inner tube. Quite a nice compact and lightweight system. Other crank stands (like Genie, Guil, Fantek, VMB, Work,...) mostly have a crank winch, and these take more room (because they need the drum for the winch cable)

Painfully slow. That's how. Here in the US, I have some stands targeted for the consumer/DJ grade user. Mine have wonderful hexagonal studs for attaching a drill. Quick up and down.

Not sure, but progressively less over time as we gradually transition to newer more efficient light sources.

is it all diesel generators like on fairgrounds that provide the power ?

thanks for answering that.