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Howard "Herns" Ungerleider - Concert Production and Lighting

 
RUSH Time Machine Tour - Howard Ungerleider HERNS

Howard "Herns" Ungerleider

 
  48 Philips Vari-Lite VL3000 Spots
   24 used in the "Spider Webs" utilizing RSC (Royal Shakespere Company) light-locks
   16 used in the "Spider"
   8 used in the back row of lights


Overall lighting plan with user numbering
Stage Left and Stage Right Torm and Rear Lighting
Floor plan
 
 
RUSH Time Machine Tour - Howard Ungerleider: Lycian M2 Spot with Martin MAC 2000 wash fixtures

Stage Right - Side lighting unit with Lycian M2 Spot with Martin MAC 2000 Washes

 
 
RUSH Time Machine Tour - Howard Ungerleider: Lycian M2 Spots with Altman MR-16 Striplights and Philips Kinetics Color Blaze Fixtures

Stage Right Top of the TROM with 2 Lycian M2 Spots, 4 Altman 6' Mr-16 Striplights and 4 Philips Kinetics Color Blazes

 
 
RUSH Time Machine Tour - Howard Ungerleider: Closeup Circle of 12 Elation Impression Fixtures

Stage Left - Closeup of the circle of 12 Elation Impression LED Fixtures...

 
 
RUSH Time Machine Tour - Howard Ungerleider: Closeup Elation Impression Fixture

Closeup Elation Impression Fixture...

 
 
RUSH Time Machine Tour - Howard Ungerleider: Test Circle of 12 Elation Impression Fixtures

Testing the circle of 12 Elation Impression LED Fixtures - Amazing How Bright these LED lights can be...

 
 
RUSH Time Machine Tour - Howard Ungerleider: Rigging for the Lighting Structures

Rigging for the Lighting Structures... the riggers start early in the morning

 
 
RUSH Time Machine Tour - Howard Ungerleider: Lighting Fixtures Power Boards

Lighting Fixtures Power Distribution...

 
 
RUSH Time Machine Tour - Howard Ungerleider: Lighting Fixtures Power Boards

Lighting Fixtures Power Distribution...

 
 
RUSH Time Machine Tour - Howard Ungerleider: Lighting Fixtures Power Boards

Lighting Fixtures Power Boards...

 
 
RUSH Time Machine Tour - Howard Ungerleider: Lighting Fixtures Power Boards

One of the cables is not plugged in... Good Luck...

 
 
RUSH Time Machine Tour - Howard Ungerleider: Lighting Fixtures Power Boards

Vari-Lite VL3000 Spot lites in travelling cases...

 
 
RUSH Time Machine Tour - Howard Ungerleider: Lighting Fixtures Power Boards

Close up of one of the Vari-Lite VL3000 Spot Lites... 245 was used in one of the spider webs... 6.177 is the DMX address...

 
 
RUSH Time Machine Tour - Howard Ungerleider: Lighting Fixtures Power Boards

Close up of the rear lighting...

The top row contains 16 Martin Atomic 3000 Strobe lites (Melanie's favourite lites)...

Just below the strobes we have two rows of Altman 6' MR-16 Striplights...

Next we have 6 Philips Color Kinetics Color Blaze 72s... 2 Philips Color Kinetics Color Blaze 48s... and 6 Philip Color Kinetics Color Blaze 72s...

The next row contains 15 Coemar Infinity Wash ACLs...

and the last row contains alternating Vari-Lite VL3000 Spots and Martin MAC 2000 Wash fixtures..

 
 
RUSH Time Machine Tour - Howard Ungerleider: Lighting Fixtures Power Boards

Stage Left TROM... First stage assembled with Lycian Spots... Altman 6' MR-16 Striplights...

Philips Color Kinetics Color Blaze 72s... SHOWGUN and Martin Atomic Strobes...

 
 
RUSH Time Machine Tour - Howard Ungerleider: Lighting Fixtures Power Boards

Stage Left TROM... Close up of one of the SHOWGUN fixtures and Atomic Strobes...

 
 
RUSH Time Machine Tour - Howard Ungerleider: Lighting Fixtures Power Boards

Stage Right TROM... Completely assembled and raised into position...

 
 
RUSH Time Machine Tour - Howard Ungerleider: Lighting Fixtures Power Boards

Cleveland did not have a rolling stage... as you can see the spider takes up the entire stage...

all stage items had to wait until the spider was lifted off of the stage...

 
 
RUSH Time Machine Tour - Howard Ungerleider: Lighting Fixtures Power Boards

Getting closer... back lighting rigs hooked up starting to rise up...

 
 
RUSH Time Machine Tour - Howard Ungerleider: Lighting Fixtures Power Boards

Making sure all the cables are plugged in... Close up of the Philips Color Kinetics Color Blaze 48 fixtures on the spider`s arm...

 
 
RUSH Time Machine Tour - Howard Ungerleider: Lighting Fixtures Power Boards

Spider just off the stage... Checking all of the lights before lifting it higher...

 
 
RUSH Time Machine Tour - Howard Ungerleider: Lighting Fixtures Power Boards

Specially hinged trusses carrying all of the cables for the spider...

 
 
RUSH Time Machine Tour - Howard Ungerleider: Lighting Fixtures Power Boards

Almost done... Back light rigging and video screen almost in place, stage left trom being assembled and spider on it`s way up to full height position...

 
 
RUSH Time Machine Tour - Howard Ungerleider: Lighting Fixtures Power Boards

Spider Strecthed out...

 
 
RUSH Time Machine Tour - Howard Ungerleider: Lighting Fixtures Power Boards

Under the spider...

 
 
RUSH Time Machine Tour - Howard Ungerleider: Lighting Fixtures Power Boards

Here you can see the full front spider arm...

 
 
RUSH Time Machine Tour - Howard Ungerleider: Lighting Fixtures Power Boards

Normally setup would be done... but for the Cleveland DVD there were a huge amount of extra lights used to highlight the audience...

 
 
RUSH Time Machine Tour - Howard Ungerleider: Lighting Fixtures Power Boards

Some of the old-style par lights used to light up the audience...