Wide angle, warm temp LED light

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Putting ideas together form some T-bars for some small gigs. These will be positioned a the front corners of the stage next to PA stacks facing back onto the stage to light the band. 

They'll have some quad colour LED pars on them and couple of UV floods but I also want to get some dedicated white lights to pick out the faces etc of the band and give them some white light as well as the colours. 

Want to try and stick to LED to keep the power draw down and want them to be a warm temp white light rather than a cold pure white one. Now while there are a few of them about I'd like one with as wide dispersion as possible so one or maybe two a side will flood the whole front row of people on the stage and pick them out.

Any suggestions?

k

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kevinmcdonough Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Old Croc Joined: 27 June 2005 Location: Glasgow Status: Offline Points: 3756	Post Options Post Reply Quote kevinmcdonough Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Wide angle, warm temp LED light Posted: 22 September 2014 at 2:28pm
	hey Putting ideas together form some T-bars for some small gigs. These will be positioned a the front corners of the stage next to PA stacks facing back onto the stage to light the band. They'll have some quad colour LED pars on them and couple of UV floods but I also want to get some dedicated white lights to pick out the faces etc of the band and give them some white light as well as the colours. Want to try and stick to LED to keep the power draw down and want them to be a warm temp white light rather than a cold pure white one. Now while there are a few of them about I'd like one with as wide dispersion as possible so one or maybe two a side will flood the whole front row of people on the stage and pick them out. Any suggestions? k

mk2_ginger_biscuit69 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Old Croc Joined: 03 November 2008 Location: Brighton Status: Offline Points: 7797	Post Options Post Reply Quote mk2_ginger_biscuit69 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 September 2014 at 5:51pm
	personally id just have a single halogen wash per side, and be done with it - will do the job, be a hell of a lot cheaper than the LED equivalent [without looking cheap like most White LED], and doesn't use all that much power - id imagine a 300-500w unit per side would suffice. Personally i have 500w Elation TF50's for this exact purpose, one per side. Sorted!
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ceharden Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List The 10,000 Points Club Joined: 05 June 2005 Location: Southampton Status: Offline Points: 11851	Post Options Post Reply Quote ceharden Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 September 2014 at 8:40pm
	Unfortunately for face light, a bit of tungsten is the easiest solution. 2x PAR56 on a little single channel dimmer. You probably won't even need them on full. Or go for 4x PAR30 (up to 125W I think) to give better coverage.

AndyWave Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Registered User Joined: 30 March 2008 Location: Finland Status: Offline Points: 381	Post Options Post Reply Quote AndyWave Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 September 2014 at 11:44pm
	if you can take some warmth from leds to mix with, you can use tungsten+dim and lee 201, 202 or 203 filters or other converters for face light. When warm end of spectrum is slightly cut off, the face light looks more dramatic and silhouettes "stick out", specially if you have some kind of light coloured back drop and least one backdrop flood or pair of your leds (colour according lee 797 of course). My 2p solution of personal preference. May or may not suit to you...
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ceharden Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List The 10,000 Points Club Joined: 05 June 2005 Location: Southampton Status: Offline Points: 11851	Post Options Post Reply Quote ceharden Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 September 2014 at 11:50pm
	If you stick with LED I would recommend a couple of decent RGBW or RGBA fixtures. Would allow you to get some decent whites for face light and use them for colour washes from the front if desired.

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	Look at the new cob led offerings, they have a very wide spread of light, great washes.
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