Your reviews are always worth waiting for! I have started to ignore the youtube influencers who have their reviews uploaded 5 minutes after official product release. Your reviews actually point out useful information and positives and negatives.
Damn you Andrew, I had managed to resist buying the 8-light kit a few weeks ago (since I already have the 4 light mc kit, and the dmg dash is too rich for my blood). But I have since attended an "Intro to DMX" Workshop, and after this review, the temptation is growing again. :) :) Great review. On a totally different scale, I really can't wait til you do a review on their monster new Electro Storm fixtures. Any word on when you might be reviewing those? I need some time to line up a buyer for my kidney :)
Nice review. Always good videos! It would be great to have more gaffer video and still gear videos 👌 It more exemple of situations product like those one
Thanks for the fantastic review as always! Bit unfortunate that the batteries are not quickly user replaceable on set again. There isn't just the issue of sustainability if these just last 2-3 years, there is also the sheer convenience of not having to precisely re-position them after charging, or, for Sidus users, possibly even re-programming a complex chase every time a battery goes flat on a light. We would also only have to carry additional batteries instead of extra fixtures. We once lost about a good hour each day on a project where we always had to exactly reposition a myriad of those battery powered Astera spots after charging them in their cases over night …
I feel your pain my friend. The best work around I've found to date has been ordering a set of fairly inexpensive portable USB batteries off Amazon and plugging them into the lights as they run. Although, to be honest, I'm probably drastically reducing the overall lifespan of both products by doing this🤷♂️
I hate phone apps for that reason. With DMX I just have to match the address for a swap. I would have hoped they would have come up with a simple swap solution in the app by now.
@@gaffergear Yeah, but that still leaves the time for re-rigging and angling the replacement fixture vs. just swapping a battery. It also doesn't feel right that we go to great lengths to reduce the ecological footprint of our productions in every way we can (huge discussion, at least here in Europe), only to then buy light fixtures chock full of rare earth minerals with a planned obsolecense of 2-3 years.
@@filmhausbabelsberg cant you just run power to the lights to charge them overnight then spent 10-20 mins unplugging and cleaning cables, rather than an hour+ replacing all your lights?
Here is my answer...... I love the DASH. My preference if I could only buy one. The Hydra I use less often, but when I need the firepower I've got it and with its 6 zones it does an absolutely awesome and believable fire effects. (With a bit of playing around in the settings) But the MC Pros I have lots of because they are smaller and cheap. My kit..... 16 MC Pros (considering another 8) 4 DMG Dash 4 Hydra Panels.
Wow. Great teview thx. So ...one could run a bunch of non crmx lights using these as receivers conrolling them? They would all need to be Aputure lights I assume?
@gaffer & gear does the Usb C -> DMX also pass through signal if light is turned off? i'm looking to add the light into my chain as the first light, but my concern would be if the MC pro ever runs out of battery will it kill my whole chain? (using for live music, not film)
When using the MC pro as a crmx receiver, does the MC also change colors and such or does it just act as a box now? Ideally I want it to not light up when changing the fixture it’s attached to. Also would save it’s battery so it runs super long as a stand alone crmx receiver
Is it as simple as plugging the mc pro into a light? or are there any settings you need to adjust on the mc pro, or on your light you're wanting to control wirelessly?
It has to be linked to the transmitter the same as any other CRMX receiver would be. If you are not familiar with doing this, the first time going into the menu could seem complicated, but once set up, assuming no one else changes the settings, it will automatically lock in when it receives your signal from your transmitter With the lights it depends on the light, most will automatically detect the DMX data stream and switch over to DMX operation.
I tried it with a 300x and couldn’t get it to work. When I plug in a ratpac receiver the light automatically pick it up, but when I plug an mc pro in, nothing…the mc pro is connected to my system and receiving signal. Is this just a bug from the 300x?
@@McNuevo see if they need a firmware update in the sidus link. I use them with CRMX turned on and Bluetooth turned off. Do you know which cable you are using Amaran or Aputure?
@@gaffergear No new firmware updated in sidus link, I'm using the the amaran cable with bluetooth turned off and CRMX on. What firmware are you using? V1.0 is all that it says is available
Your reviews are always worth waiting for!
I have started to ignore the youtube influencers who have their reviews uploaded 5 minutes after official product release.
Your reviews actually point out useful information and positives and negatives.
Same here
Randomly bumped into someone today who referenced a gaffer and gear video while we were chatting about lights today wild
Sweet! A new Andrew Lock episode. Watching this tonight! Haha
Color temp shift with diffusion is good to know!
Damn you Andrew, I had managed to resist buying the 8-light kit a few weeks ago (since I already have the 4 light mc kit, and the dmg dash is too rich for my blood).
But I have since attended an "Intro to DMX" Workshop, and after this review, the temptation is growing again. :) :)
Great review.
On a totally different scale, I really can't wait til you do a review on their monster new Electro Storm fixtures. Any word on when you might be reviewing those? I need some time to line up a buyer for my kidney :)
Fantastic review. I would be interested to see how colour brightness compares to other pocket panels.
Nice review. Always good videos!
It would be great to have more gaffer video and still gear videos 👌
It more exemple of situations product like those one
Thanks for the fantastic review as always! Bit unfortunate that the batteries are not quickly user replaceable on set again. There isn't just the issue of sustainability if these just last 2-3 years, there is also the sheer convenience of not having to precisely re-position them after charging, or, for Sidus users, possibly even re-programming a complex chase every time a battery goes flat on a light. We would also only have to carry additional batteries instead of extra fixtures. We once lost about a good hour each day on a project where we always had to exactly reposition a myriad of those battery powered Astera spots after charging them in their cases over night …
I feel your pain my friend.
The best work around I've found to date has been ordering a set of fairly inexpensive portable USB batteries off Amazon and plugging them into the lights as they run.
Although, to be honest, I'm probably drastically reducing the overall lifespan of both products by doing this🤷♂️
I hate phone apps for that reason. With DMX I just have to match the address for a swap. I would have hoped they would have come up with a simple swap solution in the app by now.
@@gaffergear Yeah, but that still leaves the time for re-rigging and angling the replacement fixture vs. just swapping a battery. It also doesn't feel right that we go to great lengths to reduce the ecological footprint of our productions in every way we can (huge discussion, at least here in Europe), only to then buy light fixtures chock full of rare earth minerals with a planned obsolecense of 2-3 years.
@@filmhausbabelsberg cant you just run power to the lights to charge them overnight then spent 10-20 mins unplugging and cleaning cables, rather than an hour+ replacing all your lights?
Hello, I wanted to know if you could recommend me some stands for the Aputure NOVA PC600R, up to 3 meters in steel. Thank you.
Definitely a combo stand, my go-to are avenger or kupo, but that's because options are limited in Melbourne.
thanks so much sir !!!! @@gaffergear
Wow!
Battery indicator in minutes - priceless
What would you preference be between this kit vs. DMG dash vs. Astera Hydra Panel without regarding budget?
Here is my answer......
I love the DASH. My preference if I could only buy one.
The Hydra I use less often, but when I need the firepower I've got it and with its 6 zones it does an absolutely awesome and believable fire effects. (With a bit of playing around in the settings)
But the MC Pros I have lots of because they are smaller and cheap.
My kit.....
16 MC Pros (considering another 8)
4 DMG Dash
4 Hydra Panels.
Wow. Great teview thx. So ...one could run a bunch of non crmx lights using these as receivers conrolling them? They would all need to be Aputure lights I assume?
Not at all… if they can take 5pin DMX, the manufacturer doesn’t matter.
@@Cagliostro85 evev better..thk you!
Anything DMX. I use these to run my Nanlite 720s and Forza 60s
@@gaffergear Ha, that's cool. That almost makes the kit worth it by itself. Thx
@gaffer & gear does the Usb C -> DMX also pass through signal if light is turned off? i'm looking to add the light into my chain as the first light, but my concern would be if the MC pro ever runs out of battery will it kill my whole chain? (using for live music, not film)
@@syl7en That's an excellent question. I run wireless so I've never tested it. I would ask an Aputure Facebook user group to get an answer.
When using the MC pro as a crmx receiver, does the MC also change colors and such or does it just act as a box now? Ideally I want it to not light up when changing the fixture it’s attached to. Also would save it’s battery so it runs super long as a stand alone crmx receiver
You need to set it to an unused DMX address otherwise it will act like a light
Greetings, will there be a comparison between the APUTURE AMARAN 300C model and the APUTURE NOVA P300C model&?
It would be very interesting to compare the spectrum data to see how far technology has come in the two years
Amaran 200x S PLEASE!!!
Is it as simple as plugging the mc pro into a light? or are there any settings you need to adjust on the mc pro, or on your light you're wanting to control wirelessly?
It has to be linked to the transmitter the same as any other CRMX receiver would be. If you are not familiar with doing this, the first time going into the menu could seem complicated, but once set up, assuming no one else changes the settings, it will automatically lock in when it receives your signal from your transmitter
With the lights it depends on the light, most will automatically detect the DMX data stream and switch over to DMX operation.
I tried it with a 300x and couldn’t get it to work. When I plug in a ratpac receiver the light automatically pick it up, but when I plug an mc pro in, nothing…the mc pro is connected to my system and receiving signal. Is this just a bug from the 300x?
Tried it with a skypanel and still couldn’t get it to work. Must be missing something…
@@McNuevo see if they need a firmware update in the sidus link. I use them with CRMX turned on and Bluetooth turned off. Do you know which cable you are using Amaran or Aputure?
@@gaffergear No new firmware updated in sidus link, I'm using the the amaran cable with bluetooth turned off and CRMX on. What firmware are you using? V1.0 is all that it says is available
I heard the Aus customs withold almost anything hence nothing really happens in Australia.