Patent ID: 7221109
Filing Date: 2007-05-22
Classification: H05B

Abstract:
1. A stage lighting console for controlling the lighting level or illumination from zero to one hundred percent of a plurality of stage lighting instruments including: (1) a console; (2) a plurality of sliders slidably affixed to the console, each of the sliders being capable of moving through a range designated or calibrated from −100% to 100%, and each of said sliders being capable of controlling the lighting level of a lighting instrument and setting the lighting level from 0% of illumination to 100% of illumination; (3) recording means within said console capable of recording the setting of each of said sliders; and (4) playback means within said console capable of playing back the recorded settings of each of said sliders such that the light level of any or all of the lighting instruments may be set by said sliders to form a lighting set, multiple additional lighting sets may be set using said sliders, all of the lighting sets can be recorded, and all of the lighting sets can be played back in sequence or in any order, and the lighting instruments upon the stage will reflect the lighting level setting recorded using said sliders; whereby an operator may set the lighting levels of a plurality of stage lighting instruments, for multiple lighting sets, record each of the lighting sets, and replay the lighting sets in sequence or in any order.