Chauvet 4play CL & the 4Bar

0:00 We've got three packets there, or flight cases should I say

Alright guys, in this video it's a bit of a demonstration, also it's a bit of a tutorial showing you how or a good way of using lights. But in this demonstration we're looking at a couple of units from Chauvet. We've got three packets there, or flight cases should I say. That one there is housing the Chauvet 4 bar. That is the stand that will come with the Chauvet 4 bar. And this guy here is the 4 plate CL. Now these guys are sold separately, but believe it or not, you put them together and you've got almost a complete lighting show in itself. So, three bags, three bags, and you've got a lighting show. One, two, three. Right, first off, the foreplate clear. Now, you can see it's clear. Right, what's the idea behind something like that? Well, look at it from this point of view. If you are, let's say, in the crowd...

And you're looking at the light show. All you'll see is pins of lights. Now, the idea behind this is now not only can you see pins of lights, you also see the light itself shine up. So instead of having a black surround and lights pointing out, you have the lights pointing out, bit of smoke, you get the light effect through the pins of light streaming through the smoke. Also, you have the whole unit lighting up. So it's a very good effect. If you imagine this, let's say above your DJ console, not only will it light up the crowd, if you put this in the correct position, it could light up you, illuminate your area a little bit as well. So that's that, let's have a look at the other unit. Right, first off, very simple, you get a tripod. Now also, what every single manufacturer of tripods should do is one of those.

2:33 Turn that finger tight, stopping that from moving around

Possibly the most important part of the tripod. Why? Right, see this? As every mobile DJ will know, over a period of time, the thread is knackered. It goes. So, what you do is you've got some holes there. The idea is very simple. I'm going to put that in there and then bring that down like so. And then all I have to do is... Turn that finger tight, stopping that from moving around. I know this is a small point, but it's a bit of help. Now let's imagine you have got a tripod and that's knackered. Don't throw the tripod away, please. If you can and you have the right tools, drill a couple of holes, different intervals through this part of the tripod. Grab yourself something, a nail, a screw. Put it through and guess what? Your tripod is working again. Simple, right? Right, there it is. Very simple, straight to the point. The 4-bar. Looking at it, it doesn't look much but the beauty about this guy is it will fill a small room with ease with beautiful colours. But it doesn't stop there. This unit also comes with some foot controls.

Ideal, let's say, for band applications. You know, maybe you're just a singer, maybe you are a guitarist and you want your own small light show. Well, you know what? You don't have to touch things. You can use your feet and you can control the lights using the foot switches. Very simple as well. Connected to the back of the unit, just there. By the way, if you can hear that noise in the background, that's an extra light so it's a little bit lighter in the room. So if we take a look at this guy as well, we can move these 360 all the way around if need be. Therefore being able to illuminate the entire room. They don't just have to face forward. Down, up, side to side. Right, let's turn this sucker on. Right, what I'll do as well, I'll put all the spec, that's short for specifications in the description, along with hyperlink to the Showbay website.

6:08 You know, maybe a small laser cluster, but you would not need anything

Now we did say this was going to be a bit of a demonstration as well on how you can have a light show with two lights. I'm going to show you that in a little bit. Also, I'm going to show you how this guy here works rather well with the other light. So hold tight. Right, just take a look at those two there. We've got power in and power out. What we can do, we can link this guy to the other guy. Right, I did say earlier we're looking at complete light show and you're near enough far. The two units can be attached together. You can see what I've done with the 4Play CL. I've attached that to the bar, the centre point of the tripod and then you've got the 4Bar on the top.

And again bearing in mind we can lift the 4Bar higher or lower and also we can have this guy. If you had one of these either side of the DJ setup, that would be it. You know, maybe a small laser cluster, but you would not need anything else. Something like this, I would say you're looking at maybe 50 to 100 people. Any more than 100 people and you probably would start to need a few more effects. But if you're dealing with small parties, small wedding parties, You don't really need loads of moving heads, etc. Something like this is short and sweet. Also, again, I'm thinking out of the box, the 4-bar. If you, let's say, are doing karaoke. Well, hold on, let me just pause the camera a second.

Alright, say for example, karaoke. Now you've noticed, or you should notice, I've got the 4-bar.

Facing the opposite direction. I've got these lights facing me. Thanks for watching, and I'll see you next time. We're looking at the 4-bar and the 4-plate CL. Practice and enjoy. Thank you very much.

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