Chauvet DJ (Trusst) Glow Totem 1.5 Short Review BY Ellaskins the DJ Tutor

0:00 Behind me I have the Glow Totem 1.5, it's trussing from Chauvet DJ

Alright ladies and gentlemen, behind me I have the Glow Totem 1.5, it's trussing from Chauvet DJ. So, this video is going to be on YouTube, also it's going to be on the DJ Tutor's Facebook page. What is it? I will put a link in the description right down there. That's a page for Brian S. Redd. From the United States of America, the other DJ Tutor and myself to put random sort of links and videos and share comments and socialise with other Facebook users. So if you want to play a part, go and check out the link, like and join in. You will see videos that we upload everywhere else but also you'll see unique videos that will only be on that page as well. Chauvet DJ, what have they done? Now these have been out for quite a while. They're known as the Totems. They come in three different sizes. I believe it's 1 metre, 1.5, this is the 1.5 and 2 metre. Now if you're not familiar with trussing, you can get this trussing that's got zigzags all over it. The problem with that, alright, there isn't a problem. It's very sturdy, it's very good quality, but...

The problem is when you get the long lengths, you're left with a block, a square. I stood on a plate. Luckily there was no milk in it from the cat. You're left with a square and when you try and put that in a vehicle, a small vehicle, there's not much else you can put in or around it. So what Chauvet DJ have come up with, or what they came up with, was the Totem, which is this. You can see the base. I've got a rather wide angle fish lens on. I'll show you that in a second. And you've got four pieces of aluminium. Aluminium, as you Americans will say. Aluminium, as you... Hey, look at my aluminum, as you Americans would say. All right, so I'm just going to have a look through there. And it is... Try not to bash that. Oh, there you are. I can see you. It's hollow. Very well made. All right? We're not talking crap, cheap materials. We are talking quality, pro, high-end.

Because you're going to put something potentially very expensive on the top, the last thing you want is something flimsy that's going to fall down and break. So you have four aluminum long pieces on a base. I'll show you that in a second. And then you have the top part. Now you'll notice some holes here. They are for attaching your lighting too. Okay, I'm going to fit that on there.

2:55 Not, okay, because that at the moment is not very sturdy at all

And that's it. Not, okay, because that at the moment is not very sturdy at all. Alright, what we have is, it comes with eight of these, please let me know what they're called, and eight clips. Now then, again I've got the wide angle lens on so it's pointless me going over to the Totem and showing you but What happens is you line up the holes. That is shaped like a bullet so it can only go in the one way and well actually it can only go in the one way. That goes through there, there's a little hole at the end, you put the clip on and so long as you knock them in this turns from a wobbly stable thing to a sturdy stable thing which is exactly what you want. A sturdy, stable totem. OK, now it's that stable I can show you. Come here. Let me just show you this. Right, this here is Madagascar. Now he is going to be my moving head. I'll show you. Watch. There you go, Maddy. Look, a moving head. See? A moving pussycat's head. OK, so, Maddy, come on. Come on. Come on, my pussycat. Come on. Yes, your daddy's pussycat.

4:30 See, he's a beautiful pussycat

See, he's a beautiful pussycat. If you could hear it, he's just purring now. He's purring. Okay, so what Chauvet DJ have done as well is they've taken the idea of having a stand for your lighting but we've got this gap. Now, it looks good but we need to cover it over. What do we cover it over with? We cover it over with a screen. One of these. So I'm going to remove that just for this demonstration because it's easier to put on. But this then can be pulled down like so and bingo, there you go. Now I'm not going to pull it all the way down but just imagine what that's going to look like with an uplight facing upwards or for that matter. An up light facing down, or a down light facing down, or it could be an up light that's down, or it could be a down light that's up. You could have a down light. Yeah, you get it. So you could pretty much design anything you want out of it. When we say design, you can put any light in there. It doesn't have to be an up light. It could be a small laser cluster. Think about it. Imagine having a tiny laser light under there, facing up,

Laser images. Imagine one at the top facing down. Right, I'm not going to say too much because I don't want to because I have got so many ideas for these totems. Believe me and you will see them in future videos. But it's about using your imagination. Let me explain. A company gives you a product. They say here is the product. Most people will use that product. As described by the company, the company will say it's a flashy light and it points that way. Most people will turn it on, it's a flashy light, they'll point it that way. You, on the other hand, will, yeah, flashy light, point it that way, but you'll also point it the other way or put a mirror in front of it or do silly... Cat's jumped in the box. Or do silly things with it that's slightly different. That is about experimenting.

6:58 The Totem comes in two packages

And taking it to the next level. Okay, now a tip for you, okay? The Totem comes in two packages. You have the box for the bass and the top, and you have the box for the long legs. Now this isn't against Chauvet DJ at all, but I can see possibly... Over time, the bag for the long legs may be wearing either side. Once you put the legs in and opened and shut and opened and shut, you're going to start getting holes and rips in it. So this is my advice. Okay, what I've done is I have kept the original box that they came in and I've just opened it up like that. So now all I need to do is when I'm good to go, put all four back in there Close it over, seal it in the box. What I haven't done there but I will do is I'll make sure that both ends are sealed. Then all that means is that when I now carry that, it's not only got the bag to protect the aluminum legs, it's also got the box protecting the aluminum legs from destroying the bag. Do you follow?

DJ tutorial by Ellaskins, The DJ Tutor. the crossfader Let's save a few dollars. Let's just try and make it thin. This is one big mother frigging chunk of aluminum. It needs to be, but again that's where the professionalism about the company comes in. They're not cutting corners here. They've smoothed that corner down, but they definitely haven't cut any corners. Alright, if you want any information on the Totems, I'll put a link in the description. And once again, go and check out The Tutor's Facebook DJ page and go and check out the Totems on Chauvet DJ. Practice and enjoy. Thank you.

This transcript was produced automatically from the audio of the video and may contain mistakes.