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KAM KHM800 HAZE MACHINE Demonstration.Suitable for the Mobile DJ and Club instal

First look November 2013

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0:00 All very shortly

Alright ladies and gentlemen, you have in front of you the KM800 haze machine. Now a tiny bit of the smoke or the haze coming out of it at the moment. Turn it on and off, I will explain all very shortly. The only reason I'm not having it full blast is because I don't want to have the room full of smoke because it's not that nice. Right, first and foremost, haze fluid is very different to smoke fluid so this is a big listen. Haze fluid is for haze machines, smoke fluid is for smoke machines. Do not put one in the other. So that's a big no-no. Right, so if we have a look at KHM800, there is a motor, if I turn that on, you can hear that's firing up like so. So we can fire this up continuously or manually, we can have the timer on and off. We can set interval.

We can also set the duration and the output so we can have quite a bit of the haze coming out or a little bit. Right, also you'll notice that we can angle the haze so straightforward or we can let it rise up as well. Now I'll just run over the basics very simply or very quickly should I say. There is for purposes, let's say if you're going to hang this and you will need some sort of safety cable on there. So you can have this, let's say from a light trussing rig or from your T-bar. But I would more... In fact, probably not a good idea to have it on a T-bar. More likely, it's probably a good idea just to have it on the floor but of course away from kicking feet which isn't a good idea. Now this...

1:52 Hayes Machine is DMX controllable and, as I said, there it is

Hayes Machine is DMX controllable and, as I said, there it is. It comes with its own control for you as well. I'll just pull that out of the way and take a look at the back. DMX controllable there. Those are your dip switches in and out for DMX. And this one here is for your control. Very important. Again, I will say it again. Fluid for haze machines, smoke fluid for smoke machines. If I open at the back, I'm just going to turn it off now. If I open at the back, this is the compartment where we put the fluid. And very simple, unscrew, fluid in there, that goes in there and you're pretty much good to go. Small point but very valid, some people may put fluid into their smoke machine or their haze machine, turn it on, nothing happens.

And they're wondering, what's wrong? It works. It's hot. Smoke or smoke, smoke fluid or haze fluid is in there. Why isn't it working? Well, it could be something as simple as the small little pipe isn't dipping into the fluid. So before you push it in, just make sure that pipe is down at the bottom of the container. A couple of times what I've done in the past is I've pushed it down and down as far as it'll go and thought that's it, all the pipe is in there. But what's actually happened? The pipe's hit the bottom and it's turned and gone up again so it's out of the fluid. So I'm thinking it's gone in as far as it can go. It has but it's gone in and it's gone out again so just a small point there. Right, one thing about haze machines that is very different to smoke machines. Smoke machines generally will push out loads of smoke, fill a room

And that's about it. A haze machine is very subtle, it's almost like having someone chain smoking in the corner, just the occasional puff of smoke. Now, of course a lot of places in the UK do not allow haze machines or smoke machines but if you are, if you do desperately need to have for some form of machine I would go personally with a haze machine because it's a little bit more subtle they will push out a very nice sort of Even supply of haze, not full on like a smoke machine. Again you need to ask but if you do want a nice mellow effect, you don't want to fill a room with a huge amount of smoke then a haze machine is for you. Right so there it is. Now this one here is very heavy. It makes a bit of noise.

4:38 That over, OK

The DJ Tutor is available for purchase at Ellaskins.com And you can see there, you have your kettle lead input switch. That there is, like I said earlier, is for your control DMX and the dip switches for DMX as well. Here, alright, small area there. Don't cover that over, OK? That's the intake of air. And that's where it comes out. And this here is for directioning the haze, alright? Very, very simple, but very useful if you want to get some good effects for your lights. Alright, once again, link in the description. Cam KHM800. Practice and enjoy. Third time. Haze fluid, haze machines. Smoke fluid, smoke machines. Cigarettes, if you can't use either. But don't smoke, it's bad for you. Practice and enjoy. Thank you.

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