LiteConsole. Construction and bags

0:00 Bags and also the console

Alright ladies and gentlemen, this is a video showing you the bags that come with the light console. And this is one of the bags, as you can see it's exceedingly big. It's very baggy and in this video I'm going to show you the bags and also the console and how you put the console in the bags. Ah, hi. Right, this is a bag and actually it's quite big. Very quickly as well, if you're part of the mob and stuff and you like to, I don't know, get rid of people in very inappropriate ways. Anyway, we won't go there but first of all you probably want to know what Light Console is. It's that thing over there. So, what we'll do now, I'll take you over there, we'll have a look at it with some kit on and then what I'm going to do in this video, I'm going to pull it apart, I'm going to put it in the bags and there's that one, there's that one, there's that one, there, and there's that one. I'm going to put it in the bags.

And then take it out of the bags and put it back together again. Now bear in mind as well that all these videos I do is my own work, so no one's told me what to do or what to say. I haven't been contacted by the companies and they've gone, you must do this! Or if you don't do that, we'll send the boys around, put you in a bag and break your arms! Did they say? No. Anyway, so this is all me, my work, just punk style, showing you exactly what's going on. So don't move, and we'll have a closer look at that. Ah! Don't move. Right, here we go. Light console. And as you can see at the moment, it's got stuff all around it and all over it. So if I just go around this side, there you go. What I will do is I will unplug everything and in the next snippet you'll see that just by itself in the middle of sort of there-ish, so hold tight. And with the wonders of technology, there it is.

2:35 Very quickly as well, you'll notice a couple of LED lights there

Right, if you want measurements, I'll put all measurements in the description, also a link to the website. Very quickly as well, you'll notice a couple of LED lights there. They're there to light up the side panels, but bearing in mind that it's up to you what you want to do. You can have up lighting, down lighting, side lighting, left and right lighting in here. It doesn't really matter because it's down to the individual who wants to, you know, you put your own effects in there basically. Right, side panel, look at that. Hold on, one-handed, there you go, like so. Okay also if we take a look at the top, that can be removed like that and it gives you adequate space, fish chips. If you want to, you could put your DJ gear on there as well. Looking at the top of the unit, you've got space for at least three players and then down there you can put your mixer but of course you've got adequate space for anything and everything really. Small but genius, small hole for your cables goes through there. Another one you can see there and stereo the other side.

And then, down at the bottom as well. Right, now, front of the unit we've got quite a large panel. This has been designed so you can have the panel like so. Alternatively, you can take this away, which I will show you very shortly, and you maybe put a plasma there as well. So, maybe you're a VJ, etc., or maybe you're at, say, a particular event, and they want some sort of visual effects. Simple. I'll show you that in a minute. Hold on.

4:49 Front panel, clamps, simple

Right, what we'll do now, I'll take that away, like so, and then front panel here, just lift up on the floor. Right, I'm going to leave that in. That's my fault, I just put it there, sorry, I apologise. So, it is as simple as that. That's it. There you go. Right, I'm going to put that there. And this, alright, very makeshift, but you can see we have... Light console. So, think about it. Any form of light, in fact any kind of light, LED or dichroic, I don't really matter, that will shine up that. So I'm going to put that there and I'm going to put that there and let's turn this off. Very simple as well, looking at the back of the unit we've got four clamps so it's just a question of unclamping and then you can remove the front panel. Now also

Again, if you look at those, clamps like that or those two bars will give you the endless possibilities of attaching the likes of flat screen TV. You could even have a... if you wanted. If you really, really, really wanted. Right, all the clamps have been loosened and also, small point you'll notice, that that panel has now not dropped on any of the audience. So what I'll do now is just go outside, take that away and there it is. Right, I'll put that over there. Getting closer now to the framework. So top comes off like so. There you go. And stop going bleary. Thank you. You'll notice exceedingly simple attachment if I just put it in that sort of direction like so. There you go. I mean, these are relatively heavy. I'm not going to joke there. But, very solid. I'm going to take that off and put that over there. And the other one. Then pull up and put that over there. Done this before on my light console. Is it light? Right, this one's slightly bigger than the other one, so this should be quite interesting. Put it like that. There we go, don't move.

7:52 How, let me show you

If you can see me looking in that direction, I've got a TV screen out there. Right, I'll have to move that cable first, hold on. Cable removed, here we go. Yes, I did it! Alright, I don't actually advise you to do that. Uh, because, uh, could fall on someone. Right, let me show you how, let me show you now how to, um, dismantle the unit, because we have these bars which are holding the two side bits together. Hold tight. Right, on this guy, eight bars, on each side of every single bar, you've got these guys. You can see, flick in, and of course if you think about it, if you've got eight of those... 8 bars, that means 16 lots of these guys. How on earth are you supposed to pull this apart? Well, let me demonstrate. I'll just pause the camera again. Right now, if you're a baker, you know it's called using your loaf. I'm going to press those two in. I'm going to press those two in. Now I'm going to turn that bar. That's it. So if you imagine you've got 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Press in and turn.

The small little bits there, you can hear them click in, like so. So press in and twist. So all I need to do is do that to every bar and then the sides should pull apart. I mean should, they will pull apart, but better add. Right, I'm going to use the laws of gravity now. All those bars are ready to go. If I pull this across like that, all those bars probably might stay there, some may sort of sit there and wonder what's going on. Alternatively, we could have a bit of a mess up. So what I'm going to do, I'm going to turn it the other way around, hold on. Or on its end. Right, I'm going to take that off. So, well I've done this before. Oh there you go, got a couple of bars holding onto the top, but there you go. Right. Alright, so I've got bits all over the place. Here's the deal. If you are going to spend a vast amount of money on something like this, because it's not that cheap really.

10:51 First of all, side bits

You're probably going to have to have the bags because you want it looked after. So what I'm going to try and do now, well not going to try and do it, is I'm going to put all the bits in the bags. So right, first of all, side bits. Again, you've got your motif there so it's probably a good idea to put them like that, back to back. So I'll just pause the camera. Right, I've got those nicely in there. Alright, next one. One one with its own separate compartment that's got some Velcro attached. And there's also, I love this, a bag in a bag. Now that one is definitely not for the Mrs Hair Dryer but it is for those guys so let's put it in. So in that one we've got the angled unit that sits on top of the light console and the eight bars. One quick point as well, Velcro.

Good idea. I'll be honest with you, zips, give it half a dozen times, unless it's a good quality zip, probably fall apart. But, I mean, Velcro can't really go wrong. Right, do apologise, my fault, first time I've done this. That guy there, you can put that in there as well. There we go. You could always put a bit of material or something in between, or there is like a small partitioner piece. So maybe that could even go on the top of there. But that seems quite happy alternatively, though, thinking about it. I could take the bars out of there. They're already in their own bag. I could put... Ah, yes, that's what they've done. Of course. Dirt partitioned there with bars on top of there. Genius! Flippin' heck. Oh my goodness. God, no wonder I was never a rocket scientist. Right, I'm going to Velcro that up.

And I'm going to put that over there. Don't go away. Right, this is the rather large big bag. Very quickly as well. If by any chance you've got an artist in the family, do not show them these bags because this is exactly the sort of thing that an artist would like to have put their rather large canvases in. So I suggest you hide it. I'm going to open this up and I'm going to put those pieces in there. Right, bear with me.

13:42 Bit of health room

Alright, I've got the one shelf in there. So, I'm just going to grab that and put that one in there. Can I put it like that? Like that. There we go. Bit of health room. See, I'm an artist. No, not a piss artist. Been on Saturdays. Right. Right. Least but not last, here's the biggest bag of them all. And at the beginning of this video you might have noticed a nutter in a bag. Of course, I was in that one. By the way, girls and boys... If you are watching this, it's not a good idea to go into bags because you could suffocate. Alternatively, all of a sudden your mum and dad decide or start talking secretly and you can't understand what's happening. And then let's say for example you see lots of big bags at the front door and something to do with Thomas Cook or I don't know, like holiday, then it might be a good idea to sneak in one because it means you've gone on holiday. That's of course if they're doing it behind your back. But still!

15:57 We've got one of them in and got partition in as well

Don't go in bags because you could suffocate. Right, I'm going to take the partition away. Move that out, which of course, without throwing it's not tipping, er, ripping, sorry. Nobody ever washed ripping yarn, fantastic. Right, so that's that one in there. And then I'm going to get the other one and put the other one in. Right, so over there. If we can put it the other way, yeah, probably better the other way. I'll put it the other way that we can get. Partitioning. In fact, what I'm going to do now, I'm just going to pause the camera, put the partition in and you can have a look. So we've got one of them in and got partition in as well. If I lift that up, there you go. So what I'll do, I'll pause the camera, put the camera back on the stand and bung the other one in. Right, my fault, I did actually have... Sorry, you're out there. I did have the first one in the wrong way round, so I've put it in the right way wrong now. The right way round, wrong way.

It's in the right way this time anyway, so there you go. Right, there you go, last piece in a bag. Now, me personally, I'm always wary about bags because it's not like a hard flight case. A hard flight case, you can literally batter it around and it's going to last indefinitely. Again, it's as long as you look after it. But bags, they rip, they tear, etc. The only thing I will say about these is that they will protect what's inside them. Full stop. If you're going to have your items, the pieces in here and then all of a sudden just chuck them in the back of the van or the lorry so they're waving and wobbling about all the place and then they're starting to rub on other items, then they're not going to last. So again, very simple, if you're going to spend a vast amount of money on a light stand, you're going to buy the bags. If you're going to buy the bags, then what you're going to do when you put it in two form of transports, you're going to make damn sure that they're secure.

Now this guy here is a two-man lift. Even though you saw me earlier lift it with the bars, you've got a handle there and a handle there. So unless you are someone like me who couldn't do that, I would recommend two people. But you can do that actually. As crazy as it sounds, a little trolley underneath. Trolley, dolly, there you go. Alright now, a bit of a video here for a company called Lightsand. Like I said, I will put a hyperlink in the description down there that will take you directly to the website. Also, on the website, I would have thought you've got your usual emails, contacts, so if you are interested, go and check them out. And also check out their Facebook page which I will put on here as well. Alright, so yeah, practice and enjoy. I've got to set this back up now. Right. Yvette! Give us a hand.

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