Hey what a treat to find this posting! I have a clay paky astron 3 hanging in my garage in full working order following a complete re-build! And you played Hamilton Bohannon too! Good job mate!!
Thanks, glad you like the video! The mix is the 1992 Dance Classics Party Mix on the Arcade label. The first track is Bohannon, Let's start II dance again.
I now have 8 classic light effects. Most of them I simply bought from the internet, they were offered on websites with 2nd hand stuff. They all needed complete renovation and replacement of several parts after being ignored for 25+ years though.
Most of these brands used Crouzet asynchronous 110/220 Volt motors at 25-40 rpm. Some effects also used 24V DC motors so you could control the amount of rpm and sometimes the direction. For that you would need a dedicated controller which was often optional.
STONEWALL (Allentown, PA) has 2 Astro Disco 3s & COLUMBUS EAGLE( Columbus, OH) had one Satel Oxis. THe Oxis is in storage here needing rotors. All the old Martin 812s were sold as is & some were repaired being used in annual GARDEN PARTY in Historic Old Towne East (Columbus, OH)
Hi trompolights. Yes, dmx was added afterwards, no Astrodisco has it as a standard feature. I have built a 4 channel dmx switchpack and xlr in/out connectors in the base of the unit, as well as powercon connectors for reliable 230V connections. As a standard, the Astrodisco has simple terminals.
Hi. Not too sure what you mean by an igniter as they are lit by a large 24v halogen lamp. Pulsar light in Cambridge carry a few spares for these as thats where I got all the parts to re-build mine about four years ago. The halogen bulb is available at any good disco hire shop.
There was also an Astrodisco with SN-250 gas discharge lamp. Unfortunately, this lamp type was discontinued a long time ago and I think it will be very difficult to get an igniter for it.
Hi DJLoop1995, it is Dance Classics The Party Mix, mixed by Koen Groeneveld and Addy van der Zwan, info on discogs. com/Various-Dance-Classics-The-Party-Mix/release/639167 (remove space). You should be able to find it second hand in the Netherlands.
By the way, where can I find a Satel Oxis? The club in my town used to have one and they used to fill it with smoke for extra effect but that was over twenty years ago!
nice track bro and that astro disco is awesome brother but did you modified adding DMX? is cool bro I know is possible whit a 4 channels dmx module I working in one right now and for control I was thinking in a 4 channels wireless control or a wired control but now I think the way to go is DMX cuz is the standard way right now so thanks so much for your video because this video inspired me :)
Hey what a treat to find this posting! I have a clay paky astron 3 hanging in my garage in full working order following a complete re-build! And you played Hamilton Bohannon too! Good job mate!!
Thanks, glad you like the video! The mix is the 1992 Dance Classics Party Mix on the Arcade label. The first track is Bohannon, Let's start II dance again.
I now have 8 classic light effects. Most of them I simply bought from the internet, they were offered on websites with 2nd hand stuff. They all needed complete renovation and replacement of several parts after being ignored for 25+ years though.
Most of these brands used Crouzet asynchronous 110/220 Volt motors at 25-40 rpm. Some effects also used 24V DC motors so you could control the amount of rpm and sometimes the direction. For that you would need a dedicated controller which was often optional.
STONEWALL (Allentown, PA) has 2 Astro Disco 3s & COLUMBUS EAGLE( Columbus, OH) had one Satel Oxis. THe Oxis is in storage here needing rotors.
All the old Martin 812s were sold as is & some were repaired being used in annual GARDEN PARTY in Historic Old Towne East (Columbus, OH)
Glad you liked it! There will be more later this year, I'm working on some large 80's center effects by Satel.
Hi trompolights. Yes, dmx was added afterwards, no Astrodisco has it as a standard feature. I have built a 4 channel dmx switchpack and xlr in/out connectors in the base of the unit, as well as powercon connectors for reliable 230V connections.
As a standard, the Astrodisco has simple terminals.
Hi. Not too sure what you mean by an igniter as they are lit by a large 24v halogen lamp.
Pulsar light in Cambridge carry a few spares for these as thats where I got all the parts to re-build mine about four years ago. The halogen bulb is available at any good disco hire shop.
There was also an Astrodisco with SN-250 gas discharge lamp. Unfortunately, this lamp type was discontinued a long time ago and I think it will be very difficult to get an igniter for it.
Sweet thanks for the reply. I have bought quite a few vinyl off of discogs. Thanks again.
Cheers,
DJ Loop
@DJLoop1995: it is modified, Clay Paky never made a dmx version of this effect since it was discontinued before dmx was invented.
totally amazing, thanks for sharing!
cool lights like the 1 one
nice lights!
Hi DJLoop1995, it is Dance Classics The Party Mix, mixed by Koen Groeneveld and Addy van der Zwan, info on discogs. com/Various-Dance-Classics-The-Party-Mix/release/639167 (remove space). You should be able to find it second hand in the Netherlands.
I have to get an astrodisco light ❤
very nice the clay paky astrodisco!! I have a sapro rainbow he is very slowww!!
the trifid sapro V1 is a little too fast XD
By the way, where can I find a Satel Oxis? The club in my town used to have one and they used to fill it with smoke for extra effect but that was over twenty years ago!
nice track bro and that astro disco is awesome brother but did you modified adding DMX? is cool bro I know is possible whit a 4 channels dmx module I working in one right now and for control I was thinking in a 4 channels wireless control or a wired control but now I think the way to go is DMX cuz is the standard way right now so thanks so much for your video because this video inspired me :)
Did you modify the Astro Disco for DMX or was that one of the last models Clay Paky made before discontinuing?
excellent !
Muito doido esses aparelhos de iluminação, principalmente a bola que reparte no meio...
So back to my 1st question did you modify the Astrodisco 3 for DMX? The video lised it as having DMX.
onde posso encontrar o satel oxis???????????????estou no brazil
I need to get a copy of you song cuts,
Where can I buy this kind of lights?
can someone tell me what kind of motor is used in these machines
c est le top super
wow all the 3 fantastic,but only withe lights,not color
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