flamingo
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Hi all! I've inherited 2 Ion classics as part of my new position in a lighting department. The previous human in this role left before the panorama took off, so there's been no overlap with people who know "institutional knowledge" on a departmental level.
I wrote to ETC and found out that the upgrade/rebuild program is now done. (I was out of the loop for a while, like so many others...) I'm not sure what to do with our Ion boards now.
Our setup:
Small Stage is running the other Ion full-time. The Ion is portable enough (and booth setup simple enough) that we *could* move it in and out for programming if need be, which I like. This is the "more important" space for me, at the moment, because we are producing more shows in that space (for the foreseeable future) - we're definitely going to spend a lot of time here, so I'm prioritizing improving the workspace & workflow here.
Large Stage has an Eos TI in the booth. Someone mentioned to me that they think one of the Ions was used as the programming desk during tech on shows with movers, because the booth has such poor sightlines. Our board op has confirmed this challenge, too. Since we can't update the Ion software, we aren't able to use that strategy, but the TI can't reasonably be moved. Our board op is doing their best for now, but as many of you know, programming time can make or break a tech process. While we have fewer shows in this space (shared with other organizations), our larger scale shows are typically set in this space - which in turn often necessitates a better programming set up to accommodate multiple kinds of movers and other FX programming.
MY QUESTION: How should I move forward? Should I be concerned that my lighting network is "out of date" ? Not sure how to approach this.
I wrote to ETC and found out that the upgrade/rebuild program is now done. (I was out of the loop for a while, like so many others...) I'm not sure what to do with our Ion boards now.
Our setup:
Small Stage is running the other Ion full-time. The Ion is portable enough (and booth setup simple enough) that we *could* move it in and out for programming if need be, which I like. This is the "more important" space for me, at the moment, because we are producing more shows in that space (for the foreseeable future) - we're definitely going to spend a lot of time here, so I'm prioritizing improving the workspace & workflow here.
Large Stage has an Eos TI in the booth. Someone mentioned to me that they think one of the Ions was used as the programming desk during tech on shows with movers, because the booth has such poor sightlines. Our board op has confirmed this challenge, too. Since we can't update the Ion software, we aren't able to use that strategy, but the TI can't reasonably be moved. Our board op is doing their best for now, but as many of you know, programming time can make or break a tech process. While we have fewer shows in this space (shared with other organizations), our larger scale shows are typically set in this space - which in turn often necessitates a better programming set up to accommodate multiple kinds of movers and other FX programming.
MY QUESTION: How should I move forward? Should I be concerned that my lighting network is "out of date" ? Not sure how to approach this.