It's better or worse depending on which board you're using. However with the new Ion and EOS board from
ETC it has gotten MUCH easier. However programming moving heads on any Express board is a pain because it lacks encoder wheels and you're forced to use the trackpad which is slow and annoying. You'll get caluses on the tips of your fingers from all the trackpad rubbing. The Insight, Expression and Obsession boards have Encoder wheels and are much better. It's basically just difficult and time consuming whereas with the new boards it's much easier.