I am also a
Strand guy!!
There are quite a few reasons why I like the Strand desks, but I think its important to realise I was converted to Strand, and yes it was my own choice, I wasnt forced or anything. Where I used to use any
desk under the sun, I now always put down a strand for my gigs!
Alot of people, when first using a strand desk sit down and freak out because it initially looks so complex to use the desk, however once you use it and get a bit friendly with it, you will realise that they are actually very very simple desks to use, and very intelligent!
All the commands you type in are common sense, and you can program ot to do pretty much whatever you want through the use of groups and macros. for example, when using moving lights you can make a group that has them all pointing to the centre and in blue, you can then tell the desk that you want to assign that group to the flash button on sub 1, or one of its specially designed
macro trigger buttons.
But as I said, they basically follow common logic and once you figure it out and spend some time with them they are very easy and a very user friendly desk to use...
I think I have made posts about this somewhere else, but after one show of using the desk, you pretty much know how to use every feature on the desk!
I would seriously suggest having a look at one and getting a demo!