Recent content by JoelD

One thing I really like about both MA and Martin M-Series (and others) is how highly configurable the user interface is. One benefit of that is that I can (and do) configure my interface so that I use the touchscreen for virtually everything, and don't have much need for the physical keypad...

I second soundlight's recommendation. Or, if you need to get even lower under your budget then rather than initially getting the M2PC just go with the M-Series software on the touchscreen computer with the M-Touch (best I can tell... around $500-$600) as your physical console - you can always...

I think I should have titled this thread much differently. My title probably contributed to how this discussion went so far away from my original basic question of: "Are there other consoles that have something similar to these two features that I like?".Anyway... my original question has...

I'm sorry this discussion got a little away from my original question. But, for me, the parts of the discussion that stick to the original question are not pointless at all.In the way I like to work and how I operate I really get significant benefit from the "Stage" view on the MA consoles as...

cbrandt - Yep. That's about what I've found.I've seen some things I like and some better ways of handling some things in other consoles that might entice me to them... IF they just had a simple on-board visualizer and the RGBxxx color mixing. I'll just keep watching as consoles advance...

My favorite and "go to" console has been the GrandMA for years.I'm always interested and open to considering new consoles (or new versions of existing consoles) but throughout the years, even with some other great consoles coming along, there seems to have always been a few features the...

I don't know that I'll be of any help in time for you to make your decision, since I don't have extensive experience with the Colordash Par Quad 18... yet. I JUST received our order of 5 of them with barn doors, and so will start gaining my experience with them in the coming weeks. When I...

I realize this thread is old, but I just wanted to chime in on it to say "thanks"... because it pointed me in the right direction to my problem and a resolution.For months we had been having an issue with our Chauvet LEDrain 64C pars and Chauvet ColorBand Tri strips experiencing random...

I joined CB several years ago and lurked for the longest time - finding tons of useful and helpful information. I eventually posted a grand total of two questions over approximately the last three years. But I was just about to respond to another post and realized that I never posted the...

Want to get a few inexpensive RGBA PARs. I'm looking at going with one the following models and would appreciate any opinions on them (especially if you have experience with them): Chauvet COLORdash Par-Quad 7 Chauvet SlimPAR Quad 12 Elation EPAR QA Chauvet COLORdash Par-Quad 18 (I'm...

I'm trying out the grandMA2 OnPC and started trying out the bitmap engine with a matrix of LEDs. I was able to get some bitmap images working with it fairly well. I'd like to be able to just type some text to be displayed and scrolled across the LED matrix, but I don't see how to do that...