I have an upcoming musical, Joseph... and his Coat.. woo hoo
Its in a new venue in town, well a re-done 1920's movie house. 25' Wide stage, 30' stage edge to back wall, full balcony... all that fun stuff.
Lighting system consists of 48 dimmers, 60 lekos, 24 S4 Pars, and an Smartfade 24/96. Obviously I will be pulling my personal shoebox dimmers in to add a bit more dimming as well as pulling some units from my theatres inventory. I will also be taking over my 4 Mac250's and 4 Technobeams.
So heres the question, my skill level at any of these consoles aside....
I have 3 options for consoles,
-ETC Expression 3 w/ Emphasis
-Hog II PC (No Wings)
-Chamsys Magic Q (No Wings)
This will be a Monday load in Sunday strike show, open Friday. I will need to pre-program the show. I have WYG perform, all consoles will talk to perform. So the question is, better console on a PC or a control surface?
Its in a new venue in town, well a re-done 1920's movie house. 25' Wide stage, 30' stage edge to back wall, full balcony... all that fun stuff.
Lighting system consists of 48 dimmers, 60 lekos, 24 S4 Pars, and an Smartfade 24/96. Obviously I will be pulling my personal shoebox dimmers in to add a bit more dimming as well as pulling some units from my theatres inventory. I will also be taking over my 4 Mac250's and 4 Technobeams.
So heres the question, my skill level at any of these consoles aside....
I have 3 options for consoles,
-ETC Expression 3 w/ Emphasis
-Hog II PC (No Wings)
-Chamsys Magic Q (No Wings)
This will be a Monday load in Sunday strike show, open Friday. I will need to pre-program the show. I have WYG perform, all consoles will talk to perform. So the question is, better console on a PC or a control surface?