We are demoing a
Strand 200 plus 12/24 this week as we consider purchasing it. They sent us home with the board and a K9
LED Par64 Bulldog. We are struggling on having them communicate with each other. Any suggestions?
Also, does anyone have any pros and cons about the board?
Yes, while I have not used the
Strand 200 plus, it's in the same price
point as a Smartfade ML, so at least I would demo the Smartfade ML before buying either one. I will say in general I am not a fan of
strand consoles because there's no uniformity between the model lines.
Honestly though, it depends what you are controlling them with. Seeing as you are having trouble getting a fairly basic
fixture to communicate, that should say something about the user friendlyness of the
console.
I assume you've patched the
fixture, have
dmx plugged in, and all that stuff?
Pros and cons? Again totally depends on what you're doing with it. On paper it looks pretty well equipted for the price
point. HOWEVER, on a small format
console like that, i would worry far more about easy of use. The Smartfade ML has great software you can hook it up to and get a
vga out,
cue stack, and a ton of other really useful stuff (runs on pc and
mac) no idea bout the
strand.