Recent content by TheatreTeachre

I'm a high school teacher and we replaced our Express with an Element. I've never used an Ion, so this is all hearsay, but my understanding is that if you intend to have students or lay people run your board, the Element is a safer choice. If it's professionals, then the Ion. I love our Element...

William McNulty's adaptation of Dracula is rife with these sorts of problems to the point that I nearly regretted doing it. I unleashed the problems of the set into my tech class the spring before, and my repeaters had a blast tearing into the special effects opportunities.One of the biggest...

I should say first that I have no experience with an Ion.We bought an Element about 3 years ago, and I've been very happy so far. It's user friendly for the students, and we run mostly conventional lighting, so I don't run into problems with channel limitations, only two DMX universes, etc. I...