curtis73
Well-Known Member
Our tech booth (lovingly named John Wilkes) is pretty pathetic. I have a Mackie 24+4 analog console, an older ION that we just got a couple years ago, and (believe it or not) a reel-to-reel tape machine. I added a CD player, but I left the R2R in place just to show the executive board how pathetic our tech is.
So we're finally writing a grant to upgrade the following:
Can you tell me if I'm off base with my booth desires? I think I'll ask for an iPad for future digital sound console reasons, a Mac Mini for running Qlab and video, and a touchscreen laptop/Nomad dongle, plus additional touchscreen monitor, plus ION keyboard for programming/cueing. That will prevent us from carting the ION up and down from the elevated booth for designing/tech. The wireless I can figure out later or on my own. Heck, for that matter, I can just drop a cat5 for now.
1) does this sound like a logical direction for booth things?
2) anything different or additional?
3) am I missing something with the ION client? Should I do the whole laptop/monitor thing, or should I do something simpler like a R-pi to be a client (keep in mind, I'm not even sure what those words actually mean, I'm just coughing up phrases I've heard from people who actually know computer things.)
So we're finally writing a grant to upgrade the following:
- our office computers which are currently a mixture of Pentium and Core i2 towers running Vista
- our network which consists of a router, a switch, and cat5 hanging from the drop ceiling
- our booth tech. We're not pushing for a digital console in this particular grant, as this charitable fund focuses on smaller office/computer grants, not arts/production
Can you tell me if I'm off base with my booth desires? I think I'll ask for an iPad for future digital sound console reasons, a Mac Mini for running Qlab and video, and a touchscreen laptop/Nomad dongle, plus additional touchscreen monitor, plus ION keyboard for programming/cueing. That will prevent us from carting the ION up and down from the elevated booth for designing/tech. The wireless I can figure out later or on my own. Heck, for that matter, I can just drop a cat5 for now.
1) does this sound like a logical direction for booth things?
2) anything different or additional?
3) am I missing something with the ION client? Should I do the whole laptop/monitor thing, or should I do something simpler like a R-pi to be a client (keep in mind, I'm not even sure what those words actually mean, I'm just coughing up phrases I've heard from people who actually know computer things.)