Hey guys, my first real post on here.
I am looking to buy/get my own control setup and am looking at the MagicQ PC range, I worked on a Tiesto gig during the weekend and the LD was using one (and other controllers/desks). I looked it up on google and read some posts on here, and it seems like a pretty decent peice of software. My questions are:
-Should I use a Mac or PC?
-Latency, is there much delay/glitching with it?
-How many universes can the software handle?
-From the people who have actually used it, is it good/reliable?
Im pretty keen on buying the MagicQ PC Wing maybe the Maxi, any feedback on these would be great.
Also as a general question, with the DMX-USB dongles, how many universes can you run/have? If I plug in 6 dongles can I use 6 universes? Are there multiple universe dongles? So 4 or so outputs on one dongle?
The final question is on lighting plot software, all I am really after is top down 2D plots. I see from other posts this question comes up allot, so all im after is just what the industry and amature standard is and any tutorials or guides on how to use them. Yeah I know I can use paper and have done and still do, but I want to learn the software.
Thanks guys, Sam.
I am looking to buy/get my own control setup and am looking at the MagicQ PC range, I worked on a Tiesto gig during the weekend and the LD was using one (and other controllers/desks). I looked it up on google and read some posts on here, and it seems like a pretty decent peice of software. My questions are:
-Should I use a Mac or PC?
-Latency, is there much delay/glitching with it?
-How many universes can the software handle?
-From the people who have actually used it, is it good/reliable?
Im pretty keen on buying the MagicQ PC Wing maybe the Maxi, any feedback on these would be great.
Also as a general question, with the DMX-USB dongles, how many universes can you run/have? If I plug in 6 dongles can I use 6 universes? Are there multiple universe dongles? So 4 or so outputs on one dongle?
The final question is on lighting plot software, all I am really after is top down 2D plots. I see from other posts this question comes up allot, so all im after is just what the industry and amature standard is and any tutorials or guides on how to use them. Yeah I know I can use paper and have done and still do, but I want to learn the software.
Thanks guys, Sam.