They already have it. It's called the Ion....
Thats not at all what I meant, I would just like an Element with only one or two Encoder wheels for just pan and tilt, thats all. Without going full blown Ion, maybe a couple hundred dollars more than the basic Element but not as much as and Ion. This is what they did with the Smartfade and the Smartfade ML, if they could do it with the Element it would be perfect!
I just find it weird that they can put Encoder wheels on the tiny little Smartfade but can't stick a couple on the Element. Obviously the people who order the "Element ML" would be the ones who know they need encoder wheels and they know how to use them, like me.
Thats not at all what I meant, I would just like an Element with only one or two Encoder wheels for just pan and tilt, thats all. Without going full blown Ion, maybe a couple hundred dollars more than the basic Element but not as much as and Ion. This is what they did with the Smartfade and the Smartfade ML, if they could do it with the Element it would be perfect!
I just find it weird that they can put Encoder wheels on the tiny little Smartfade but can't stick a couple on the Element. Obviously the people who order the "Element ML" would be the ones who know they need encoder wheels and they know how to use them, like me.
Remember to stop thinking of this new generation of light boards as the old proprietary custom built devices. It's really just a PC in a case with a fancy custom made control surface that plugs into the PC via USB . SO, the beauty is if you want a track ball just go down to your local computer shop, buy one for $30 and plug it into a USB port on the back. To back up or cary files around, just pop a USB flash drive in the back. Just about any USB device you can think of will work with this new generation of consoles.
Since most of the marketing people are off at the trade show, I'll do a bit of a response to this. While this might not be exactly what you are looking for, Element will allow you to plug in a trackball or mouse and a user can use switch that pointing device into a mode that can control pan and tilt. That would probably be the easiest solution for those needs, and works a heck of a lot better than the Express touchpad ever did. And I know a number of our users have asked for the trackball/mouse functionality on Eos and Ion as well, and those consoles have encoders. (And the support for this will be in the 1.5 release of the software. ).
The trackball/mouse option isn't going to be best option for everyone, but it is another solution available outside of the Element ML controls.
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ETC Element Demo
Here is the demo with Sarah Clausen that I shot yesterday. Hopefully this will answer some questions that have been asked.
ETC Element Demo
Here is the demo with Sarah Clausen that I shot yesterday. Hopefully this will answer some questions that have been asked.
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