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So most of us have used a plethora of lighting consoles and we all have the one we LOVE and the ONES we hate. I was on the crew for a show and our LD chose the Jands Vista I3 as our console. Not being very familiar with the console at first i was hesitant about it, however the LD swore by it. I have used MA, Hog, ETC, and so on, and had personally found MA to be fantastic..... until i used Vista! I never thought controlling 48 ML's would be this easy! It has such an easy interface and programming using a time-line is fantastic!! the built in effects worked for most of the stuff we needed and even making our own was simple. Grouping fixtures... has never been easier, controlling led fixtures, a cake walk, and conventional fixtures worked just as well..... i was just memorized. However, the one short fall i noticed about the board was the built in library seemed a little limited, but a quick personality download can fix that easily. Overall a fantastic board that i would definitely use again, but hey, i know there are better consoles (the godliness called MA2 ) however this board blew my expectations out of the water.
Has anyone else had a chance to play with or use this board? I am interested to hear what others think!
So most of us have used a plethora of lighting consoles and we all have the one we LOVE and the ONES we hate. I was on the crew for a show and our LD chose the Jands Vista I3 as our console. Not being very familiar with the console at first i was hesitant about it, however the LD swore by it. I have used MA, Hog, ETC, and so on, and had personally found MA to be fantastic..... until i used Vista! I never thought controlling 48 ML's would be this easy! It has such an easy interface and programming using a time-line is fantastic!! the built in effects worked for most of the stuff we needed and even making our own was simple. Grouping fixtures... has never been easier, controlling led fixtures, a cake walk, and conventional fixtures worked just as well..... i was just memorized. However, the one short fall i noticed about the board was the built in library seemed a little limited, but a quick personality download can fix that easily. Overall a fantastic board that i would definitely use again, but hey, i know there are better consoles (the godliness called MA2 ) however this board blew my expectations out of the water.
Has anyone else had a chance to play with or use this board? I am interested to hear what others think!