Drool, drool, drool. I want one of those! I didn't even know that was out there.
I've had Luminair for a couple of years now and have run many simple music events using only that as a
console. The touch (multi-touch) on an iPad is superb. I can do a two-fader cross
fade or drag a few faders down at once. Once I "grab" a
fader with my finger, I can slide it up and down without staying on the
track. As long as my finger moves up or down it takes the
channel up or down until I lift my finger even if the finger wanders away from that
fader. I find the
cue buttons to be difficult. If you are bouncing between two cues to the
beat and accidentally hit the same
cue twice, it goes to black. No movers in my kit FYI.
My favorite thing is my
Art-Net toolbox. I bought a cheap plastic toolbox and put an Apple Airport
Express, small 4-channel
ethernet hub and the
Enttec ODE (
Art-Net to
DMX) box into the toolbox. If I am only using Luminair, I
plug in
power and a
DMX cable and I'm ready to go. If I bring a PC with
ChamSys, I patch an
ethernet cable between the PC and the
ethernet hub.
I've been learning
ChamSys for a few months now and saving up to buy a PC
Wing. It's easy to get up and running on the
ChamSys (choose head/
dimmer, patch it, record cues and stacks, do show) but there is much to learn to get its full potential after that. I bought a 21" touch
screen to go with my PC (mini-ITX case), but honestly, I don't use the touch that much, just
mouse. The PC/
ChamSys touch is not as good as iPad/Luminair. Touch fields are too small and no multi-touch. Once I get a PC
Wing, I should be able to go into touch mode that makes the touch fields bigger. Even though I have a nice multi-touch
monitor, it seems to recognize only one finger at a time. The Windows paint program recognizes all ten at once so I know it's not a hardware issue.
Hope that helps. I love Luminair. Sadly separate programs for iPad and iPhone. iPad is great for a simple show. iPhone is great on a ladder for remote focus. I understand that the
ChamSys MagicQ Remote app will work after I
purchase a PC
Wing. I'm looking forward to that.
All things considered, it's a very exciting time for software-based lighting control and wifi touch control surfaces. I'd love to discuss more of my experience as I get the hang of it.
Rob