sparkforce
Member
Hey folks, I'm in need of some advice. Here's the situation: I have been tasked with setting up a GrandMA2 ultra light (with two external touch screen monitors) for a lighting rig in a night club. The club has about 25 Robe Pointes, 16 Elation E Spots, 21 Snipers, 25 Protron Strobes, and 8 Atomic Strobes. The console will also be triggering an LED chandelier via Madrix and a video wall via Resolume 4.
I will not be running the console day to day (that will be left to an operator who isn't an experienced programmer) so I'm trying to simplify and condense everything as much as possible. I have experience working on the MA2, but most of that is in events like conferences, dinners, weddings, rock shows, theater, etc. This is my first night club, and it's my first time setting up a console for someone else to program long term.
Here's the issue I'm having. There are a lot of lights, and they can all do a lot of things. Dimmer chases, color sequences, gobo sequences, some by fixture system, some that affect all fixtures, not to mention all the effects...anyway, it's a lot of stuff. If I were the person running the console I wouldn't have a problem doing things live, switching views and fader/button pages, grabbing and live editing effects, etc, but since the operator isn't able to do that I have to make it as simple as possible.
What I'm wondering is, for those of you with night club experience, what are the most important things to have fader and button access to the fastest and at all times? Obviously having a fader for each fixture system with a flash and black button attached, but beyond that, I'm having difficulty prioritizing what should go where.
Thoughts?
I will not be running the console day to day (that will be left to an operator who isn't an experienced programmer) so I'm trying to simplify and condense everything as much as possible. I have experience working on the MA2, but most of that is in events like conferences, dinners, weddings, rock shows, theater, etc. This is my first night club, and it's my first time setting up a console for someone else to program long term.
Here's the issue I'm having. There are a lot of lights, and they can all do a lot of things. Dimmer chases, color sequences, gobo sequences, some by fixture system, some that affect all fixtures, not to mention all the effects...anyway, it's a lot of stuff. If I were the person running the console I wouldn't have a problem doing things live, switching views and fader/button pages, grabbing and live editing effects, etc, but since the operator isn't able to do that I have to make it as simple as possible.
What I'm wondering is, for those of you with night club experience, what are the most important things to have fader and button access to the fastest and at all times? Obviously having a fader for each fixture system with a flash and black button attached, but beyond that, I'm having difficulty prioritizing what should go where.
Thoughts?