Amishplumber
Active Member
Hi all,
I'm currently finishing up college and working as a freelance LD for mostly theater, but also occasionally dance, concerts and corporate events. Probably a 60/40 split between theater and everything else. Thing is, the only console line I'd really consider myself a master of is the express/expression line. I feel pretty limited by that and am worried that some awesome gig will come up where I'd need to use a newer console and I'll have to turn it down because I don't know the board.
I've got a few gigs coming up in the Spring where I have money to rent a board and really want to use it as an excuse to learn a new console line that would help my career down the road. Theater shows I usually work on are in the 50-100 dimmer range with 6-12 leds thrown in and maybe a few movers and dmx toys. Dance is similar. Concerts are dozens of LED fixtures with 2-6 movers and a few conventionals.
What console line should I put some serious effort into learning considering I expect my career to progress down more or less the track its on right now? In an ideal world I'd like to get into more concerts, but I bet every lighting designer says that!
Options I've been thinking about are ETC Ion/Element, Hog, Chamsys Magic Q. The demo videos I've seen for LSC Clarity LX also look awesome, but that console don't exist yet, so not an option. Open to any and all suggestions.
Thanks in advance!
I'm currently finishing up college and working as a freelance LD for mostly theater, but also occasionally dance, concerts and corporate events. Probably a 60/40 split between theater and everything else. Thing is, the only console line I'd really consider myself a master of is the express/expression line. I feel pretty limited by that and am worried that some awesome gig will come up where I'd need to use a newer console and I'll have to turn it down because I don't know the board.
I've got a few gigs coming up in the Spring where I have money to rent a board and really want to use it as an excuse to learn a new console line that would help my career down the road. Theater shows I usually work on are in the 50-100 dimmer range with 6-12 leds thrown in and maybe a few movers and dmx toys. Dance is similar. Concerts are dozens of LED fixtures with 2-6 movers and a few conventionals.
What console line should I put some serious effort into learning considering I expect my career to progress down more or less the track its on right now? In an ideal world I'd like to get into more concerts, but I bet every lighting designer says that!
Options I've been thinking about are ETC Ion/Element, Hog, Chamsys Magic Q. The demo videos I've seen for LSC Clarity LX also look awesome, but that console don't exist yet, so not an option. Open to any and all suggestions.
Thanks in advance!