SanctusPerigrinus
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I am considering a lighting control change. I run our school district auditorium which seats 1,000. We have a 50' x 25' proscenium stage and 96 conventional dimmers controlled by a Colortran Innovator 48/96 console. Aside from the kiddie programs our High School and Jr. High perform musicals. We also rent to the public for beauty pageants, dance recitals, music concerts and plays of various varieties. We do not have a fly system but this past year we installed a cyclorama and 24 ETC Vivid R's to wash it with. We also installed 24 ETC Desire LED's for color stage wash. That is when the weirdness began.
The Innovator doesn't control the LED's very well. Weird things like when I record a color wash to one of the sub masters in combination with conventional's, the LED's will die when the sub reaches 100%. Or having LED color on one sub and conventional's on another causes a cross fade when attempting to bring one up and then another. Then there are the times when the LED's having been recorded into a cue stack simply stop responding as though they are no longer receiving signal????
So here is what I'm thinking. Using MagicQ PC to run the LED's with a touch screen monitor and leaving the conventionals on the Innovator. If all goes well, then I would try to control everything with MagicQ PC. My concern is whether or not I can quickly access individual channels, both conventional and LED, for live adjustments. I run both sound and lights by myself except for the High School and Jr. High plays. Then I get someone to run the lighting cues I have recorded. Ultimately I wouldn't mind replacing the Innovator with a Chamsys PC wing. Do you think that setup would be overkill for my house? I think it probably is since there won't be any ML in the foreseeable future, but part of me just doesn't care if it will be stable and I can do good things with it.
Thanks in advance for some feedback.
The Innovator doesn't control the LED's very well. Weird things like when I record a color wash to one of the sub masters in combination with conventional's, the LED's will die when the sub reaches 100%. Or having LED color on one sub and conventional's on another causes a cross fade when attempting to bring one up and then another. Then there are the times when the LED's having been recorded into a cue stack simply stop responding as though they are no longer receiving signal????
So here is what I'm thinking. Using MagicQ PC to run the LED's with a touch screen monitor and leaving the conventionals on the Innovator. If all goes well, then I would try to control everything with MagicQ PC. My concern is whether or not I can quickly access individual channels, both conventional and LED, for live adjustments. I run both sound and lights by myself except for the High School and Jr. High plays. Then I get someone to run the lighting cues I have recorded. Ultimately I wouldn't mind replacing the Innovator with a Chamsys PC wing. Do you think that setup would be overkill for my house? I think it probably is since there won't be any ML in the foreseeable future, but part of me just doesn't care if it will be stable and I can do good things with it.
Thanks in advance for some feedback.