What is your favorite button on any lighting console?

[MSLD]

Just out of curiosity, what is your most favorite button on the lighting consoles? Mine is the back button the the ETC Express consloes.

 

[soundlight]

GO button on the Colortran Encore. Without a doubt. KA-CHUNK!

 

[derekleffew]

Not necessarily my favorite, but I've found that the [DBO] key excites the most response/emotion with the least amount of effort.

 

[Grog12]

Push to Erect on full size grand-MA's........also the Undo button.

 

[MrsFooter]

On any console, the Black Out button. I've never had any reason to use it, but I looooove knowing that it's there. You want to mess with me? I can put you ALL in the dark! And you know my hand's hovering over it during any and all mega-mixes...

 

[Raktor]

REM DIM.

 

[gafftapegreenia]

GO button on the Colortran Encore. Without a doubt. KA-CHUNK!

This. QFT.

 

[zac850]

Push to Erect on full size grand-MA's........also the Undo button.

Beat me to it.

The Oops button on the MA's is my favorite Undo button.

 

[BillESC]

Room Service button.

 

[LDRon]

The track button on a desk that doesn't have a full tracking mode.
If it can do a full tracking mode then update.

 

[ReiRei]

I would have to agree with the person who said the black out button. I like the black out button, it is my friend. However, every once in a while I look at it and I think, has anyone disabled this button? Maybe I should check... in the middle of a gig. Though I have been tempted I never have.

I really do enjoy the hold and back button on the ETC console at my old high school. It's saved the lives of a few of my MEs and even myself once or twice.

You know what... I like all the button equally..... except for the track button on the etc. I hate that button with a passion and prefer never to use it. Rawr track button... rawr.

 

[Jeroen]

On any? probably the GO button or perhaps the encoder wheel but does that count for a button...?

On the ETC Smartfade range the CLEAR button, it gives a quick and easy way of clearing outputs on stage to program the next look.

 

[pacman]

HOME ATTRIB button on the ETC Congo. Puts those pesky wayward movers in their place when they've wandered off & I can't find them.

 

[MillburyAuditorium]

Right on with the Black Out button Although I have used it before, for dance recitals, black outs at the end of dances, fade in when next one starts. Besides that, nothing really : P

 

[Les]

The ETC Express/ion [Hold] button has served me well, both for accidental 'GO' presses and for when you need to pause a running cue for any reason. I was running a dance show which was very complicated and after next to no rehearsal time, having one finger near the 'Hold' button while running a cue was very useful ("Does the blackout go on this beat, or the beat after that?").

 

[len]

Room Service button.

+1. Too bad my programming skills are such that it doesn't actually work.

 

[DaveySimps]

The blind button. For so many reasons. Just don't forget you are in blind when you want to be in live. Not that any of us has done that before.

~Dave

 

[cprted]

The blind button. For so many reasons. Just don't forget you are in blind when you want to be in live. Not that any of us has done that before.

~Dave

Never once happened ...

 

[MNicolai]

On the ETC Congo Jr., my favorite though minimally used button is the "?" button.

 

[church]

the "ON" button/switch

LOL