not true - go look at keystone controls n the mix window - click and drag!!
Hog was advanced for its time, but AVO, ETC, JANDS compulite all have good range of desks - not all as good as each other for dealing with media servers - but good in their field and unique from the Hog2
Vista is a great desk - ideally suited for timeline programming....
NEVER - people like hands on FADERS and KNOBS - mice are a pain! - you can only control one thing at once with a mouse or even touchscreen. Faders and knobs allow programmers to do more than one thing at once.
Granted - PC systems have their place for offline programming at the airport - or creating custom fixtures, or updating pallet names - but are no substiue when faced with a hard programmig session on big shows.
I will grant one exception to the pc lighting controller however, in use as a midi or MSC slave on an installation.
Well you;ve just contradicted yourself and re-afirmed he need for hardware!
not true - Hog PC works great!
technology has moved on! - the microprocessor replaced the valve 40 years ago!
So im still not clear - are you pro hardware or software lighting desks?
Lighting desks are here to stay - the ameture user may only be able to afford a PC and offline software - but you'll find that every PRO user and hire company around the worldstill use real desks....
The future of video control is in dedicated video control desks. Take a look at the coolux control surface for pandoras box - is an interesting solution for them. -
(Catalyst is better though)
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