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<blockquote data-quote="Richard Cooper" data-source="post: 147709" data-attributes="member: 1926">Re: Digital Console purchase for a 400 capacity theaterJust to chip in on this bit. In my last venue, a 310 seat theatre within an educational establishment that did a mix of youth shows, pro production and receiving, I installed an iLive for FOH. I found the ability to use the system without the surface to be absolutely invaluable. We did not have a permanent &quot;good&quot; mix position, so the surface was never in a fixed location. We did many early morning events that were a small handful of channels. We had a couple of hand held radio mics, an input for laptop/ipod/etc. and a couple of spare inputs set up on a PL-10 and the editor on a cheap touchscreen pc in the control room permanently set up. It saved so much time in not needing to cart the surface up and down stairs, and saved staff time by training regular users to look after their own simple needs on the PL-10 stage side. I&#039;d almost guess it paid for itself over 5 years or so in saved staff time. Once the DLive is complete, with editor and iOS software, and the promised IP based replacements for the PL-ANET controllers, I think it&#039;s going to be an incredibly powerful and flexible system. I agree, however, that a IDR-0 type mix rack would be advantageous.Richard</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Richard Cooper, post: 147709, member: 1926"] Re: Digital Console purchase for a 400 capacity theater Just to chip in on this bit. In my last venue, a 310 seat theatre within an educational establishment that did a mix of youth shows, pro production and receiving, I installed an iLive for FOH. I found the ability to use the system without the surface to be absolutely invaluable. We did not have a permanent "good" mix position, so the surface was never in a fixed location. We did many early morning events that were a small handful of channels. We had a couple of hand held radio mics, an input for laptop/ipod/etc. and a couple of spare inputs set up on a PL-10 and the editor on a cheap touchscreen pc in the control room permanently set up. It saved so much time in not needing to cart the surface up and down stairs, and saved staff time by training regular users to look after their own simple needs on the PL-10 stage side. I'd almost guess it paid for itself over 5 years or so in saved staff time. Once the DLive is complete, with editor and iOS software, and the promised IP based replacements for the PL-ANET controllers, I think it's going to be an incredibly powerful and flexible system. I agree, however, that a IDR-0 type mix rack would be advantageous. Richard [/QUOTE]

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