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<blockquote data-quote="Jeff Carter" data-source="post: 101272" data-attributes="member: 3713">Re: GLD80 DiscussionNotes from the (way too early!) webinar:-GLD editor interface looks pretty much like the GLD surface so should be really nice for training the UI of the console off-line.-Editor available for free (yay!)-Editor can set up show files off-line or connect to the GLD and control it live. Up to sixteen instances of remote control (editor and iPad apps) can connect to the console at one time.-Editor runs on OS X (sorry, wasn&#039;t paying attention to versions... not a Mac user) and Windows (32-bit XP, Vista, 7 and 8, 64-bit 7 and 8). My laptop&#039;s running 64-bit Vista so this makes me a little bit less than happy.-In Windows 8, the editor is a &quot;desktop mode&quot; app, which I take to mean that the UI is better suited to mouse/keyboard than the touchscreen of a tablet.-GLD editor and V1.3 firmware to ship next week. No specifics on release date for V1.3 of the iPad apps (V1.2 apps will not be compatible with V1.3 firmware) but I&#039;d presume the timing will be similar to the V1.2 upgrade, with the apps available shortly after the firmware ships..-New features in 1.3: Digital trim can now be ganged, and mix buses can now be routed to input processing channels or direct inputs of mix buses. They didn&#039;t spend a ton of time discussing new features so it&#039;s possible there will be a few other goodies in there.-There was also a pretty comprehensive walkthrough of the ME-U hub for the ME personal mixing system, which is starting to ship. There&#039;s a web interface to monitor status or edit channel names over a network, which looks like it should be handy when using protocols that don&#039;t include channel names (i.e., anything other than Dsnake).Overall, I&#039;d say the editor looks like a solid effort. I was hoping to see better Windows 8 touchscreen functionality so I could rationalize buying a new touchscreen laptop, but maybe I&#039;ll just have to let go of my irrational antipathy toward Apple and get an iPad instead...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jeff Carter, post: 101272, member: 3713"] Re: GLD80 Discussion Notes from the (way too early!) webinar: -GLD editor interface looks pretty much like the GLD surface so should be really nice for training the UI of the console off-line. -Editor available for free (yay!) -Editor can set up show files off-line or connect to the GLD and control it live. Up to sixteen instances of remote control (editor and iPad apps) can connect to the console at one time. -Editor runs on OS X (sorry, wasn't paying attention to versions... not a Mac user) and Windows (32-bit XP, Vista, 7 and 8, 64-bit 7 and 8). My laptop's running 64-bit Vista so this makes me a little bit less than happy. -In Windows 8, the editor is a "desktop mode" app, which I take to mean that the UI is better suited to mouse/keyboard than the touchscreen of a tablet. -GLD editor and V1.3 firmware to ship next week. No specifics on release date for V1.3 of the iPad apps (V1.2 apps will not be compatible with V1.3 firmware) but I'd presume the timing will be similar to the V1.2 upgrade, with the apps available shortly after the firmware ships.. -New features in 1.3: Digital trim can now be ganged, and mix buses can now be routed to input processing channels or direct inputs of mix buses. They didn't spend a ton of time discussing new features so it's possible there will be a few other goodies in there. -There was also a pretty comprehensive walkthrough of the ME-U hub for the ME personal mixing system, which is starting to ship. There's a web interface to monitor status or edit channel names over a network, which looks like it should be handy when using protocols that don't include channel names (i.e., anything other than Dsnake). Overall, I'd say the editor looks like a solid effort. I was hoping to see better Windows 8 touchscreen functionality so I could rationalize buying a new touchscreen laptop, but maybe I'll just have to let go of my irrational antipathy toward Apple and get an iPad instead... [/QUOTE]

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