Re: Help me understand 'Riders'
"Rider Friendly" means you own a system that meets your customer's demands well enough so you get the gig and hopefully get paid. Whether a piece of equipment is "rider-friendly" enough depends on the negotiating skills of the BE, tour manager, promoter, provider, venue if applicable, etc. What the BE will accept depends on the show's hard requirements like I/O count, the reputation of the gear, what's cool this year, how much time the BE has had on the gear and if there's a show file available.
A&H made some enemies with some of their analog gear a few years ago, and that reputation spilled over into the ILives. This is a shame, because the ILive is a very cool console. Its reputation is improving, since the ILive system has been pretty stable, and especially now that the new 1.9 software is out.
