Re: iPad based lighting rig
It would be nice to have just the mac, we'll see how the tests go. I'm skeptical.
I'm about 50/50 on my lights with dip switches. The nice thing about showxpress is when you add a fixture it shows you what position to put the switches. I have a complete hodge podge of lights I'm controlling and the Chauvet software controls them all seamlessly (seamless enough for a bar band) The only "want" I have with the software is better control over the Roboscans.
Here's a list of what we bring to a club, by grouping several lights we've kept it to 172 DMX channels:
Chauvet Colorpanel (4)
Chauvet Colorstrip (2)
Chauvet ministrip (5)
Chauvet Vue 6.1 (4)
Chauvet Cubix (2)
Chauvet Mayhem (2)
Chauvet mini moon 360 (2)
Chauvet Hemisphere 5 (1)
Omnisistem LED Dancer (1)
Martin Roboscan 512 (4) (these are at the end of my run since they're phase reversed)
X-Laser Caliente (2)
Chauvet Flexfogger (1)
Omnisistem pyrofogger (2)
Chauvet hurricane hazer (1)
I have no basis for comparison of the Chauvet software, it's the only one I've used. But it's easy to use and pulls off a completely synced light show for our band without having a light guy.
As a sound guy I'm able to touch an iPad or click a mouse and set a scene or make an individual control of any light.
