I have a 3,500 seat room, 4 universes, 11-21 moving lights (11 weekly, plus 10 rentals for 2 large programs a year), 40 LED wash fixtures and roughly 200 ellipsoidals/pars. I have had an Ion console for 7 years or so and thinking about upgrading to another ETC console. I use volunteers weekly (very non-technical but dedicated folks), but I program everything and run the large/involved programs. What console would y'all recommend? Ion XE? Gio? Gio @5? Eos Ti?
As an 'older' person I understand what you are facing, but don't under estimate us. Technology can overcome many of it's own limitations. Here is a pretty simple MS I built for some volunteers.
The shapes are groups and the colors are palettes. Touch or click twice and done! You could easily add a record cue button and they might never see the rest of the functions.
One other thing is worth emphasizing. All the Eos family run exactly the same software. The Element trims a few features but the others are all them same. I hear a rumor that something new in v2.7 might not run on older systems, but it's likely a pretty minor feature. Added keys and screens might not justify a whole new console.
As an 'older' person I understand what you are facing, but don't under estimate us. Technology can overcome many of it's own limitations. Here is a pretty simple MS I built for some volunteers.
The shapes are groups and the colors are palettes. Touch or click twice and done! You could easily add a record cue button and they might never see the rest of the functions.
One other thing is worth emphasizing. All the Eos family run exactly the same software. The Element trims a few features but the others are all them same. I hear a rumor that something new in v2.7 might not run on older systems, but it's likely a pretty minor feature. Added keys and screens might not justify a whole new console.
