first time user on ion

i currently have an etc insight 3 with designers graphic tablet and a radio focus remote,i have purchased a ion with two touchscreens and two  2x20 fader wings and the radio remote which are all still in the boxes,(due to a seven day a week programme in the theatre at the moment)i have been keeping a close eye on the forum to see any potential problems or should i say minor bugs,my question is how much fun am i going to have learning this desk and is it going to make my live considerably easier in programming time as the desk is to run 210 dimmers,6 mac 250,6 mac 300,2 mac 250+,6 mac 250 wash,8 led battens in 6 channel mode soon to change to 48 ch mode as i now have the channels available,18 chroma q scrollers,low fogger,2 haze machines,the only reason i upgraded was due to the fact i had ran out of control channels,if i had bought an expression there is channel upgrades available but not for the insight 3,  when i bought the desk i did not know i would have this amount of equipment at my disposal in such a short time so never thought of this potential problem,i read somewhere on the forum that if you can programme a strand desk then there is a familiar programming logic,well they made all the strand desks 1 mile from my place of work until 2 years ago and i opted for an arri then the insight 3 so dont have a clue about programming a strand desk

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  • Welcome to the forum. The best place to start is to check out the cheat sheet that ETC has made. It will get you started on the basic functions of the console. It will also help translate some of the things you are used to in Insight to Ion. The link is here: http://www.etcconnect.com/docs/docs_downloads/miscdocs/Ioncs__revA.pdf

    To help you along, it is possible to export your show to ASCII format (using Expression off-line) and import into Ion. It doesnt work with the movers, but if you have a big conventional rig, it wil patch all that. It will also do subs and basic cues.

    You are always welcome to ask specific questions, but the sooner you get started, the sooner you can appreciate how much easier programming the MAC's, LED's, and scrollers will be! I understand going into tech is probably not the best time to learn the console, but after you are programmed on the Insight, it might be a good time to do what I said above with exporting your show and seeing how it reads on the Ion and playing with the new syntax and such. Good Luck!

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  • Welcome to the forum. The best place to start is to check out the cheat sheet that ETC has made. It will get you started on the basic functions of the console. It will also help translate some of the things you are used to in Insight to Ion. The link is here: http://www.etcconnect.com/docs/docs_downloads/miscdocs/Ioncs__revA.pdf

    To help you along, it is possible to export your show to ASCII format (using Expression off-line) and import into Ion. It doesnt work with the movers, but if you have a big conventional rig, it wil patch all that. It will also do subs and basic cues.

    You are always welcome to ask specific questions, but the sooner you get started, the sooner you can appreciate how much easier programming the MAC's, LED's, and scrollers will be! I understand going into tech is probably not the best time to learn the console, but after you are programmed on the Insight, it might be a good time to do what I said above with exporting your show and seeing how it reads on the Ion and playing with the new syntax and such. Good Luck!

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