I've been using various ETC boards for the past 10 years or so and have just recently upgraded to the expression with 2d emphasis. While I find the control and planing for the instruments (static and moving) to be fantastic; one element of the interface has always bugged me-- that's the way that cues are handled. Now I'm not sure if some of the features tha I'm going to talk about already exist (sometimes reading ETC documentation is like reading a poorly translated stereo manual) but here is my wish list:
1) I want a renumber all cues function. Sometimes you just get jammed up no matter how well you plan and end up with a logjam of cues. I would love to be able after putting in the cues for a show and before we actually tech to reset all cue numers so that there was an even spacing between so I would have room in the event that I needed to add things in.
2) Cut and paste. Oh there are times that you are bouncing back and forth between looks and I would love to be able to simply paste a cue in.
3) Graphical interface. I would love for there to be a screen where my cues were represented graphically (geometric shapes representing the different types of cues) and different types of arrows or relationships between the cues to represent the flow of the show. This would also work great with the cut and paste function.
Well, that's off of the top of my head for now, I've got to get back to programming Urinetown...
Kale Braden
Cosumnes River College, Sacramento Ca.
