Friday, September 11, 2009
Interactive Technologies Introduces The SceneStation
iSquint | Entertainment Lighting News & Review: "Interactive Technologies, the makers of the CueServer, has just introduced their latest DMX Control device, the SceneStation. The SceneStation is a different kind of architectural Preset Station as is goes beyond just simple playback of looks, but can run chases, stepped sequences or a cue list of scenes."
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this is very nice b/c you can tell people to push the color bottom instead of numbers which rain into issues with with people pushing the wrong number button so the colors i think would help with that.
Apologies to the more lighting-inclined people if I'm being facetious, but is there any real benefit to using this panel? It's easily programmable and can run follows and chases, but I can't really see much use for those unless you have a panel that controls a timed "house-to-half, house-out" or vice versa cue. I suppose you could install one in a podium for simple lighting control for lectures, but again, that's the same type of usage. I guess I see minimal practical use for this device over getting a LBO to run any real show from behind the board.
I think that this could be useful as a backstage installation. If you needed to focus certain lights in a cue or sub master, you could assign those cues or groups to the different buttons and switch between them on stage and then focus, rather than having to run back and forth from the stage to the booth.
This looks like a cool little device. It is similar to may other devices out there, but it seems like this unit has many more features that will make it an overall better performer than similar units. It will be nice to see what they come out with next that will add more functionality and controlabilty.
Hmm. Looking at the product page and it appears that you have to program it with a remote? What is the purpose in that?
Also...I know DMX is robust and widely universal, but it's only 8-bit. After fighting with the floppy discs in the Express board in the light lab, isn't it time we as a community upgrade our technology? I know it's expensive and not very many theaters can afford it, but seriously. I'm looking at a Express file in hex and it's ridiculous. 1993 binary, seriously?
Sorry, personal vendetta over. I don't understand the use of this device, honestly. It looks like something very expensive you'd buy at brookstone and never use. Is there really a niche for this intermediary level of control?
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