I have checked and use it for more than a month, and except the fact that there is only two wheels and no touch screen, it's a really nice desk...
but the software is really poor
.
Ok, everything is faster with the new processor, but we need some extra thing to make the pearl one of the greteast desk ever!!
After talking with many people, here's a list of really usefull features (and most of them are present in many desk in the market...):
-User Settings:
Choice beetween accelleration wheel mode and "old mode" where you press twice for fine resolution, because many people don't like the new mode.
Activation/desactivation of locate button.
-New features:
ColorPicker, gell list (ROSCO,Lee)
Arkaos and Green hippo drivers
Autosave function
Undo/Redo function
Overlap function
Matrix function
memory mode 3
Multitiming (very very important...)
In Run mode "take over", the locate button can be modified as a "locate no pan no tilt"
In Run mode,"take over" possibility to always have ADD and SWOP for the dimmer channels
"Clear Clear mode"
( press one time clear will clear the programmer without deselect fixture,
two time will clear the programmer and deselect fixtures)
Change the Highlight and lolight parameters like the D4
Modify the Locate parameters for each fixtures
When Chase button is pressed, new softbutton "cue list"
-> when you whant to record a memory an a allready recorded cue list,
the memory will be the next step of the cue list ( it can also work with a chase...)
Each Playback swop and flash can be modified ( GO,Pause, back...)
A window (VDU) with all parameters included in a cue step or memory, where all timing
parameters can be modified with the mouse and keyboard on a graphical timeline
Graphical shape generator
Auto menu
->Auto group (all, odd, even)
->Auto palette
Grey palette can recall groups
Grey palette can recall shapes
Grey palette can recall shapes with no fixtures ( to apply for example a shape in a memory in quick palette mode)
Multi Fan ( Middle, Left, Right, End, Tilt)
Preset Faders can be memory or cue list
Preset Faders can be a generic LTP
Playback faders can control a shape size
Playback fader can control a shape speed
Playback fader can control a shape spread
-Visualiser
->set the stage dimension with the wheels A B
(Softbutton "Set stage dimension"
A width/ depth
B Height
C feet or meters
...)
-> set the position of each fixtures with the wheels A B
( select the fixture then softbutton "set fixture position"
A width/ depth
B Height
C X/ Y
d Z
...)
-> modify the beam position of selected fixture with the mouse ( or finger if we can use an external touch screen VDU)...
...Hurry Up !!!
:aniway...
