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Interesting show. Just wrapped up and headed back to Seattle from Florida in a few hours.

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Gonçalo Costa

Does anyone know the model of that laptop?

Josh Suender

Is an ultra-light a viable option for someone looking to create showfiles and program shows for gigs? Or worth it to bite the bullet for a light?

Christian Jackson

Man it's tough to recommend an ultra-light. They have their place, but really I can only think of a few applications where the ultra-light is justifiable: 1. Semi-architectural Installs for venues where live shows are occasionally run. Think interactive museums, theme parks, cruise ships or other places where the rig never changes and there are few touring acts that come through. 2. Pre viz at home like you said where you already have your own setup of screens and you just need the physical interface and parameters. 3. Shows that need more parameters than onPC can provide, but still need to be cheap and have an operator to run the show. Remember that only consoles can unlock more parameters by adding NPUs. For programming at home I recommend a command wing, a few touch screens, and an MA1 NSP to bring you up to the maximum 4096 parameters for onPC (2048 from the cmd wing, 2048 from the NSP) Plus, if you are ever looking at renting out your console to make up the cost, the cost difference between a Light and an Ultralight is more than worth it. Nobody rents Ultralights unless it's the only MA2 in a 500 mile radius. You would probably even make more renting out an onPC rig. Also, Christie has used Lights for sale right now on ebay for $16k.

Iain Paramor

Never realised the UL only had 10 Xkeys! Does it still have exec 211-220?