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Browsing isquint led me to read bout the elation EmuLATION (get it?) which led me to gsource which led me to looking at the grandma 2port node, which led me to looking at chamsys wings again. I love my hog1000, but I think it’s time for a new console.

FmyI, here’s a short rundown of the chamsys line of wings:

MINI WING – 1 univ, 10 playback faders, 0 executor buttons, no control shortcuts, $1500 ish

PC WING – 2 univ, 10 playback, 0 executor buttons, some control shortcuts, $3000 ish

MAXI WING – 4 univ, 10 playback, 0 executor buttons, lots of control shortcuts, $6000 ish

EXTRA WINGS – 0 univ, 12 playback, 12 executor buttons, no control shortcuts, $3000 ish

Hwg w co2

Macbook pro running arkaos dmx, enttec usb pro, matrox triplehead2go digital, and a flying oinker. Aside from my hog 1000 instead of the It’ll Possibly Crash (iPC), what more could a guy want?

I just got done with a heck of a week leading up to a heck of a weekend. mao brought up something that has been a reocurring theme for years. work doesn’t come in consistently. it comes in spurts. you can be slow for three weeks, and all of a sudden, there’ll be one weekend that people want you on five gigs.

such was the case last weekend. freshsf anniversay, president’s day wknd, vday wknd, mardi gras, skills love, spundae anniv. phew.

as with the last three or four skills shows, I walked away knowing I could have done much much more with that rig. there were a lot of layers to play with. at least jay was happy. real happy. that always makes me happy when clients are smiling genuinely.

I’m feeling the wear more ane more from loadig in and programming. there’s always something that needs to be set up or fixed or jushed right before doors, which means I start programming a half hour past doors. I can do both when I comes down to it. I loaded in, teched, progged and operated enough so that everyone (else) was happy. I wasn’t and am not unhappy; I just know I could have done way better.

anyhow, I guess it was good enough. 2010 is looking real good. the regular gigs like konami, sxsw, pop2010, marketlive, loveafterparty, and more are in the works. new business is sprouting too. that reminds me. I’m way overdue for a return call to chuck lightning.

on a separate note, I still need to buy an slr…

I just downloaded the wp app on my droid. this should make for more frequent updates.

what, elation? built-in wireless dmx? HELL YEA! …not that i’ll be able to play with it for a loooonnnnnnggggg time, but industry progress is industry progress.

elation design spot 1200c

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i ordered the arkaos dmx from actlighting today & will probably get it next week. woo hoo! maybe i can figure out how to use my enttec dongle…. heh!

arkaos dmx vj

enttec usb pro

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also really lookin’ to purchase M-Audio’s Axiom49…

axiom49