MIDI CONTROLLER EMULATOR MAC SOFTWARE
Looking forward over the next few years, we see the rise of media software like Resolume Arena, ArKaos, Modul8 and the like coupled with the rapid advance of touch-enabled devices. I see more and more shows needing just the right amount of control over both, and there are very few tools for that. They seem to have evolved into the same complexity. Those that can are becoming complex (and thus expensive) to the point where you really do need a separate media server(s), and probably a person or two, to take care of the video side of the rig.īy the same token, dedicated video controllers are not simple beasts, either. Those that can’t are great for running lights (or DMX, if you prefer), and that’s about it. Lighting consoles seem to be actually diverging into two separate classes - those that can control media and those that can’t. I’m a big fan of integration (until now referred to as “convergence”), but there are times when the oldest axiom in the biz becomes painfully clear, and that is, “the right tool for the right job.”
I find that my colleagues in the sound department have issues with this, but that’s a different subject….Control over the rig is an issue that the lighting folks have had a handle on for a long time, but it seems like the more gear is added under the auspices of “media,” or LEDs, or LED panels, or the ubiquitous term “video,” the more it falls to the lighting guy/gal and their desk to actually make the stuff work. Control is something we all love to have, and, in the entertainment industry, it seems we can never have enough.
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