Summary: <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> This week on the Podcast we’re going to dive into how to get started with a professional grade lighting console. Professional grade consoles can be intimidating but they don’t have to be and that’s what I am going to help walk you through today.<br> <br> <br> <br> If you’re new here and you’re not sure how or where to get started with your lighting be sure to take this <a href="http://learnstagelighting.com/quiz">Quiz</a> and I will send you a Guide based on your answers to help get you pointed in the right direction.<br> <br> <br> <br> <a href="http://learnstagelighting.com/quiz">How to Begin with Lighting Quiz</a> <br> <br> <br> <br> Lighting News! (1:20)<br> <br> <br> <br> One of my favorite trade magazines is the PLSN which covers many unique articles in the lighting industry. One of the latest installments for February talks about Elton John’s latest tour, Farewell to the Yellow Brick Road. <br> <br> <br> <br> What stood out to me was the lighting director’s comment in regards to how he runs the lighting show. He mentions that Elton John does not use any click backs and that the show is completely live. So, he has multiple cues set up and every light has an inhibitive fader control. This allows him to manipulate evey group of lights during the show.<br> <br> <br> <br> I wanted to highlight this because when people program lights they feel like everything has to be locked in but this doesn’t have to be the case. You can read the full article here: <a href="http://plsn.com/category/archives/february-2019/">PLSN February 2019</a><br> <br> <br> <br> The next article was a gear comparison article which I often have mixed thoughts about but I did like this one. This month they compared the Leko Comparison and it helps breakdown the specs. This allows you to decide which would be a better fit.<br> <br> <br> <br> The next article I wanted to highlight was about Chamsys QuickQ. I was very interested because this is one of those consoles that are in between the beginner consoles and professional consoles. It’s somewhat similar to the <a href="https://www.learnstagelighting.com/what-is-the-lightshark/">Lightshark</a>, you can read more about that <a href="https://www.learnstagelighting.com/what-is-the-lightshark/">here</a>. This new Chamsys QuickQ isn’t my top pick but I’ve heard a lot of great reviews.<br> <br> <br> <br> Lastly, I read an article that always features a “Feeding the Machine”. In this month’s article, Brad discusses the DSKY which stands for the display and keyboard. Some consoles are designed with this feature and I always wondered where it came from. In Brad’s article, he goes into the history of DSKY and shares how the people at NASA originally came up with this concept and it used on Apollo 8. How cool is that!<br> <br> <br> <br> Main Segment (13:35)<br> <br> <br> <br> So, how do you get started with a professional grade console? Perhaps you have started with a more simple console and the layout is very easy to catch on to. For those who started with a simple console and upgrade to a professional console, it can be overwhelming! Once you’ve learned the terminology for more professional consoles, it’s not that hard to catch on and learn to use the console.<br> <br> <br> <br> Getting Started<br> <br> <br> <br> One of the things you’re going to do when getting started is adjusting to typing commands in. Generally, when your fixtures are added in they will be assigned a number. Giving commands to the console can seem like a foreign language for those getting started.<br> <br> <br> <br> To break it down you select the fixtures, then you apply the attributes, and you record that to the console.<br> <br> <br> <br> Creating Groups<br> <br> <br>
