Chris Harwood wrote on Mon, 03 January 2011 01:34 |
Title says it all. Cat 5 cabling, music AND virtual monitor mixer on a touch screen music stand. Many other features. Was looking at Aviom for a new church install, but this has sooo many more useful features. But, what's like? Any good? |
Chris Harwood wrote on Sun, 02 January 2011 19:34 |
Title says it all. Cat 5 cabling, music AND virtual monitor mixer on a touch screen music stand. Many other features. Was looking at Aviom for a new church install, but this has sooo many more useful features. But, what's like? Any good? |
John M Gibby wrote on Tue, 04 January 2011 16:49 |
Pricing sounds good for all they say it will do. However, looking on SamePage site, I notice there are reviews all the way back to 2007, but I've never heard of these. Makes me wonder if the idea has a lot of cool factor, but in reality, the musicians don't like them and therefore they aren't that popular. We need someone with first-hand experience to give us a run-down on them. John PS. I do like FullCompass. Erik is a good man! |
John M Gibby wrote on Tue, 04 January 2011 12:57 |
I think touch screen interfaces are here to stay, but there is one glaring (no pun intended) gotcha I see with these. If used in a production where the stage goes black, the lighting director is not going to be happy. Even just a few of these things glaring in the dark will destroy the mood of a dark set. However, I think eventually they will design into touchscreens automatic dimming based on ambient light. I'm sure some devices already have it, but I think all devices will have this somewhere down the road, even just to save battery life for battery-powered devices. And devices such as this might even be remotely dimmed through DMX. The church I worked in VA installed dimmable circuits to be able to dim the incandescent music stand lights just for that reason. The idea is really slick though. Combine the Planning & Play features with a soft version of Roland's M-48 mixing capabilities and you've got a killer product at least on paper. The devil is in the details, so-to-speak. So it remains to be seen how well it works in a real-world environment. John |
Frank DeWitt wrote on Tue, 04 January 2011 15:17 |
I poked around and found this. 19" Touchscreen Performance Station with Software, 4GB SamePage SPPS-M4 $950 Network Switch 24Port SamePage SP24S $700 16Ch Line Level Input Module SamePage SPMX16L $1700 And the mix engine at about $2500 for 8 ch (I think) So, It looks like 10 stations will cost about $16,900 or about $1700 per person. I don't own this system, I am just guessing based on this web site. http://www.fullcompass.com/brand/SPG/show-all.html Frank |