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Anybody using the Elation/martin M-Touch?
duane massey:
Will be installing one of these in the near future, anything I need to know?
TJ (Tom) Cornish:
--- Quote from: duane massey on January 11, 2019, 01:44:01 AM ---Will be installing one of these in the near future, anything I need to know?
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I've been a user for a couple years. The software, like any full-featured lighting software, has a learning curve, but the value of M-PC/M-Touch is better than anything else out there if you want any kind of physical control surface.
You haven't said much about your application. Is this a "program once then forget" thing? Is this something that people will be doing new looks for regularly?
There are a bunch of great YouTube videos on M-PC that are worth your time to understand not just what the buttons do, but how to think about workflow. The latter makes all the difference.
duane massey:
"Set and forget" application in an older dance club. They have 3-4 cheap DMX controllers, each one for different lights, and no one there knows how to operate the sorry things, much less program. I'm going to set up a variety of programs for them, and I doubt very seriously if anything will ever change.
TJ (Tom) Cornish:
--- Quote from: duane massey on January 12, 2019, 12:20:42 AM ---"Set and forget" application in an older dance club. They have 3-4 cheap DMX controllers, each one for different lights, and no one there knows how to operate the sorry things, much less program. I'm going to set up a variety of programs for them, and I doubt very seriously if anything will ever change.
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once you get it programmed it should be pretty solid. I strongly recommend you disconnect your machine from the internet so you don’t have to worry about windows updates.
I set this up at my church about a year and a half ago and it runs 24/7. Once in a blue moon (a couple times a year) things get weird that a reboot fixes. Other than that, the M-touch is pretty bullet-proof with no moving parts and being pretty much hermetically sealed.
duane massey:
Thanks, Tom.
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