bentodman93

You guys make some great gear , and being 18 the first desk i ever programed was a fat frog, it seemed ok to start with when i was programming generic lanterns, however when it came to programming any intelligent effects it was like having to fool the desk into getting the lights do what you wanted them to do, for instance the wheels were very sensitive and ment programming took a long time. When i left school i started working on a touring show that used a bull frog which being the older brother of the fat frog i had no problems getting used to it. about a year into the job i persuaded the management to sell the bullfrog and buy a leap frog from a large well known uk company who supply quite a few zero 88 desks to schools. It seemed better but i still had problems programming intelligent fixtures quickly and accurately. About 2 weeks after we brought the desk it's motherboard blew up about 5 mins into the show and left me with no screens on the desk or externally , i had to guess my way through the show twice whilst my boss was franticly trying to get hold of the company we got it from. They supplied us with another desk a day later. A year ago i switched to a computer based system called Showcad and im still trying to sell the leapfrog. To sum it up for me these desks are great to learn on but they need a few tweaks for me to be able to use it effectively in my enviroment. Most importantly the wheels on every desk i have used seem to be very sensitive and I've had to replace them a few times. The next thing is the effects generator on frog os , i would love you guys to have a gander at showcad because for me they have got it spot on. I can draw my shape onscreen and the heads follow it , i can spread the fixtures around the shape with no effort at all. but other than that like i say these are good desks and great for a first time user . ( PS - Frogger has gotten me thru some very dull rehearsals !)