I have been using and installing this lighting control software since it was introduced.
This program has been continuously improved over the years and has evolved into a DMX control solution
for 100s of shows I have teched.
But now it appears some changes made in V9 have stopped me dead in my tracks and have me looking to buy an actual console.
Last Saturday (Oct 13th), I was the LD for a large outdoor concert starring Quiet Riot.
It was a medium sized lighting rig on a 32'X24' stage featuring 16 moving fixtures, LED pars hazers, strobes ect.
The 1st issue happened when I tried to patch my laptop. Major issues with loading the proper drivers.
And again at FOH with my desktop PC. I never did get that PC to communicate with my Xpress 512 and was forced to use my laptop for the entire event.
The next issue happened when I tried to program my scenes and cues.
I was in a tent during daylight and could not see my screens AT ALL!
I don't know who's bright idea it was to black out the background but this one change messed me up big time.
I was forced to program the show on the laptop backstage in our RV and didn't have time to build a 3D environment.
As a result of not being able to see my screens at the FOH position, I was forced to record all of my moving fixture positions after sunset while the opening act
was performing (very un-professional).
In your next update:
Please include an option in the live preferences tab allowing me to toggle between the old white background (day) and the new black background (night).
Thank you.