Danish school looking for help with lighting design
Hey everyone!
I recently started a new job at a Danish continuation school — a school where the students, aged 15–17, live at the school. They have normal classes, but also a lot of sports, music, and last but not least, theatre!
In general, we have two needs for lights at our school:
- The students put on concerts every two weeks. Here we just want to have 10–15 presets the students can easily switch between to match the current song.
- Once a year, we put on quite a big musical where all 120 students are involved in the production. One of the tasks is obviously lighting design. Here's a link to this year's musical. It's in Danish, but you might be able to get an idea of the level we're trying to achieve.
So here comes my question...
Currently, we mix our wash and beam lights through the ChamSys MagicQ software using an older version of the Mini Wing to control presets and cues. While this is an amazing piece of software that can do everything we could ever imagine (and more), it has quite a steep learning curve for the students, who only come to our school for one or maybe two years. I find myself having to program most of the show and just getting the students to run it.
So we're looking for something to make lighting design a bit more accessible to more students. Today I stumbled across the Wolfmix W1. This looks amazing and much easier to use without me having to be there.
What do all you clever, and far more experienced, people on the internet think? Is the Wolfmix W1 a good bit of tech for our use? Do we just bite the bullet and get better at using ChamSys MagicQ, or is there a third, even easier and better option out there for us?
Thank you so much in advance for taking the time to answer me. It really means alot!