LT-Light Hydra II S48 3000 Lighting Console Review

Review of LT-Light Hydra II S48 3000 Lighting Console

Features:
• Control of up to 3072 channels or fixture attributes.
• Number of channels & fixtures configurable in “Console” menu,
• 2000 Cues (including point cues).
• 2000 Groups.
• 2000 Pages (for Submasters and Sequence).
• 2000 Macros.
• 2000 Effects.
• 99 libraries per category: Dimmer, Color, Gobo, Position, Beam & Xtra.
• 9 Time Parts.
• 6 Timing (pre-programmed & editable).
• 30/50 programmable softkeys, accessible on the touch panel and placed in banks of groups, macros, positions, colors, gobos,
etc. These keys are interactive with the edition process.
• 24 / 48 Submasters (depending on the console model) to execute Cues & Groups (Normal, Inhibit & Absolute), Channels, Effects
(speed or level control) and a cue list (accepting commands, jumps, etc as in the crossfader). Submasters have 1 fader & 2
associated keys, with LED.
• Submasters can be configured for the control of Level or Speed, controlling any Playback or Playbacks group.
• 1 dedicated Crossfader accepting jumps, commands, time parts & learn-time function.
• 1 Grand Master with black-out button.
• 1 Subsidiary SX Master with black-out button.
• 3 Configurable Masters with black-out button, dedicated to control Submasters, DMX-IN, etc.
• 1 Level Wheel to control intensities
• 4 Encoder wheels to edit fixture attributes, speeds, shape parameters, etc. ,
• 1 illuminated multi-color Trackball to control fixture positions or as a mouse.
• Full Color Graphic Touch panel (7”, 800x480).
• Simulated alphanumeric keyboard on the touch panel and the capability to connect an external keyboard.
• Hard Disk & 6 USB ports (2 in the front and 4 rear), to store fixtures, devices & shows (LT & ASCII Light Cue formats).
• Universal power supply, with power fault (85-265 V. / 50-60 Hz).
• 32G Solid State Hard Disk.
• 2 PS/2 to connect an external mouse and keyboard.
• 2 Video Outputs (DVI-D).
• 1 RS232* serial port (*only for S24-6000 & S48-6000).
• 1 Sound Input (Mini-Jack)
• 1 SMPTE Input (Jack)
• 3 External Triggering.
• MIDI port with In - Out (Din5)
• 3 DMX-OUT & 1 DMX-IN (XLR-5)
• 2 XLR-3 for dimmable desk lights.
• 1 LT-LINK port for accessories connection.
• Ethernet port, 10/100/1000M (RJ45).