They have their own take on how to program lights, but the quality, stability, and polish is never there.Ģ) The MA2 is the industry standard and if you're going to learn a board you might as well use the best one that everyone wants to use. I started learning on MA consoles, and once I tried other companies' consoles I quickly learned that everything else was complete and total bullshit in comparison to what MA makes.

I would also say a dot2 is easily a better buy than a Hog or any of the other non MA2 consoles in existence. Unless you're hitting the limits of your Titan One, you realistically don't need an MA2. I guess what I'm saying is people may say how limiting the dot2 is, but it's still more than capable for probably 90% of the shows that are legitimately out there. Let's be honest the vast majority of gigs don't need an MA2 and from a business perspective it's a waste of money to spec one unless you really need it.

It's like saying you need a Ferrari to go get some groceries. (1) A lot of lighting designers insist on having an MA2 for things that use 5% of the MA2's potential.

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