Two courses are being run. The first, on 10 August and 17 August, covers the use of the console for controlling conventional lighting and colour scrollers from the basic level, including console set-up, patching, channel control, recording cues, making changes and as well as examining the use of macros and effects. The second, on 24 August, looks at the use of the consoles for controlling moving lights, including the use reference groups, macros and automod for setting up shows. This course will also introduce the new features being introduced in soon-to-be-released GeniusPro version 2.5.
The courses are being led for The Service Company by programmer Rob Halliday, who has been using the 500-series consoles for around seven years on shows including the current productions of My Fair Lady and The Witches of Eastwick in London. As before, the courses are being held at White Light's West End office in Shaftesbury Avenue. Places are limited, therefore, and the morning courses are sold out. Anyone wishing to attend the afternoon courses should contact White Light or The Service Company as soon as possible on 020 7731 3291 or by email to training@serviceco.com to reserve their place.
