A few years ago, with my background as a Wholehog programmer, I didn’t readily adapt to the MA Lighting consoles. When I finally decided to jump on the MA2 bandwagon completely, I found that the allows the user to create their own workflow. In the beginning, the hardest part of learning the MA2 for me was deciding what I needed on my desktop and screens. So what did I do? I set out to make the MA2 work like a Hog. And after speaking with many other Hog to MA converts, I wasn’t alone in that approach. Now, while that isn’t a bad thing, the reality is that I was limiting myself by not embracing the strengths of the MA2 console at first. But then, once I set out to break away from that familiar Hog workflow, I began to learn so much more about the console, and as a result, my confidence on the console grew, my speed and efficiency increased, and my creativity was inspired as a result of having new ideas and features to use.
-Vickie Claiborne, from “Video Digerati,” PLSN, Feb. 2020 page 62
