What can an MA3 do for us that other big name desks can’t?
Hi all,
I’m hoping to get some advice/insight on why MA is such an industry standard what the practical reasons are for why they’re valued more over other desks.
I work for a smaller sized event production company. Our core business is large general sessions and dabble in some one-off rock n roll for headlining acts for said general sessions.
We currently have a fleet of (7) HOG4s and have primarily always been a HOG house for the last two decades. Our fleet is ready to be sent off to greener pastures, but we’re stuck between continuing down the HOG path (which I am not super fond of) or biting the money bullet and investing in MA3.
With the large price tags that comes with MA, the question I am always asked by leadership when I approach the topic is “what can an MA3 do for us that a HOG can’t?” And it’s a fair question, and having always been on a HOG, I don’t know enough about MA to answer. At our level, does it make sense to invest $300k-400k in consoles? Are they really that much better at controlling lights? Is just for cool points?
Syntax, macros, and plug-ins aside, what makes an MA a better choice?
Thanks!