Stairville LED Commander 16/2 Reviews

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6 years ago

DMX controller

Very easy to use with basic knowledge, only limiting factor is the amount of channels you have per fixture so any fancy moving heads with more than 8 functions i would say get a different board

6 years ago

Great entry level DMX board

I currently have 2 of these and have recommended them to a few colleagues. I would have no issue adding another if needed. I normally use these for lighting rigs with around 20 fixtures which would be a mix of LED lighting, moving heads, strobes, blinders etc.

Very easy to programme scenes and chases into the desk. I often put these out on a dry hire where a lighting tech is not needed. Label the scenes and clients have no problem navigating the board. Super easy to explain.

Both of mine are in flightcases and I have had no issues with them over the years. Buttons etc are all still working fine.

The power supplies have held up fine also despite being the flimsy looking DC adaptor type. An improvement would be an IEC input. Overall a great little lighting desk for very little money. Put it in a flight case and it will last you years.

8 years ago

Good value for the price

We use it with moving heads and LED parcans.

Pros:

Easy to setup and use.

Handy using the AUX for a fog machine.

Good functionality for the price.

Cons:

Tricky to get the joystick going but good once you do.

9 years ago

not recommended

Takes a good bit of time to figure this desk out. It's not user friendly, and the manual is useless.

Never even made it to a gig, it's still sitting on the shelf. And, it's got stuff rattling around inside it (like I said, it never even made it into the van so it hasn't been mishandled).

I felt like I needed to study rocket science to understand this. Granted I was new to DMX, but there is very little help from manual or online about how to go about programming anything on it.

An expensive door stop.

11 years ago

Not for DMX beginners

This is a lovely piece of kit, works well controlling the Stairville LED PAR 64's, I have yet to control my scanners with it but I am sure it will work just as well

If you understand DMX addressing, fixtures, channels etc etc then you will find it relatively easy to set up, if not you will feel like you have studied rocket science and solved the mystery of the universe!

Once set up however its fully featured and does what its meant to hence 5 stars

I have three small gripes:

1. No demo scenes/chases so you have to spend HOURS setting them up

2. The blue LED's are far too bright and blind you

3. The text could do with a slight illumination so you can see which slider you are using and what buttons you are pusing - if point 2 wasnt a problem then you would have half a chance of seeing what you were doing

11 years ago

Works but not so easy to use

There is just one fade in/out time that is shared with all scenes.

Clicking the buttons is very loud. You can hear the CLICK sound all the way to the audience.

The labels of the buttons are difficult to interpret. It is very difficult to know if the fixture number 7 means the button above number 7 or below number 7.

You need to set up all lamps as multiple of 10.

A small example from our theatre:

Eurolite LED Flood Light 252 RGB 19°

1 - Red

2 - reen

3 - Blue

4 - Dimmer