peza2010 Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Hi all.wondering if you can help me with this, and a quick reply would be fantastic. is it possible, and how easy is it to use fixtures on the pearl 2004 without having that fixtures personality installed?my problem is the fact that I can download the personality (isolution, unfortunatly if anybody cares) but cannot find anyone that has a floppy drive anymore!!! and we are using the isolution imoves for tomorrows show. this desk is being hired in for the show, so I guess there is a chance it may have the personality on there, but if not... Is it 1) Possible to patch and use fixtures on a pearl 2004 without the fixtures personalityand 2) how easy is it to use? in terms of patching, using various atrributes such as dimmer etc?? Thanks in advanced Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacet Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 This desk is being hired in for the show, so I guess there is a chance it may have the personality on there, but if not...It could, it'd depend entirely on the person who is supplying the desk. Has the gear already been collected / delivered? If not could the supplier either load the personality onto a disk / the cache for you?Is it 1) Possible to patch and use fixtures on a pearl 2004 without the fixtures personalityand 2) how easy is it to use? in terms of patching, using various atrributes such as dimmer etc??If there's no way of getting the personality onto the desk you have two options, either find a personality that you do have on the desk / a disk that is a 'close enough fit' for your lights. This isn't ideal but if it's only a fairly simple fixture you could get lucky. The only other option is to patch X number of dimmers and run the fixtures off the faders (masterpiece style). Again this wouldn't be ideal but if you know what each channel should do (which you can find out from the personality on your computer) you should be able to get them to work to a certain extent. However in my opinion your best bet is to get up at the crack of dawn tomorrow and go to pc world / maplins and buy yourself a usb floppy drive. They go for about £10 and mean you'll be able to do the job properly. It will also mean you can back your show up to your computer! Hope that helps jacet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peza2010 Posted September 21, 2010 Author Share Posted September 21, 2010 Thank you for your speedy reply..I have managed to give the hire company a call and the desk does have the personality installed.However it is useful to know the other way if im ever stuck again. Thanks for your fast reply. MODS - FEEL FREE TO CLOSE THIS FORUM :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacet Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 MODS - FEEL FREE TO CLOSE THIS FORUM :)Please don't close the forum, there are a few useful bits on here... This topic seems to be done though ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceecrb1 Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 One of the best purchases we ever made at the company was a very cheap USB floppy drive, it lives inside the pearl flightcase under the desk with the mains cable.. That way any pc will do, cost pennies and its always there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peza2010 Posted September 23, 2010 Author Share Posted September 23, 2010 MODS - FEEL FREE TO CLOSE THIS FORUM ;)Please don't close the forum, there are a few useful bits on here... This topic seems to be done though ;) Yeah thats what I meant to say haha :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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