OK LSP has had it's issues. Let's be honest an ton.. However the new group is working very hard to address and fix previous issues. As a matter of fact there will be very few enhancements until all of the bugs have been addressed. The Scheduler is going through a complete rebuild, but to be honest I used the Conductor last year and will for the future so Scheduler is a moot point to me. Don't get me wrong it should work as expected especially after spending that kind of money. There is also Xlights that will drive a show very well.
I am not trying to upset anyone here, but some of the statements that are being pasted are not accurate.
Don as far as support I feel that it has improved as David would never get back to any issues that I had during the "Show" part of the year. Is it top notch, maybe not but they really are working on it. The best thing to do when you are having trouble is posting the issue on the forum. There are many people (not as many as here) that will try and help you out.
The Good:
The matrix animator in LSP is a real life saver if you are doing RGB signs or displays. Its a little kludgy, but it simplifies a lot of stuff.
True. The Matrix animator is GREAT, but also very tedious. Once done It can do great things
The visualizer is really easy to work with and is miles in front of LORs software.
True
It imports your LOR sequences so that you can move them to your current setup. That means you can still use LOR S2 to do your static lights and then import them into LSP. (you'll see why in a sec)
True with LOR S2 but as yet cannot import LOR S3
Layers (groupings) of controllers or even channels so you can keep like types together so they are easier to work on. Its kind of like having multiple tracks in LOR.
True but WAY Better and easier. One of the Better things in LSP in my opinion
Transitions - These are pretty cool if you have a LOT of RGBs in your show. They can be used on static lights as well, but tend to lose their glitter.
True, but I find Macros to be much more powerful. LSP is designed around RGB, but you can still use it for led and incand.
Video - you can import video into your show
That is one bad thing is LSP no longer supports video. You can use it, but not as easily as in past versions. I hope they bring it back
The Bad:
Timing grids are terrible - There is no easy way to set different grids to different timings. If you are like me, I had a beat grid, a .1 grid, a .05 grid and a tapper grid. You can pretty much skip that in LSP. They have a way to make different timing marks, but its all based upon what ever base timing you use and then the beats in the music (or effects that you set) Its a bit grimy for my taste.
I disagree (Kind of) Although different than LOR you can use "Timing Highlights" and "Active Mouse" to work with what ever timings that you want. My problem is that you still see all of the timing marks they are just not active. You can also make whatever timing spacing that you want from the start of the sequence or the middle.
The Visualizer - If you make a mistake with your RGB placements be prepared to wipe it clean and start over. The placement is easy and the set up is easy as well, but if you misplace something while spreading it over multiple channels, it errors out when you try to select it to delete it. Its just easier to erase it all or live with it.
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LoginThe Scheduler - There seem to be a lot of problems with it... There have been a lot of suggested work-arounds, but for the price you pay for the software, should you have to work around it?
True no argument at all. Going through a complete rewrite.
File Size - LSPs files are HUGE in comparison to ANY other sequencing software's output.
True , but they are working on that as well.
The Ugly:
The price. OUCH!
$50 for the 512 channel version (not really practical if you are using RGB) with 2 macro effects
$100 for the 512 channel version with 4 macro effects (see previous)
$250 for 4096 channels (one pixel net universe)
$400 for 32767 channels (top tier)
True but $250 is for 8192 Channels
As I said this is not to upset anyone. LSP is very powerful and has many ways to do things. Do not expect to download and know how to use it in a week. Like I have said from day one you have to totally rethink the way that you sequence with LSP. I very rarely use a timing grid while sequencing. Is it perfect, NO far from it, but for the price (Look at Madrix) it does more than any other sequencing software out there.
