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Curiously, almost every lighting control desk I've ever seen or heard about is left handed: the faders for controlling the lights are almost invariably on the l
by niccl 2y ago
Curiously, almost every lighting control desk I've ever seen or heard about is left handed: the faders for controlling the lights are almost invariably on the left.
- gitaarik 2y agoSo what makes that left-handed? Is there nothing on the right side?
- niccl 2y agoIt's typically buttons and programming stuff on the right. So you could argue that it's right handed because the keyboard stuff is on the right. But when you're running a show, it's the faders you need, and need to manipulate accurately and carefully, not the programming stuff. If they were for people who were most used to manipulating things accurately with their right hand, then I think the faders would be on the right. So I guess it's a long winded way of saying that it seems as though most lighting operators are fundamentally left-handed, which is quite .. curious? I don't know what the right word is