Sequencing effects on a ColorSource 20

Hi.  I'm trying to set up a club/party room, with 4 fixtures patched through a Colorsource 20.  Basically we want to run playback "A" for 5 minutes, then flip to playback "B" for a time, then playback "C" and so on, to provide a hands off changing environment over several "party hours".  I'm new to lighting consoles and still getting used to the quirks of this.  Sometimes the positions or colours get remembered between changing from one playback to another and we have to clear/Home the fixtures a lot to reset things.  Sometimes the lights seem to have a life of their own.  However, we can basically set up the looks we want and store them as playback memories to bumps, and manually switch between the looks (when it works).  The online documentation and videos are good but not enough when things don't go the way we expect!  It's not clear how we should be doing the sequencing.   

I can set up a cue list and add the playback memories with durations, but it seems erratic and doesn't so far do what we want, which is a simple ambition.  Is there a resource somewhere which clearly explains how to do this?  I'll next get my hands on the console on Friday so any tips appreciated.

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  • I'm not sure I understand your problem.
    It is clear that it takes some "basic notion" to understand how these light console works ;-)


    1) -Use playbacks to memorize your effects or sequences.
    2) - if you put several playbacks tracks at the same time, it's normal to have anything curious.
    If you want to quickly switch from one playback to another, use FLASH.
    If you want to quickly switch to a playback and return to another state:

    Rather do scene memories (CUE) than you alternate with playbacks.
    And use the FLASH with the SOLO option on playback to subvert to the CUE.

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  • I'm not sure I understand your problem.
    It is clear that it takes some "basic notion" to understand how these light console works ;-)


    1) -Use playbacks to memorize your effects or sequences.
    2) - if you put several playbacks tracks at the same time, it's normal to have anything curious.
    If you want to quickly switch from one playback to another, use FLASH.
    If you want to quickly switch to a playback and return to another state:

    Rather do scene memories (CUE) than you alternate with playbacks.
    And use the FLASH with the SOLO option on playback to subvert to the CUE.

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