Unexpected/unfortunate tracking in Cue Only

So, some of the dance schools we do actually allow us the privilege of seeing a rehearsal on stage.  Most are having two or more mostly similar shows in different order.  Basically, every number gets one cue made from Qzero so I'm working in Cue Only Mode.  It seemed logical to assume that I could just record cues in rehearsal, then copy them into the correct order.  Surprise!  Copied cues track.

Should I have expected that?  I didn't, and I hadn't run through cues beforehand. Thankfully, after a few minutes I was able to figure out what was happening and get a handle on it as the show progressed.  Needless to say, I spent an hour before each of my next four shows pulling out the tracked values.

Is there some way to avoid this?  I thought of blocking all cues en masse, but never got around to it.  If I had, say, tried [cue 1 thru 100 Block] and then made another 50 cues, what would have happened if I had then tried [cue 1 thru 150 Block}?  Would it have unblocked 1through 100 and blocked 101 through 150?

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  • CopyTo bug aside, recording to presets might be an excellent way to work with these shows.  You could assign a preset number to each piece ahead of time, record to the preset during programming, then build cues from the presets.  You could build multiple cue lists from the same presets if different nights had pieces in different orders.  The presets could also go in to a sub.  

    After designing my first show on an Ion, I realized that presets are an excellent way to save pre-actor "dry" tech work while still allowing me to actually build cues with actors on stage.  

    -Josh 

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  • CopyTo bug aside, recording to presets might be an excellent way to work with these shows.  You could assign a preset number to each piece ahead of time, record to the preset during programming, then build cues from the presets.  You could build multiple cue lists from the same presets if different nights had pieces in different orders.  The presets could also go in to a sub.  

    After designing my first show on an Ion, I realized that presets are an excellent way to save pre-actor "dry" tech work while still allowing me to actually build cues with actors on stage.  

    -Josh 

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