My last Q about faders went no where - so I'll try this;
I want to run that proverbial Sunset" (Fade down Amber, Fade Up Indigo) over 30 minutes.
During that time (and after) we need to run several other cues. How would you set this up please?
My last Q about faders went no where - so I'll try this;
I want to run that proverbial Sunset" (Fade down Amber, Fade Up Indigo) over 30 minutes.
During that time (and after) we need to run several other cues. How would you set this up please?
Robert;
This is where the advantage of having two fader pairs really comes into play on the Expression and Express consoles. You can run one long cue in one while you run other cues in the other.
I have programmed shows doing this many many times. it can be as easy as simple creating your cue and timing for your sunset and then pressing go on the fader you want them to run in. So for example if you are running your regular cue sequence in the AB pair, when you get to your sunset cue, press go on the cd fader pair. Then press go on the ab fader pair for the next cue. The long cue in the cd pair will continue to run and fade.
NOTE:Remember NOT to record the completed sunset into any cues that will play while it is running!
As I mentioned in your other post, the faders pairs play a combination of their cues using the highest level takes precedence as priority ( also known as HTP). So if one of your regular cues has higher levels than your sunset cue, if will override that cue and your timing. If I had a buck for every time I forgot that when programming.. well let's say the first few rounds would be on me.
Assuming that all made sense, let's take it up a notch as something I like to do is automate it so I (or my operator) don't need to remember where they need to press go.
You can do this with a macro that is linked to a cue.
When it is automated, when my long cue needs to happen, I can press go on the AB pair and a cue plays and the macro will fire that plays the long cue in the cd fader pair for me.
Program the macro thusly [cue] [your sunset cue number] [Go CD].
If I don't have any other lighting changing with the start of the long cue, I simply re-record the active cue with a new number and link the macro. Then the stage manager can call it easily and no one is the wiser.
This gives you two advantages, first you don't have to remember which go to press and secondly if your long cue turns into a series of short linked cures running in a long sequence. Like designers like to do, you can place your long cue number sequence outside of your normal cue numbering and it will all link and play together in the cd pair.
The last bit to remember is because you now have 2 faders active, you need to remember that simply playing a blackout in CD or AB will not clear the other fader pair. Again An easy thing to forget. So once your long cue is complete you need to clear the CD pair. This can also be automated, by doing two things.
This gets you back to a single cue stack again. so fade to black actually goes black
I hope this makes sense. If not please feel free to get in touch with me here in the forums, or contact anyone in Technical Support.
Robert;
This is where the advantage of having two fader pairs really comes into play on the Expression and Express consoles. You can run one long cue in one while you run other cues in the other.
I have programmed shows doing this many many times. it can be as easy as simple creating your cue and timing for your sunset and then pressing go on the fader you want them to run in. So for example if you are running your regular cue sequence in the AB pair, when you get to your sunset cue, press go on the cd fader pair. Then press go on the ab fader pair for the next cue. The long cue in the cd pair will continue to run and fade.
NOTE:Remember NOT to record the completed sunset into any cues that will play while it is running!
As I mentioned in your other post, the faders pairs play a combination of their cues using the highest level takes precedence as priority ( also known as HTP). So if one of your regular cues has higher levels than your sunset cue, if will override that cue and your timing. If I had a buck for every time I forgot that when programming.. well let's say the first few rounds would be on me.
Assuming that all made sense, let's take it up a notch as something I like to do is automate it so I (or my operator) don't need to remember where they need to press go.
You can do this with a macro that is linked to a cue.
When it is automated, when my long cue needs to happen, I can press go on the AB pair and a cue plays and the macro will fire that plays the long cue in the cd fader pair for me.
Program the macro thusly [cue] [your sunset cue number] [Go CD].
If I don't have any other lighting changing with the start of the long cue, I simply re-record the active cue with a new number and link the macro. Then the stage manager can call it easily and no one is the wiser.
This gives you two advantages, first you don't have to remember which go to press and secondly if your long cue turns into a series of short linked cures running in a long sequence. Like designers like to do, you can place your long cue number sequence outside of your normal cue numbering and it will all link and play together in the cd pair.
The last bit to remember is because you now have 2 faders active, you need to remember that simply playing a blackout in CD or AB will not clear the other fader pair. Again An easy thing to forget. So once your long cue is complete you need to clear the CD pair. This can also be automated, by doing two things.
This gets you back to a single cue stack again. so fade to black actually goes black
I hope this makes sense. If not please feel free to get in touch with me here in the forums, or contact anyone in Technical Support.
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