main playcontroller buttons..

I know we(and I) have discussed alternate use for the main playcontrollers for the future..so i'm not shure if this wish has been covered..

-I'd like to "lock" the main playback to a list.. theres pobably more ways that this can be imlemented..but heres two ideas atleast..

1. we could "link" the main controllers to one of the 10 playbacks as today, but just disregard the choose keystrokes.. maybe we could link it with holding mainchoose down, and press the choose we like to link permanently to..

2.we could make the main playback a faderless playback and in that way just move a quelist to the main playback as we today do with the playbacks.. This will also give us one more playback..

-it will probably be wise to look at which of the main playback's button that will be "locked" since basically will only want the play and hold button, since i would use this function on my "main" cuelist in a show situation, and i will probabbly want to have the skip ffw/bck release/assert/goto available to the other lists..maybe an option to choose which buttons you use for this new "playback".. and maybe if you need the other buttons temporarily for this new "playback" maybe holding down main choose and press skip ffw, as an example..
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    I can see how this could be very useful, but there are lots of little questions that would need to be ironed out. I'd like to hear more from everyone about how they would like to see this implemented. Here are just a few things to consider:

    Does the main playback configuration need to be stored with each page? I think about how most rock shows are set up as page-per-song and the main play controls would be set up to control the main list for each song.

    Could it also be useful to have the option to tie the main playback controls to a specific master. For example, the main controls could always control master 10, regardless of what master is chosen.

    Would you want to be able to use the main playback controls for other masters if a different master's choose key is being held?

    What changes would need to be made for LED feedback? The main choose LED could be on when we are overriding standard behaviour. The play / pause LEDs could function as normal. I don't think we have a good way to provide intensity feedback that is usually handled by the flash key LED.
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    I can see how this could be very useful, but there are lots of little questions that would need to be ironed out. I'd like to hear more from everyone about how they would like to see this implemented. Here are just a few things to consider:

    Does the main playback configuration need to be stored with each page? I think about how most rock shows are set up as page-per-song and the main play controls would be set up to control the main list for each song.

    Could it also be useful to have the option to tie the main playback controls to a specific master. For example, the main controls could always control master 10, regardless of what master is chosen.

    Would you want to be able to use the main playback controls for other masters if a different master's choose key is being held?

    What changes would need to be made for LED feedback? The main choose LED could be on when we are overriding standard behaviour. The play / pause LEDs could function as normal. I don't think we have a good way to provide intensity feedback that is usually handled by the flash key LED.
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