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Copying Scenes to Cue Lists

Hi Folks:

I suspect this is a newbish question, but im not sure how to go about this. I have been through the manual section about scenes and cuelists and I have created a couple of scenes in my scene directory. I would like to be able to take my scenes and copy them - in a specific order to a cue list so that i can assemble a cuelist to run a service.

Im not sure if im attempting to do this the right way, or if there is a better approach. I am WIDE open to any / all suggestions of the right way to do this.

What I want to achieve is this: I would like to assemble a library of pre-defined "Looks" (some people call them cues, or scenes or presets) so that I can (ideally) either call them directly during a service, or assemble them into a cuelist to attach to a master so that the service can be run by hitting the GO key at the appropriate time (with the use of masters possibly for over-rides).

I initially thought that constructing my scenes (looks / whatever) in the scene directory was the way to go and then either playing them directly from there or copying them into a cue list, but its not working (they dont seem to arrive in the cue list) so im not sure where to go from here

I can gladly supply more info, if I've not been clear here

Thanks to all

TIM
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    To be honest im not totally sure which will work best at this point - the intention is to maintain a set of static looks (right now its all desk chanels, but the theory extends to moving lights as well) so that I (or my substitute if i get hit by a bus) can easilly assemble a service from preset building blocks. for example -- currently, on the GSX, we have predefined looks for

    - Prelude
    - Upbeat song with choir
    - slower song
    - preaching
    - choir special
    - Solo Center stage

    (not an exhaustive list)

    then i either call them directly (on the gsx they are recorded as cues starting at 100) via commands like:

    CUE 7 TIME 15 GO

    etc

    or by copying them into the upper parts of the cue list and then hitting GO at the appropriate moments.

    I realize moving to a different lighting desk (not to mention design and operation paradigm) there are going to be some shifts in how I do things, and I'm trying to get a handle on how the BEST way to do it is

    I've been doing lighting for a number of years, but its all been desk channels and the GSX or lesser desks, so a lot of this is new to me. I managed to survive our Easter show using a Leprechaun LX48 (only because our Hog3PC isn't here yet). Using a moving light console, and one which supports tracking is ENTRIELY new to me -- I've been playing with the software a lot since Christmas, (as I researched what was the best route to take) so some things are easy, and others are not still.

    Thanks for the input, and I am definatly open to more if its available (not just on this topic, but any and everything)

    TIM
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    To be honest im not totally sure which will work best at this point - the intention is to maintain a set of static looks (right now its all desk chanels, but the theory extends to moving lights as well) so that I (or my substitute if i get hit by a bus) can easilly assemble a service from preset building blocks. for example -- currently, on the GSX, we have predefined looks for

    - Prelude
    - Upbeat song with choir
    - slower song
    - preaching
    - choir special
    - Solo Center stage

    (not an exhaustive list)

    then i either call them directly (on the gsx they are recorded as cues starting at 100) via commands like:

    CUE 7 TIME 15 GO

    etc

    or by copying them into the upper parts of the cue list and then hitting GO at the appropriate moments.

    I realize moving to a different lighting desk (not to mention design and operation paradigm) there are going to be some shifts in how I do things, and I'm trying to get a handle on how the BEST way to do it is

    I've been doing lighting for a number of years, but its all been desk channels and the GSX or lesser desks, so a lot of this is new to me. I managed to survive our Easter show using a Leprechaun LX48 (only because our Hog3PC isn't here yet). Using a moving light console, and one which supports tracking is ENTRIELY new to me -- I've been playing with the software a lot since Christmas, (as I researched what was the best route to take) so some things are easy, and others are not still.

    Thanks for the input, and I am definatly open to more if its available (not just on this topic, but any and everything)

    TIM
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