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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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    Tom - Sounds great -- Right now -- all i have is desk channels, (which is probably good to learn on) we will be adding our moving lights over the next couple months.

    The system of cues that you have suggested makes a great deal of sense to me, and i perceive that in setting up the service - -im going to have some work to do getting the fade and mark cues set up, but that will be half the fun of it i think :)

    I am assuming that the "fade" and "mark" can safely be linked to the previous primary cue and given a delay time etc, so that GO would only be hit when im ready for the primary cue.

    Im sitting here with my laptop fooling with stuff and have gotten most of the bugs worked out already, our hardware is scheduled to arrive tomorrow by 4:30 (FEDEX is usually pretty early here) so hopefully by this time tomorrow night, i'll be shining lights on the stage (which is good because we have a service on wednesday night and I DONT want to run that on the GSX if I can avoid it!

    The hog 3 PC software is making a lot of logical sense to me and im sure it will be much better when i get the wings and widget and can actually see the effects of my changes live and onstage -

    I am sure one of the biggest things that will bite me is getting used to tracking but i understand the concept and it makes sense, so its not too big of a deal, just will have some funny looking cues during programming time for a while im sure.

    My next big production show will probably be Christmas time, although we are doing a benifit concert in may that im trying to get some moving lights donated (rental) for so i'll have some time to have fun with them as well as learn more.

    I'm sure i will have questions as we go along, and I'm thankful you folks are willing to suffer a newbie :)

    Hopefully it wont be to long till I'm able to answer questions for others

    TIM
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    Tom - Sounds great -- Right now -- all i have is desk channels, (which is probably good to learn on) we will be adding our moving lights over the next couple months.

    The system of cues that you have suggested makes a great deal of sense to me, and i perceive that in setting up the service - -im going to have some work to do getting the fade and mark cues set up, but that will be half the fun of it i think :)

    I am assuming that the "fade" and "mark" can safely be linked to the previous primary cue and given a delay time etc, so that GO would only be hit when im ready for the primary cue.

    Im sitting here with my laptop fooling with stuff and have gotten most of the bugs worked out already, our hardware is scheduled to arrive tomorrow by 4:30 (FEDEX is usually pretty early here) so hopefully by this time tomorrow night, i'll be shining lights on the stage (which is good because we have a service on wednesday night and I DONT want to run that on the GSX if I can avoid it!

    The hog 3 PC software is making a lot of logical sense to me and im sure it will be much better when i get the wings and widget and can actually see the effects of my changes live and onstage -

    I am sure one of the biggest things that will bite me is getting used to tracking but i understand the concept and it makes sense, so its not too big of a deal, just will have some funny looking cues during programming time for a while im sure.

    My next big production show will probably be Christmas time, although we are doing a benifit concert in may that im trying to get some moving lights donated (rental) for so i'll have some time to have fun with them as well as learn more.

    I'm sure i will have questions as we go along, and I'm thankful you folks are willing to suffer a newbie :)

    Hopefully it wont be to long till I'm able to answer questions for others

    TIM
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