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tracking/chases

I'm trying to record a simple chase, for example 3 dimmers, 3 cues with each cue as one of the dimmers at full.
I can't seem to figure out how to get the cues to not track into the next cue. I have tried recording using state and also de-selecting forward.

Is there something I am missing?

Also, in the future, when I need to program large chases with over 30 fixtures, is there an easy way to automate building a chase so I don't have to record a cue for each fixture individually?

Thanks!
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    Are you trying to do this:

    Cue 1 - Dimmer 1 on / Dimmer 2+3 Off
    Cue 2 - Dimmer 2 on / Dimmer 1+3 Off
    Cue 3 - Dimmer 3 on / Dimmer 1+2 Off

    If so, there are a couple of ways of doing it...
    With "tracking", you have to turn off the ones you don't want to show up. You could do it like this:

    Dimmer 1 Thru 3 at 0 Enter
    Record Cue 1 thru 3 enter (with the appropriate choose button lit)
    Clear the programmer
    Dimmer 1 at full merge 1 enter CLEAR
    Dimmer 2 at full merge 2 enter CLEAR
    Dimmer 3 at full merge 3 enter CLEAR

    That's a long way to do it (but is necessary for other types of chases).

    Option 2:
    Dimmer 1 at full record 1 enter clear
    Dimmer 2 at full record 2 enter clear
    Dimmer 3 at full record 3 enter clear

    In the OPTIONS - select CUE ONLY and then select IS A CHASE - the secret is "CUE ONLY" it basically turns off the tracking.

    Does that help?
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    Are you trying to do this:

    Cue 1 - Dimmer 1 on / Dimmer 2+3 Off
    Cue 2 - Dimmer 2 on / Dimmer 1+3 Off
    Cue 3 - Dimmer 3 on / Dimmer 1+2 Off

    If so, there are a couple of ways of doing it...
    With "tracking", you have to turn off the ones you don't want to show up. You could do it like this:

    Dimmer 1 Thru 3 at 0 Enter
    Record Cue 1 thru 3 enter (with the appropriate choose button lit)
    Clear the programmer
    Dimmer 1 at full merge 1 enter CLEAR
    Dimmer 2 at full merge 2 enter CLEAR
    Dimmer 3 at full merge 3 enter CLEAR

    That's a long way to do it (but is necessary for other types of chases).

    Option 2:
    Dimmer 1 at full record 1 enter clear
    Dimmer 2 at full record 2 enter clear
    Dimmer 3 at full record 3 enter clear

    In the OPTIONS - select CUE ONLY and then select IS A CHASE - the secret is "CUE ONLY" it basically turns off the tracking.

    Does that help?
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