Need some tips for theater style programming

Hello All

Tomorow I,m going to program a touring theater show with only conventional lights which change in watts (output) depending on the theater, I,m going to use a cuelist per number.

Untill know I have mostly done live shows with lots of busking,


here are somethings I would like to know

1. do you put your front lights in the same cue or keep them seperate?

2. whats the fastest way to update your intensity levels in cue´s (I was thinking of making a pallete for each cue and then edit the pallete)

3. Can somebody explain me ways (syntax) of editing and updating cue´s quickly, sorry I know its a :rtfm: but I need some examples of these syntax being used.

4. Do you use hard value´s for the first cue in a cuelist, to make sure no value´s from a previous number track through?

5. Some other tips for theater show programming/operating thx


Thanks :hogsign:
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    For theatre lighting with conventional lights, you should only need one cuestack. If you have effects (firelight etc.) run them off another cuestack and trigger them from the main cuelist.

    Let the board track but remember while you're recording to record the look to your main cuestack, clear the programmer and play the cue live. Then make changes for the next cue, clear the programmer and playback live. This will ensure your are seeing the effect of tracking in your cues.

    If you have scenes separated by blackouts, hard code the blackouts so you can track changes in the first scene without having them track through to the second scene etc.

    Regardless of whether there are blackouts between scenes (ie, if there is only a crossfade from interior to exterior change of scene) make the transition cue a block cue to set the scenes apart from each other so levels will not track from one scene or Act to the next.

    Record all your levels with groups. If you have your front FOH area lights on at 50% from cue 3 through cue 15 and then decide to change to 45% in cue 3, the levels will track through to cue 15. If you make sure you allow your levels to track, protect "units" with block cues, playback your cues as you record them and use Update to make changes after you've recorded all your cues the first time, you'll have easily edited cues in protected "units" for your conventional show.
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    For theatre lighting with conventional lights, you should only need one cuestack. If you have effects (firelight etc.) run them off another cuestack and trigger them from the main cuelist.

    Let the board track but remember while you're recording to record the look to your main cuestack, clear the programmer and play the cue live. Then make changes for the next cue, clear the programmer and playback live. This will ensure your are seeing the effect of tracking in your cues.

    If you have scenes separated by blackouts, hard code the blackouts so you can track changes in the first scene without having them track through to the second scene etc.

    Regardless of whether there are blackouts between scenes (ie, if there is only a crossfade from interior to exterior change of scene) make the transition cue a block cue to set the scenes apart from each other so levels will not track from one scene or Act to the next.

    Record all your levels with groups. If you have your front FOH area lights on at 50% from cue 3 through cue 15 and then decide to change to 45% in cue 3, the levels will track through to cue 15. If you make sure you allow your levels to track, protect "units" with block cues, playback your cues as you record them and use Update to make changes after you've recorded all your cues the first time, you'll have easily edited cues in protected "units" for your conventional show.
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