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showfiles from SmartFade 2496 to other SmartFades

Are showfiles from a SmartFade 24/96 compatible or transferable to for instance a SmartFade 12/96?

Is it possible to load showfiles from other version of Smartfade and use them within the limitations of the Smartfade they are running on?

If not, is there a way (program) to convert showfiles? (also to other formats would be usefull e.g. to ADB or Zero88)

 

  • The showfiles themselves are a custom extension of the USITT ASCII format.

    Any console that claims to import USITT ASCII format will be able to get most of the data from them - they may not get everything, but it should be enough to start with.

    However, they almost certainly won't get the moving light and effect information from a SmartFade ML, as USITT ASCII doesn't have a standard for this.

    Adam or Anders will have to answer the compatibility question - I know that SmartFade ML files are not compatible with the rest of the SmartFade family, but I'm not certain about the others.

  • Because of the different memory and sequence layout of the different versions of the Smart consoles, it isn't possible to load a show file from another size of console.

    Especially the different number of memories per page (and sequences referring to specific page/memory "slots") makes it difficult to convert an existing show file into a console with a different memory page arrangement in a predictable way.

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