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Originally Posted by Footer4321
...I find I use macros more often on ETC consoles for conventional based shows simply because there are so many things the the expression line does not do quickly.
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I almost let this one slide...but nope, as a dyed-in-the-wool ETC-lover (there, I said it!
) I feel I have to ask "Such as what? (does the Expression not do quickly?)" And also I must state that I use many macros on the Exp3, but for mundane housekeeping tasks such as save/load disk,
dimmer check, etc. My favorite was TC on/off, which also swapped the screens so you immediately knew what mode the
desk was in. I've found running long macros live can cause a delay and the cue(s) will be late--a friend pointed this out and I told him he should be using "AutoLoad" for his particular application, at which point he said "Oh, like Performer Gold Cues!?" I hadn't thought of Gold Cues in years. I miss Gold Cues, used to be only ten, then they increased it (at Morpheus' request/demand) to 100. I also miss saving shows onto cassette tapes...I could have TWO cigarettes AND a cup of coffee while waiting for a show to save/load. Anyone have a Kliegl Performer II/III they'd like to sell me, cheap?
By the way, does the
Strand 300 have the possibility of Remote Macros?, hopefully via a db-25 connector? I still have the box I built for the Expression out of Radio Shack parts to trigger 8 macros. I've used it on more than one occasion, generally for programming in show control situations. It's still labeled "Enable Scrollers," "Disable Scrollers," "Enable TC," "Disable TC," and "
Graceful Abort," from the last time I used it.