Need advice - Martin M1

[Buttmonkey]

So I'm 18 been doing this since I was 13 and I'm starting to learn how to patch lights on the M1 Martin's board. Any tricks to this board or just general advice for patching and curing?

 

[Lynnchesque]

Well, the basic idea behind patching is that you're taking what may be the random and confusing mess of dimmer numbers and addresses, and ordering them in a way that makes sense to you by assigning them channels. So your front light might be dim# 321 432 500; but you can assign those to channels 1,2,3.

Honestly though, with newer boards it is not as necessary as it used to be. I will patch my fixtures in groups by type because that's the easiest way, but once I build the 2d visualizer/magic sheet, I all but forget about the channel numbers. I can drag and drop selection buttons on the touchscreen to wherever makes sense.

Bottom line is you are organizing your lights and board so that when the director/designer says "I need a pool of blue light DSL" you can quickly and efficiently make that happen.

 

[Buttmonkey]

Well, the basic idea behind patching is that you're taking what may be the random and confusing mess of dimmer numbers and addresses, and ordering them in a way that makes sense to you by assigning them channels. So your front light might be dim# 321 432 500; but you can assign those to channels 1,2,3.

Honestly though, with newer boards it is not as necessary as it used to be. I will patch my fixtures in groups by type because that's the easiest way, but once I build the 2d visualizer/magic sheet, I all but forget about the channel numbers. I can drag and drop selection buttons on the touchscreen to wherever makes sense.

Bottom line is you are organizing your lights and board so that when the director/designer says "I need a pool of blue light DSL" you can quickly and efficiently make that happen.

Ya I went into work this morning and had the second in command teach me what do and made me understand how it worked. Thanks though, glad I can understand the lighting gibberish.

 

[Pie4Weebl]

There are a wealth of tutorial videos on youtube:

To view this content we will need your consent to set third party cookies.
For more detailed information, see our cookies page.

Accept third party cookies

 

[Buttmonkey]

There are a wealth of tutorial videos on youtube:

To view this content we will need your consent to set third party cookies.
For more detailed information, see our cookies page.

Accept third party cookies

I dont like videos, I downloaded the owners manual and am currently sifting through it and plan on reading it carefully when I'm at the board, I understand the manual better tbh.