This questions might have been posted elsewhere on CB. But I seem to have a hard time finding it. So if I am repeating, I am extremely sorry!
We own an ETC Ion at our school and I am trying to build a cue sheet for an upcoming dance show using standard light. So no moving lights or any of that cool stuff.
Given that we have 192 dimmers, the easiest way to build cues is to program different looks (specials, cyc colors, washes, etc) on submasters, set the look using the same submasters and then record the look into a cue. That part is easy enough. What has been frustrating me though is, I can't seem to find an equivalent to what is the release button is the Express. Basically as soon as I record a cue, it executes it immediately and the only way I can seem to then change the look is by manually bringing down all the lights or by going to a blackout cue and then use the submasters again to set the look so that I can record my next one. It's frustrating mostly because I feel like I can design faster if there's an easier way (something that has less clicks/steps) to set all my channels to 0 after every cue I record.
I do understand the concept of tracking. And I guess one way to solve the above problem would be to just keep track of the channels I am using and then decrease/increase their intensities accordingly and then program them into the following cue. Except, as I mentioned earlier, we have 192 dimmers and we do a 1 to 1 patch. So I am almost always working with 192 channels, and most shows I work don't offer me enough time to patch properly or even note down the channels for each look.
So it basically comes down to, what would be the easiest way to program cues using submasters on the Ion?
Any help once again would be greatly appreciated!!!
We own an ETC Ion at our school and I am trying to build a cue sheet for an upcoming dance show using standard light. So no moving lights or any of that cool stuff.
Given that we have 192 dimmers, the easiest way to build cues is to program different looks (specials, cyc colors, washes, etc) on submasters, set the look using the same submasters and then record the look into a cue. That part is easy enough. What has been frustrating me though is, I can't seem to find an equivalent to what is the release button is the Express. Basically as soon as I record a cue, it executes it immediately and the only way I can seem to then change the look is by manually bringing down all the lights or by going to a blackout cue and then use the submasters again to set the look so that I can record my next one. It's frustrating mostly because I feel like I can design faster if there's an easier way (something that has less clicks/steps) to set all my channels to 0 after every cue I record.
I do understand the concept of tracking. And I guess one way to solve the above problem would be to just keep track of the channels I am using and then decrease/increase their intensities accordingly and then program them into the following cue. Except, as I mentioned earlier, we have 192 dimmers and we do a 1 to 1 patch. So I am almost always working with 192 channels, and most shows I work don't offer me enough time to patch properly or even note down the channels for each look.
So it basically comes down to, what would be the easiest way to program cues using submasters on the Ion?
Any help once again would be greatly appreciated!!!