mbandgeek
Active Member
I got to play around with an ION today for about 2 hours and i have a couple questions for you guys. I wasn't able to hook the anything to the console, I was just trying to get a feel for the command structure.
I remember seeing on previous ETC boards that you could jump from cue to cue without having to see the transition happen. On the express 48/96 all you would have to do is run the playback faders up and down after pressing the go button. Is this possible on an ION? It was rather annoying trying to program a sequence and having to wait 5 seconds for each cue to run. I do understand that there is a "go to cue" button, but i still have to wait the 5 seconds to see the look.
Also, with moving lights, when i change the pan and tilt from cue to cue, is there a way to show the progress on the screen when running the cue? Or at the very least to show said degrees of the fixture on the current cue? If not, i think it's a really good idea that would make quite a few board ops happy. (I expect royalties from this idea, or at the very least a new ETC Source 4 36 degree ellipsoidal and a t-shirt)
I have one more question based on the ION. How do i save show files to a flash drive?
Now for a question about moving lights, which direction clockwise/counterclockwise is negative degrees? Or does this change from manufacturer to manufacturer or fixture to fixture?
I will undoubtedly have more questions as time goes on...
Thanks,
Kevin
I remember seeing on previous ETC boards that you could jump from cue to cue without having to see the transition happen. On the express 48/96 all you would have to do is run the playback faders up and down after pressing the go button. Is this possible on an ION? It was rather annoying trying to program a sequence and having to wait 5 seconds for each cue to run. I do understand that there is a "go to cue" button, but i still have to wait the 5 seconds to see the look.
Also, with moving lights, when i change the pan and tilt from cue to cue, is there a way to show the progress on the screen when running the cue? Or at the very least to show said degrees of the fixture on the current cue? If not, i think it's a really good idea that would make quite a few board ops happy. (I expect royalties from this idea, or at the very least a new ETC Source 4 36 degree ellipsoidal and a t-shirt)
I have one more question based on the ION. How do i save show files to a flash drive?
Now for a question about moving lights, which direction clockwise/counterclockwise is negative degrees? Or does this change from manufacturer to manufacturer or fixture to fixture?
I will undoubtedly have more questions as time goes on...
Thanks,
Kevin