Macros (Wait's and Follows too!)

[Grog12]

What can I say...I'm spoiled with my wait times. That's all there is too it. And apparently a little flippant about it

 

[Sean]

What can I say...I'm spoiled with my wait times. That's all there is too it. And apparently a little flippant about it

It was a real question though--perhaps I'm missing something....

What _can't_ you do on the Express(ion) because of the split-only wait command?

--Sean

 

[Grog12]

Well...while the boards weren't meant for movers they certainly have been used for them. Especially the Expression 3. If I wanted to throw a wait on a move, or a live move that involved a down and and up pan/tilt fade that I wanted to wait 3 seconds after the press of a go I'd have to create a separate cue as opposed to waiting the entire cue.

Its not much really. Looking back at the times I have programmed those boards I realize there hasn't been much call for a full on wait. Honestly if you need a full on wait you end up creating a second cue and following it from the first cue.

 

[icewolf08]

I still can't see why you would ever need to put a wait on an entire cue. What is the point? if you need both the upfade and downfade to wait the same amount after pushing GO then call the cue later.

 

[SteveB]

I've seen touring dance LD's do this when they can't get the SM to change to call point. Stupid solution in a way, but then the real solution involves politics and personalities.

SB

 

[Charc]

So is the point here I don't need to use my Delay (Strand)... ever... unless my SM can only call a cue at a specific point. Which I could see using, to make cue calling easier for her... but hey, isn't that her job? :neutral:

 

[icewolf08]

So is the point here I don't need to use my Delay (Strand)... ever... unless my SM can only call a cue at a specific point. Which I could see using, to make cue calling easier for her... but hey, isn't that her job? :neutral:

Not at all, it is a design tool. Because on the strand you can assign a delay to either the upfade or downfade (or both) of a cue or part cue. So like my example before, maybe you want the current scene to fade out before the new one starts fading up, you put a delay on the upfade. Or if you want the new scene to fade up before the old scene fades out, you put a delay on the downfade.

Or maybe you have a part cue and you want part 2 to start 15 seconds after part one, so you just put a delay of 15 on part 2 so that when you push GO, part 1 starts and then 15 seconds later part 2 starts.

 

[lighttechie5948]

another example:
sometimes i have to sitch from the stage being lit to a platform on the side of the stage. I use the wait on the Express so it makes a more gradual fade into the platform.

 

[Charc]

Not at all, it is a design tool. Because on the strand you can assign a delay to either the upfade or downfade (or both) of a cue or part cue. So like my example before, maybe you want the current scene to fade out before the new one starts fading up, you put a delay on the upfade. Or if you want the new scene to fade up before the old scene fades out, you put a delay on the downfade.
Or maybe you have a part cue and you want part 2 to start 15 seconds after part one, so you just put a delay of 15 on part 2 so that when you push GO, part 1 starts and then 15 seconds later part 2 starts.

Ahhh. Alex, I think I'm starting to see the picture. Thanks.

 

[SAWYeR]

On the ETC 48/96 Express, I use, I make a macro for saving the show to disk. So instead of going through the different menus, I record all the steps into a macro, pop in a disk and hit "M1". Within 2 seconds it's all done.