Les
Well-Known Member
This has probably been covered before, but I've sorted through enough "ML Followspot" threads to officially give up.
Is there a trick to making a moving head spot follow a pre-determined path? The director for an upcoming show wants to have two movers hit a mark and then pan (together) in a straight line to another point - about 20' of travel over all. Based on my experiences with ML's, programming this the "usual" way will result in both fixtures hitting the first mark and then swinging "the long way", all over the auditorium's walls, to the second mark.
I guess I want to be able to tell the movers to use the path "as the crow flies" rather than what GPS tells them...
The fixtures will be mounted in an overhead position, if that makes a difference (I figure it will since they can't simply 'tilt-up' like they would in a FOH position).
Fixtures: 2x Elation DesignSpot 250 Pro
Console: ETC Element
This info might also prove useful for a pair of VL1000's I do have mounted in an FOH position. They are "perched" on a balcony rail and will be used as re-focusing specials. But I doubt that will require many live moves so I won't derail my own thread with that topic.
Is there a trick to making a moving head spot follow a pre-determined path? The director for an upcoming show wants to have two movers hit a mark and then pan (together) in a straight line to another point - about 20' of travel over all. Based on my experiences with ML's, programming this the "usual" way will result in both fixtures hitting the first mark and then swinging "the long way", all over the auditorium's walls, to the second mark.
I guess I want to be able to tell the movers to use the path "as the crow flies" rather than what GPS tells them...
The fixtures will be mounted in an overhead position, if that makes a difference (I figure it will since they can't simply 'tilt-up' like they would in a FOH position).
Fixtures: 2x Elation DesignSpot 250 Pro
Console: ETC Element
This info might also prove useful for a pair of VL1000's I do have mounted in an FOH position. They are "perched" on a balcony rail and will be used as re-focusing specials. But I doubt that will require many live moves so I won't derail my own thread with that topic.