Appreciate there's an important difference between a
level of zero and no
level. A
level of zero forces a
channel to zero whereas no
level equates to no instruction therefore allowing previous levels to
track on through. Previous levels of zero will
track through at zero as will other levels
track through at their respective levels.
Tracking can be beautiful once you wrap your head around it and the board and you are working together. A
blocking cue records a
level for every
channel regardless if it's at zero or something higher. A
blocking blackout records all channels at zeroes. Once a
channel has a
level recorded, zero or greater, nothing can
track through it thus cues in which every
channel has a
level assigned become
blocking cues through which no previous levels can
track as they've just received a definitive instruction in the
blocking cue.
Got it? Please let us know if this adequately explains things for you as many of us will be more than pleased to try harder to clarify.
I guess another thing to keep in mind is
Q-only does just what it claims to do: Makes a change for a specific
cue (only) carrying info from previous cues around and past it as if it wasn't there / hadn't been inserted.
Toodleoo!
Ron Hebbard.