Jay Ashworth
Well-Known Member
You seem to be suggesting, Steve, that tracking means the board calculates where dimmers should be based on *where they were when you started to record a cue*, *and records that into the new cue*... ie: it looks at record time, not at play time, based on where previous cues put them.
Since that's moronic on its face*, I have a hard time understanding how a software designer could do that. Of course you record only the things the user enters, and calculate tracking only at playback time, backing up on each channel far enough to know where it should be, if you jump manually to a cue in mid-show. ... Right?
Did I misunderstand you, or do I misunderstand the problem domain? (Happens at least once a year...)
[ * as a new design; clearly, as Bill points out below, it's user-compatibility that drives it... ]
Since that's moronic on its face*, I have a hard time understanding how a software designer could do that. Of course you record only the things the user enters, and calculate tracking only at playback time, backing up on each channel far enough to know where it should be, if you jump manually to a cue in mid-show. ... Right?
Did I misunderstand you, or do I misunderstand the problem domain? (Happens at least once a year...)
[ * as a new design; clearly, as Bill points out below, it's user-compatibility that drives it... ]
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