![]() Fortunately, we now we have improved desk reliability and better portability of show data.Īnyway, to enter Blind Mode on the MagicQ you just need to toggle the BLIND button and you will see that the results of programmer output are not reflected live on stage (as seen in the OUTPUT window). This is not a joke, it has happened on more than one occasion. Imagine the electrician of a touring show, having not had enough time to put both acts into the house lighting console, carefully entering and recording the cue levels for Act II in blind mode during Act I. While the usefulness of not being able to see what you are doing can be a bit limited, using Blind Mode has been a traditional method of inputting “known” data (like dimmer levels recorded on an old fashioned channel sheet) while the show is running. The concept is to enable you to record or edit cue information without it appearing live on stage. If you have used any kind of memory lighting desk, you may have come across Blind Mode before. That’ll be why those blues are still up, even after you have moved on to another task.Īll this talk of cue edits brings us neatly on to blind mode. If the Programmer doesn’t clear itself, don’t forget that the levels will continue to override your stage look until you hit CLR. ![]() The reason you would like to leave values in the Programmer until you are ready to CLEAR them is you can use those values to record new cues, update old ones or even remove parts of other cues altogether. Depending on the SETUP – > Prog Settings, the programmer then either clears itself or leaves the data there for you to carry on working – adjusting levels and recording another cue, for example. When happy with the new levels (that are output to stage and override the current state of the fixtures we changed) pressing UPDATE. ![]() ![]() This loads the entire cue in to the Programmer (the CLR button light shows that there is information there) and we can make changes to the levels using any method – Keypad, Groups and Encoder, Programmer spreadsheet or the Programmer Intensity Window. Getting edit information into the Programmerĭifferent consoles have their own way of loading information into the programmer and the MagicQ PC has a few choices.Īt it’s simplest, we just want to load the Blue Wash Cue into the programmer to be edited so we use INCLUDE (a term borrowed from Avolites) then Choose the S button the playback fader. You want to adjust the levels in the Blue Wash only, editing that information in the programmer before saving it back to the Blue Wash fader.Ī non programmer based desk that records output requires that you record individual cue information without other playbacks running (in this case, Red Wash) – a pain when you need to program or edit during rehearsals and don’t want to alter the entire look on stage.īut, the MagicQ is a programmer console and we can make individual changes and add them to specific cues. This means that you can edit parts of cues while leaving the other playbacks outputting and the end result will not mix your data up.Īn example: During the sound check you are playing back out a two colour wash using two faders– Red and Blue. Like most programmer based consoles, editing happens back in the Programmer and changes are usually output “live” to the stage while overriding any other playbacks that are running at the time. We already know how easy it is to record information into a cue ( enter data into the programmer, hit REC and choose a playback), we haven’t yet learned how to edit that information after it has been stored. New:All three of the MagicQ conventional lighting control tutorials are available for download as an ebook (pdf), so you can print out and follow along. We will also look at some of the theatre stack timing options. In this tutorial we will create another page of playbacks, a short opening sequence using a theatre cue stack and use the FX generator to quickly make some snazzy effects with the Beam Fans. If you haven’t already done so, work through MagicQ Tutorials Part 1 and 2 before tackling this one. ![]() In the final part of our Cham Sys MagicQ PC Getting Started tutorials, we work to the final stage of preparing our show for the fictional 3 piece band using a simple rig of PARS. ![]()
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