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How to have the moving lights in a dark state between cues?


thierry

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Hi everyone,

I would like my Robe Robin600E to be "black" between two cues...

I know that i can manage that by enabling the "blink move on" option in the macro section of my fixtures, and it's working well, but in fact not in this case, because i want to go from a cue 1 (static full wash on stage) immediatly to a second cue (move & strobe on the sits of the amphitheater), and you well understand that if my macro option is on, then in the cue 2  my Robe are moving but no intensity (cause blink move is on 😀).

The "Move on dark" option is not a possibility because there is no intermediate cue (in which my Robe could be at no intensity or shutter on) between the two cues i'm using.

Any idea ?

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Hi @thierry

41 minutes ago, thierry said:

I would like my Robe Robin600E to be "black" between two cues...

I know that i can manage that by enabling the "blink move on" option in the macro section of my fixtures, and it's working well, but in fact not in this case, because i want to go from a cue 1 (static full wash on stage) immediatly to a second cue (move & strobe on the sits of the amphitheater), and you well understand that if my macro option is on, then in the cue 2  my Robe are moving but no intensity (cause blink move is on 😀).

Thank you for the information, this makes sense.

41 minutes ago, thierry said:

The "Move on dark" option is not a possibility because there is no intermediate cue (in which my Robe could be at no intensity or shutter on) between the two cues i'm using.

For this, I would certainly be looking at recording a cue between your stage wash cue and your audience cue. This could take your fixtures to black and move their position, with your audience cue automatically following on afterwards. Is there a particular reason you cannot do this?

Edward

Edward Smith
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15 hours ago, Edward Z88 said:

For this, I would certainly be looking at recording a cue between your stage wash cue and your audience cue. This could take your fixtures to black and move their position, with your audience cue automatically following on afterwards. Is there a particular reason you cannot do this?

Hi Edward,

No, no particular reason, i just wanted to know if there was any way to do it like this, which is the more simple thing to do from my point of view.

I just thought it was possible ...

I'm very old school, and it's always strange for me to think about recording "something" empty between two cues to get what i want, but i'll do it cause i have no choice.

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Hi @thierry

1 hour ago, thierry said:

No, no particular reason, i just wanted to know if there was any way to do it like this, which is the more simple thing to do from my point of view.

I just thought it was possible ...

I'm very old school, and it's always strange for me to think about recording "something" empty between two cues to get what i want, but i'll do it cause i have no choice.

To move your fixtures in dark, is a two-step process: turn the fixtures off and move them, and then turn them back on. This therefore couldn't be done in a single cue.

You could potentially record your fixture's "Enable Blackout Whilst Pan/Tilt Moving" function, into the first cue. You could then record "Disable Blackout Whilst Pan/Tilt Moving" in the second cue, however add a Beam delay time to the second cue. This would mean that due to the delay time, upon going into the second cue the fixtures will be in blackout whilst your fixtures moved into position, but after the delay time, once your fixtures are over the audience, blackout can be disabled.

Personally, I would rather insert an extra cue, and have the audience cue follow automatically, for ease of control.

Edward

Edward Smith
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