Rack Palette - Operators Manual - Strand Lighting

Cue Lists
Blocking and Unblocking of Cues and Cue Lists
Blocked data in cues looks like this:
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Knowing when it is appropriate to have these symbols is key to understand how to
use a tracking console properly. It is fully explained in the topic called A Note on
Redundant Data.
Block cues are best explained as a 'dam' that does not let things pass through them.
If you are working on a long cue list and are jumping around while you are editing it,
it is handy to put block cues at the top of each scene. Imagine this:
• You're building a traditional theatrical GO show in a single cue list.
• You start out by doing a tiny bit of work on the first scene. You know you're going to
return to clean it up later.
• You then do a lot of work on the second scene of the show and are quite pleased
with yourself.
• You then go back to Scene 1 and continue working.
• When you get around to running Scene 2 later, there are things in there you didn't
expect to see. They 'tracked' from the first scene.
To prevent this from happening, what you should do is BLOCK the first cue of
Scene 2. You can either choose to do it before you start working on Scene 2 or after
you're happy with it. It doesn't matter. Just do it before you go back to work on cues
in Scene 1. When you do, a horizontal line will be drawn above the cue you blocked.
No information will track past that line, but rest assured, the cue below the line has
all the information to make sure that there are no surprises on stage.
Blocking Cues
To block a cue click on the desired cue then right click to open the Cue List Right-
Click menu:
Choose Block Cues.
Note:
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You can also select multiple cues using the Blue Box to Block more than
one cue at a time.
The syntax [CUE] [75.5] [S5 - BLOCK] is also valid (cue ranges are
also allowed)
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