Palette Programming Tips and Tricks #9 - Strand Lighting

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Independent Timing Independent timing, pure and simple, allows every channel and every parameter to have its own time in every cue. Now that’s flexibility! Before we get into the details and syntax, we’ll start with a little review of timing option with the PaletteOS. • Cue Time – rate at which every instruction in the cue is executed. This includes levels going up, down and attribute movement. • Split Time – allows the ability to give a different time for levels going up in value than levels going down in value. This is separated by a Cue Time column and a Down Time column. • Delay Time – allows the ability for levels to wait before moving. This can be applied globally to the cue, levels going up, levels going down or each attribute family (Position, Color, Gobo, Lens and Special) individually. • Attribute Family Time – allows the ability for unique timing values for each attribute family. In essence, all position movement can move in one time, while color, gobo and lens move each in their own time. Let’s look at scenarios where you would likely use a feature like this. • Maybe you have a DC special that wants to reveal a dancer before the stage wash fades up. • Maybe you have multiple moving lights focused on a performer CS and you want the backlight to highlight the figure first, then the more saturated lights to brighten next and finally the front lights to reveal the performer as they begin to come to life. • Maybe you have a cyc color change that you want to ripple from SL to SR, one unit at a time. • Maybe you have multiple moving lights that you want to perform a live move from straight down to blind the audience and you want the center light to move first and ripple out so the fixtures on the end of the pipe move last. There are lots of dynamic transitions that can be accomplished with independent timing. As with part cues, I like to start with the Broadway model of creating the static visual image or cue and then break it up from there. We’ll start by discussing the interface and then layer in the uses of independent timing. Based on PaletteOS 10.8.4 2
The Interface I’ll create a simple cue where 1 thru 10 are going to 50%. CL: [1] [THRU] [10] [@] [5] [ENTER] [RECORD] [ENTER] Or GUI: With the mouse, click and drag to select fixtures 1 thru 10. Roll the mouse’s intelliwheel to achieve 50%. Press the Record icon, then ENTER. Basic Cue without Independent Timing From here, we want 2 thru 4 to go to the recorded level in a 5 count. The first step is to go into the Independent Timing screen. If you have a Palette, you will have a separate TIMES button that you can press. If you have a LightPalette you have a LEVELS/TIMES button that will toggle you back and forth from the standard levels screen to the independent timing screen. Or you can always use the icon on the user interface. Based on PaletteOS 10.8.4 3
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