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2008/09/29 at 8:04 pm #24089
Yes, I understand this setup option – here’s where it becomes sticky. I at some point have shows running in rep – and plan to use the scene recall for mic levels, orch levels etc. In some shows this may mean that I have a couple hundred scenes used in a show – and obviously this means that we’ll be using too many scenes.
In this case I assumed that saving each show as a “show” would make sense.
That’s where my problem comes up. Yes, I can certainly tell each show op to start using scenes in a certain number range – say 25-125 for show 1 and 150-250 for show 2. However, this will be harder to manage.
I understand that this may be beyond the current software – but I would love to be able to set a default show and scene for each user login.
It’s one more thing to remember – but I think that for my use I will create a show called “Arts Center” (sorry, I’m in the US I have to do a “er” instead of the “re” at the end). In that show the concert and intern setups will be fine as scenes – I’ll just have to implement a system where anyone using the board for advanced applications needs to re-load “Arts Center” in place of whatever show they were working on before they power down.
thanks,
-Bryce
-Bryce Larson
Production Manager
The Arts Center on 7
bryce@minnetonkatheatre.com2008/09/29 at 6:49 pm #24087I would love to see timing available on scene recall – crossfade times. This would allow timed panning, channel level etc to be stored and recalled.
-Bryce Larson
Production Manager
The Arts Center on 7
bryce@minnetonkatheatre.com2008/09/29 at 5:35 pm #24085ok, so with all passwords set it will boot to the login screen – which is cool.
Now, the second part – getting a show / scene to load on a per-user basis.
For the sake of this conversation let’s pretend that I have two accounts on the desk – Admin and intern.
I have two shows – let’s call them concert and theatre.
Admin has full rights (obviously) and intern has all rights deactivated (including show loading). If I – as the admin load “theatre” and am working on the desk – then power down and start up again it goes to the login screen – which is fine.
At that point I log in as intern – but since I was last working on “theatre” that’s the show that comes up when I log in.
I have specified the scene for Admin and for intern – but since the scene specified for the intern user login is located in “concert” it doesn’t recall when I load that user. Additionally, since “intern” doesn’t have show access rights they can’t load the correct show to recall the correct scene.
I’m looking for untilate simplicity for a user to walk up and use the desk – so if I can avoid having to explain how to load shows, recall scenes etc – that would be great.
Can A&H add a feature – so that the desk loads the show that the default scene references as well? Or is this in the desk somewhere and I’m just missing it?
-Bryce Larson
Production Manager
The Arts Center on 7
bryce@minnetonkatheatre.com2008/09/29 at 5:05 pm #24084Yeah, it’s very stable on XP for me – seems wonky in Vista. Each time I install it runs once – then hangs on the second time I try to run it. I can re-install and it’s cool again – once.
I found a work-around – I installed onto a USB drive – and run it from there – seems very stable that way – and since it’s a nice small package it fits fine along with all my show files – makes things portable to any computer I’m working on as well.
I’m assuming it’s something about the temp files or show files that isn’t working on Vista.
-Bryce Larson
Production Manager
The Arts Center on 7
bryce@minnetonkatheatre.com2008/09/28 at 11:48 pm #24081I must have remembered wrong – I thought that when I was logged in as the admin – powered down then powered back up it was in the admin account still – I’ll play tomorrow when I’m back at the theatre then let you know how it goes.
thanks for the great support!
-Bryce Larson
Production Manager
The Arts Center on 7
bryce@minnetonkatheatre.com2008/09/27 at 3:31 pm #24078I’ve done that – I’m asking if there is a way to set the console to start up in the “change users” page. This would make it easy for any user to pick an appropriate user.
Once that’s accomplished I would also like to set a default show and scene per user.
For my space – I’m the admin – I’ve also got a profile for myself – with my personal preferences on the console settings. I’ve then got some student interns – so I built a user account for them – “interns” and I built a user account for the choir and orchestra concerts – “concerts”.
I want to give myself full access – which is cool, my account is fine. I want to give the interns moderate access – since I’ve trained them. I want the “concert” user to always load the show I built called “concert”. That show only has the first four wireless mics, the CD players and the LCRS in the center section – and basically no access to anything else – including loading shows.
The problem with this is that whatever show the desk had loaded when it was shut down is what it loads when it starts up.
Is there a way to set it up so that whenever you load a user profile it loads a particular show?
-Bryce Larson
Production Manager
The Arts Center on 7
bryce@minnetonkatheatre.com2008/09/26 at 5:55 pm #24076mp3 playback / recording to a USB drive – like the LS9 from Yamaha.
We’re just getting rolling on the desk – so far I’m impressed, but I’m certainly too new to have very many suggestions.
-Bryce Larson
Production Manager
The Arts Center on 7
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