I'm curious if there are any advantages or disadvantages to disabling releasable on the Pan and Tilt parameters? It seems like it works a bit like a Virt. I was thinking about trying it out for a while. Just wanted get thoughts from others.
The advantage I like for concerts is that anytime you change pages the units aren't trying to go to default positions before/during the firing of the first cue on the new page. It just looks smoother when they go from their last position to the new one.
It is easy enough to get back to "default" using the period key (ie - hold down "." and touch Position)
Personally the things I always make "non-releasable" are: - Pan/Tilt for all fixtures - Zoom/Focus for all fixtures - Color Scrollers
Occasionally I'll even put CMY/Colour as well so that there is always a color engaged (never unintentionally white).
It will feel a bit like a Virt (for fixtures that are in an 'Out' or 'Zero' state). You just need to be very cautious if you're programming out of order, as (unlike a virt) you can get in to a situation where you think you've programmed the appropriate information in to a cue or scene, but it's really held over from the last thing that you played back.
[QUOTE=z6p6tist6;51224]It will feel a bit like a Virt (for fixtures that are in an 'Out' or 'Zero' state). You just need to be very cautious if you're programming out of order, as (unlike a virt) you can get in to a situation where you think you've programmed the appropriate information in to a cue or scene, but it's really held over from the last thing that you played back.
PG
Personally I find it always useful to Record using "State" when programming out of order in this manner....then go back and "Unblock" later so values can track through.
Should keep you from hitting any pitfalls that way regardless of if fixtures have "Releasable" parameters or not.
If you set P+T to non-releasable, you really have to keep track of where you're moving from/to when using fixtures above that stage that are pointing nearly straight down.
Most moving heads can focus on the same point on stage at 2 or 3 different P+T combinations. When you release back to 50/50, you always start from the same point. But if you're starting from wherever your last position was, it's easy to go end up doing a 300 degree CW pan between two cues when you really only needed a 60 degree CCW move. This doesn't hurt anything, but looks sloppy and can result in a longer/noisier cue than you'd have otherwise.
Where is this described (documentation wise) -- also is it possible do to the same thing with other perimeters such as color and beam? This is one of the great features I love when programming on the virt.
Marty- I know its sunday morning; and I may still be half asleep; I can see how it's useful, just not how to "use" it and implement it. How do I turn this function on/off?
