Crash_Override Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 Hi, I would like some advice on how to get the result I’m after. Background: I have a show where I need to flash certain channels very fast and accurate. Shots being fired and machine gun. At our house I have the show running with no problems. I use QLab3 to send OSC commands to our ETC Element to flash a SUB. This is a traveling show and I can’t have our ETC with us. I will have to use Chamsys MagicQ. This doesn’t behave the same. I have to send 2 OSC commands to flash on and flash off. And it’s not always that accurate or doesn’t fire at all. Used the same router as for ETC. At the moment I’m testing with MagicQ on laptop and miniwing. On shows I have a real console. Problem is that the fixtures will change from venue to venue so programming a lot of cues on MagicQ would mean lot’s of editing. Number of shots: about 50 with time between shots to 0.11 Sec to 0.17 Sec. Sometimes there are about 1 Sec pauses between bursts. And 9 shots with time between them 0.8 Sec to 1.5 Sec. A couple of one time shots that I can do manually. How would you do it with MagicQ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shez Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 You can program a timecoded cue stack for the flashes - either recording the timings manually or import them from a CSV file. Or enter / tweak them by hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjadingle Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Why do you have to use Chamsys? If you have the show already on an Element then surely a Nomad would be the logical path? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crash_Override Posted March 19, 2019 Author Share Posted March 19, 2019 Yes indeed.But as I don't have Nomad that’s my first problem.Local house console is Chamsys. As I don't have usually time to rehearsal in the receiving house I like to have a fader under my finger do dim things down (usually) on the fly. That's why I have Miniwing also. It was cheaper do buy and it has faders. I would use ETC EOS line in theatres if I had the money. If I could use to unlock Nomad with my Response 4port gateway it would be awesome. That's the downside of ETC, that you need to have the key. It should be hardware related. What I discovered is that MagicQ freezes on PC and MAC for couple ms every now and then. I think this is the issue and is related to the fade timing also, when you have 30 sec fade and in reality, it will be something like 33-35 sec. Maybe that's the issue sending lots of OSC commands. Is there a limit on how often may I send a command without flooding the network/console? I have separate network for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timsabre Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 I would ring up the Chamsys guys and ask for help with this, they will know the ins and outs of how the midi works and they don't bite! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard CSL Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 it sounds like you may be Auto Saving, this does cause a slow down of the processing. Certainly worth checking as it is a default setting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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