Manualy Toggling Cue's

[TalJ]

Hi,

I have decided to use freestyler for the upcoming school play.
In the past, I used to set cue's on the lightboard and just toggle through them manualy.

In freestyler, I can't seem to understand how to do this.
The scenes look like a good idea, but the problem is that I have to enter "scene time", and this may change during each play by a few seconds, so I would rather toggle through manualy.

I tried making each sequence have only one scene, but this is really inconvenient to toggle through in the cue menue.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!

Regards,
TalJ

[remco_k]

In the FS cue there is a key 'manual trigger', then each time you press that button FS goes to the next sequence step in the selected cue(s). Tap sync does the same, as well as the sound to light function.

You can also assign a key to the manual trigger button, like the space bar. Then each time you press the space bar, the selected cue(s) goes to the next sequence step. That's the way I use it a lot, along with many cue(s) selected at the same time.

[TalJ]

Hi,
However, what do I do about "scene time", if I want to manualy trigger each scene?
Do i set it really high?
And what about the fade time? Will that also matter if I am triggering it manualy?
Thanks,
TalJ

[remco_k]

Hi,
However, what do I do about "scene time", if I want to manualy trigger each scene?
Do i set it really high?
And what about the fade time? Will that also matter if I am triggering it manualy?
Thanks,
TalJ

Why don't you just try it out before asking? Easy to see... And in the help file is also some info.

If you click the manual trigger button for the first time, then scene times are ignored and all sequences are freezed, until you press the manual trigger again, then the next step in each sequence is set.
Resuming the scene times: right click the manual trigger button.
What happens to fade times, I have no idea. You should try them out, but I think fade times remain as you've set them.

[TalJ]

Thank you!
I'm sorry, you're right I really should be trying this out much more before asking...it's just i've become so frustrated trying to learn how to use this software since there really isn't a proper quickstart or something to get used to this.
Once I fully understand how this works I will begin creating a simple and easy guide, since I will be teaching members from my school how to control the theater in my school through freestyler. If it turns out any good I will definitly send it in!
Regards,
TalJ

[Ljushuvud]

Hi!!

The manual button is a great tool! But can you start the cue in "manual mode" or must I make 2 scenes that looks the same, then hit the "manual key"?