Ok here's my brand-new just-finished going-on-its-maiden-voyage-tonight 3.5.0 setup. In the zip file you will find a Freestyler backup with all the extra OSD files generated (you shouldn't need them but just in case...) and another zip file containing everything you'll need for the new EasyView stage sorted into the necessary folders.
I should also note that I did not include any fixtures in the stage for the Drum lights and strobe, as I've run out of time and we don't currently use them - they're just there for the future.
Keyboard assignments:
a, s, d, f - Override buttons 1-4 - Facial Pink, Purple, Blue, Orange
g - Override button 5 - Facial Blackout
j, k, l, ; - Override buttons 7-10 - Backlight Yellow, Red, Blue, Green
h - Override button 11 - Backlight Blackout
z, x, c, v - Override buttons 13-16 - Drum 1, 2, 3, 4
b - Override button 17 - Drum Blackout
u, i, o, p - Override buttons 27-30 - DL Red, DL Yellow, DL Green, DL GO
num0 - Override button 25 - Strobe All
num. - Override button 26 - Blackout Strobe
num1, num2, num3 - Override buttons 19-21 - Strobe Slow, Med, Fast
num4, num5, num6 - Override buttons 22-24 - Intel Strobe Slow, Med, Fast
num7 - Override button 12 - Molefay Accent
num8 - Override button 18 - Molefay Solo
A, S, D, F - Group Select - Facial Pink, Purple, Blue, Orange
J, K, L, : - Group Select - Backlight Yellow, Red, Blue, Green
I, O - Group Select - Intels Inner and Outer
<, > - Create sequence Next scene, Previous scene
? - Locate Selected Fixtures
SPACE - Toggle Blackout
' - Release All
F1, F2, F3, F4 - Zone select 1-4
q, w, e, r - Submaster Page 1-4
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 - Toggle Submaster 1-5
\ - Tap Sync
] - Manual Trigger
[ - Sound2Light Trigger
| - Disable Tap Sync/Manual Trigger
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MIDI assignments (used with my ART X15 and MIDI-OX to translate program change to MIDI note+velocity), all page-independant:
84 - Toggle Blackout
0 - Toggle Cuelist 1 - Cool Dark Static
1 - Toggle Cuelist 3 - Cool Dark Motion
2 - Toggle Cuelist 5 - Cool Bright Static
3 - Toggle Cuelist 7 - Cool Bright Motion
4 - Toggle Cuelist 9 - Between Songs
5 - Toggle Cuelist 2 - Warm Dark Static
6 - Toggle Cuelist 4 - Warm Dark Motion
7 - Toggle Cuelist 6 - Warm Bright Static
8 - Toggle Cuelist 8 - Warm Bright Motion
19 - Toggle Cuelist 10 - YRBG Cycle
14 - Toggle Cuelist 11 - Set Break
9 - Override button 18 - Molefay Solo
15 - Override button 27 - DL Red
16 - Override button 28 - DL Yellow
17 - Override button 29 - DL Green
18 - Override button 30 - DL GO
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Now, to answer your questions:
1. I use the cue list buttons for auto-pilot and starting scenes, then select my submasters and run them to override what's going on in the cue list buttons. Selecting another cue list button will override the submasters, after which you can again override it by running submasters. Selecting the same cue list button will black everything out. This is all default behaviour in FS.
I created the cue lists by selecting the submasters I wanted and running them to build the list, substituted sequences as needed by manually adding them to the cue list, then saving and assigning it to a button.
2. The banter lights (called Between Songs in this setup): Pressing a cue list button while another one is running will just fade (or snap depending on the sequences) between buttons, so one button press to call up the lights, another to start a sequence for the next song
3. Strobe - I forgot to include it in the stage which is why it doesn't work. If you view the DMX output in FS you'll see it's working properly
4. Linking submasters together: you can do this by right-clicking a submaster and assigning it to a group. Each SM assigned to a specific group will move when the fader is changed for any SM's in that group.
5. Live operation - yes, most operation is submasters, cue list buttons, and overrides (using keyboard shortcuts). There's a whole lot of variety to be had from this setup without having to muck around with individual fixture settings, though that of course can also be done (i.e. for gobo shakes on the intels).
Hope that answers everything for you, feel free to ask more questions if you have any
Enjoy!