NPhillips Posted June 3, 2003 Report Posted June 3, 2003 The up/down fade times should be swapped so that the up time is entered and displayed before the down time. Currently the format of down/up is backwards to what US designers have become accustomed to on just about every console used. Also, without the facility to enter a fade time on the key pad, having to alter, then re-alter the fade time can cause the next cue to be missed in a tech and a very frustrated LD! Quote
K-Nine Posted June 5, 2003 Report Posted June 5, 2003 Interesting ... the Illusion desks have been out in the market for 4/5 years now and you are the first one to mention this I haven't seen that many other lighting desks myself, but I take your word that the others you have used have the fade up time before the fade down time. I wonder therefore, is it because you have a wider experience of different desks, often use different up/down times in your memories or are simply the first person to actually voice an opinion on this topic ? Maybe some other users generally use the default fade times, have the same fade up/down times or simply haven't noticed, or care which way round they are displayed on the monitor screen :evil: I don't have any problem suggesting that we swap the fade up/down times around - I assume that the delay up/down times should also be swapped for consistency Having checked other screens on the Illusion (eg Submasters) and various screens on the Frog series of desks, the Memories screen does seem inconsistent and I cannot think why it was never noticed before :? Onto your second point, you can enter a fade time using the front panel numeric keypad, an external keypad or by using the control wheel. :wink: Quote K-Nine : Technically Advanced Roving Dog In Space Bran Media | Myspace
NPhillips Posted June 5, 2003 Author Report Posted June 5, 2003 I don't have any problem suggesting that we swap the fade up/down times around - I assume that the delay up/down times should also be swapped for consistency Yes, this would be a correct assumption! Having checked other screens on the Illusion (eg Submasters) and various screens on the Frog series of desks, the Memories screen does seem inconsistent and I cannot think why it was never noticed before :? US designers... :twisted: Onto your second point, you can enter a fade time using the front panel numeric keypad, an external keypad or by using the control wheel. :wink: Yes, no problem with that. I am referring to a time key allowing the timing to be modified in the syntax which would read: [save][memory][1][2][time][7/6][delay 5][information][the party begins][enter] Quote
Carl Ehrhardt Posted June 19, 2003 Report Posted June 19, 2003 [save][memory][1][2][time][7/6][delay 5][information][the party begins][enter] That would be great. Also the thing with swaping the up/down time.... i am also used to first up then down... Is it possible to use shortcuts like ctrl c for e.g. channelinformation, ctrl t for time and so on…. So I can get faster access to the things I am looking for and we have more Keys on the illusion 120/240 and also 500… so there are many new possibilities Zero88 can design a keyboard with more options than only letters and time. See the link to the finalcut keyboard for MAC http://store.apple.com/Apple/WebObjects/swissdestore.woa/944/wo/POObr0ICLIeJ8OMYu4/1.3.0.5.8.3.8.13.0 Greatings Carl Ehrhardt Quote Carl Ehrhardt Technical Director Kellerbühne St.Gallen CH-9000 St.Gallen Switzerland www.kellerbuehne.ch
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