Hey all,
Last night I used V6 for the first time in a live gig, I have to admit I forgot about some of the missing functions, such as the space bar doesn't set the BPM (I use this all the time) and the ctrl doesn't shut off all the other scenes. I didnt realize that the function of a preset button had changed. I used to find the fader at the bottom of a scene really useful to move through the steps with "page up" and "page down" keys. This is how I did colour changes when I didn't want them every beat, or if I had my colours changing on the beat but my gobo changing per bar, one would be manual BPM and one would be a preset.
And now some errors: This could be to do with the fact I was recording 6 channels of audio at the same time but this wasn't a big show, so it should have been fine. I had 5 total dropouts of DMX putting the whole place in to darkness whilst the musicians carried on. This was only rectified 4 times by random button pressing and dmx turning on and off, and once by exiting Sweetlight and starting up again. I re-booted the whole system during the interval and it seemed to be ok. But before the interval sweetlight had been running for about 4 or 5 hours. I can't say if this is a software error of if this was a computer error but it makes me wish I had the money to buy an SSA more and more!
I would also like to suggest that if a fixture has no icon then the name of the fixture is displayed in 2D view rather than a very unhelpful question mark! (I made all of the fixtures on arriving at the gig and seeing what lighting was available. As it turned out there were a load of KAM par cans with no manual or internet connection so I was guessing the fixture! But I was on sound also so I was glad that there was nothing too complex)
Towards the end of the first half (before I re-booted) I was experiencing a lag, the BPM wasnt responding as it should, the lights not changing with the BPM. The scenes were slow to load and the flash buttons had a huge lag. Could this be to do with recording at the same time?
Anyway there is the gig report! On other news the new Makie speakers and DBX driverack worked a dream and sounded fantastic, even better as didn't have to pay for them!