Alcorn McBride Light Cue User’s Manual • November 26, 2007 Page 7
Recording
Not:e The Lightcue can
only playback one cue
at a time which has
been recorded with
SMPTE. The Pile-on
with cues which are not
locked to SMPTE.
The Lightcue is capable of recording DMX data with or without
being locked to SMPTE timecode. If you want to have your
DMX playback jam-synced to SMPTE so that it will pause or
skip forward or backward frames as necessary in order to
maintain perfect synchronization with incoming timecode, be sure
to have SMPTE connected and active while recording. The
recording will be time-stamped with the SMPTE timecode
corresponding to the first frame of recorded DMX.
Note: Before recording
to media which has not
is a good idea to format
it. (See section on
Formatting Media)
1. Select the cue to be recorded to by using the <and >keys.
Note: The LED
indicator will blink red
while waiting for a
change in DMX data.
Note: If SMPTE is
-
stamped” with the
timecode that occurred
on the first frame of the
recording..
2. Press and hold the Record button and then press the Play
button. The unit will display a crossfade time on the LCD
display. Use the <and >keys on the unit to decrement or
increment the crossfade time to be used during playback of
this recording. Leave the time at zero if no crossfade is
desired. When finished selecting the crossfade time, press the
Record button once again to arm the recording.
3. At this point the Light Cue will detect any change in the DMX
data and begin recording. If the first “look” of the recording is
supposed to remain for a per
iod of time at the beginning of the
recording, a DMX channel which is not allocated in your show
can be “bumped” to begin recording ahead of any channels
which are not due to begin changing at the very start of the
cue. Pressing Stop will abort the recording.
Note: Data contained
in serial play commands
will override crossfade
and SMPTE start times
selected during
recording.
4. Begin your lighting design or bump an unused channel to
begin the recording as described above. The LED indicator
will turn steady red once the recording begins.
5. When you are finished, press the Stop button. Allow the unit
up to 10 seconds to write the directory to the media.
6. If you want to edit the cue you just created (for example, to
edit the start offset time), refer to the
“Editing Cues” section in
the “File Management” chapter later in this manual.
Note: It is a good idea to regularly backup your data in a laptop or desktop computer. Just
remove the two screws from the media cover on the front panel of the Lightcue and press the
eject button on the right side of the socket to remove the media. Insert the media into your
laptop or desktop computer equipped with a PC Card slot and simply copy the files to your
local hard drive using Windows Explorer or a DOS shell.
