Comments on: MagicQ Tutorial Part 3 – Cues, Timing and FX

By: Rob Sayer

Rob Sayer — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 10:04:09 +0000

Thanks Hallam. And link all sorted now

By: Hallam

Hallam — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 21:15:54 +0000

Hi This has been great thanks! It has helped me a lot!

Just one small thing to point out is that the link to Part 1 at the beginning of this article actually links to Part 2!

Thanks very much,
Hallam

By: Onge

Onge — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:29:40 +0000

Hi Rob,

Good to know that the moving light tutorials are on the burner so to speak.

Time … yes never enough for what you want to do but more than enough for what you need to do.
I do know what it takes to write tutorials, especially ones that are of interest to as many levels of user as possible. I have created tutorials for 2 other pieces of lighting control software. The hardest part for me is to remember to include the parts that we take for granted.

Well back to the MagicQ PC to learn and practice more and wait patiently for your tutorials

Best reagrds

André

By: Rob Sayer

Rob Sayer — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:02:19 +0000

Hey Onge

Thanks for your kind comments on the MagicQ tutorials. It’s funny how things that seem obivous to “us” prgrammers aren’t to everyone else. I’m glad you got a lot out of the tutorials and yes, I have a half finished MagicQ moving light tutorial on the drawing board. Just need time to finish it

By: Onge

Onge — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 12:37:02 +0000

Thanks Rob for the 3 parts to this ChamSys MagicQ tutorial.

Honestly I am mightily impressed and it is not a wonder now why Lampies harp on about using a proper lighting console (be it software or hardware). I have never seen the “proper” way to use a console before, I have only used “other” lighting control software and none have the power and simplicity that you showed us with these tutorials.

I cannot wait for your tutorials on moving lights, but looks as if I will have to wait.

I might just have to take a trip down to ChamSys and have a play on the real consoles and decide the way for me to go. Save pennies for a full console or get wings for the MgaicQ PC. I think it might be the full console.

Once again thank you so much Rob for opening my eyes.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:57:58 +0000

Thanks for your reply. I am excited about these tutorials coming out. I accidentally stumbled across Magic Q one day when playing around with Freestyler. I was doing some research on PC based lighting and found it although I haven’t had a chance to use it or learn it. I did a big light show for a local church using Freestyler and 44 fixtures. It was a bit unweildy using Freestyler but I managed. I had a certain budget that I was working with and I wanted to try and maximize it, so I cut out the expensive rental of the Avolites controller I loved. I suppose what I am looking for is better programming techniques and being able to utilize things like timecode and such.

By: Rob Sayer

Rob Sayer — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:13:33 +0000

Hi Ryan. Although I’ve got a lot this year and next, I am planning to get the first MagicQ moving light tutorial out before xmas. These tutorials take a good deal more time than other articles, what with the planning of the excercise for maximum learning, step notation and screen dumps before finally writing the thing and getting it on the site. Stay tuned.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:58:21 +0000

Thanks so much for these tutorials. Just curious as to when you are going to release your moving light tutorials?

By: Smudge

Smudge — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:00:19 +0000

Rob, great little series, look forward to the moving light one
Thanks

By: Rob Sayer

Rob Sayer — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:29:05 +0000

Hi Jim, thanks for bringing that up. It’s an issue that has caught others out in the past. The trouble with modern consoles is that there are so many user defined variables, everything has to be qualified with a “this only works if you have got x set to 3 and don’t have z enabled. And are in mode 3″.