[QLab] Changing Cue Lists

[Adam]

Greetings All!

I'm in need of some help.

On one of my next productions, which is a children's show, the kids
get to choose what sequence the stories will go in during each
performance.

I need to be able to instantly change cuelists/sub-cuelists from the
main cuelist (via a hotkey) from whatever cuelist I'm in and have it
load the first cue and the cursor set on the first cue and stop/unload
all other cues in the other cuelists.

How can I best achieve this? If its a script, then hopefully one of
you have one up your sleeves as I am NOT script savvy!

Thanks All!
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[Jason Knox]

My initial instinct would be to use "GoTo" cues for the hotkey selections to get you into the alternate cue lists.

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If there isn't a huge number of cues, you could also just keep them all in
the same cue list with MEMO cues in between to see where the various
sequences stop & start.

Then you can set up hotkeys to access the various starting cues via START
cues targeting the first cue of each sequence.

Since separate cue lists means you don't see all the information without
switching cue lists, I tend to put things in the same cue list more often
that not.

If for instance, you have 5 versions of your show but they all autofollow
once you start the show, you could set up a master list with all the
various versions & then make yourself another cue list that just has 5
START cues for those 5 GOs.

I use separate cue lists to hide things I don't need to see. But most of
the time I want to be able to see everything I'm working with so I don't
use separate cue lists just to organize things that can actually be one
the same cue list. I'm sure others do it differently. I'm typically using
Qlab for dance playback & so I don't have complex sequences. Just
sequenced music with various combinations of AUTO CONTINUE / AUTO FOLLOW &
PAUSE.

My 2 cents.

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On Wed, September 22, 2010 9:10 am, Adam wrote:
> Greetings All!
>
> I'm in need of some help.
>
> On one of my next productions, which is a children's show, the kids
> get to choose what sequence the stories will go in during each
> performance.
>
> I need to be able to instantly change cuelists/sub-cuelists from the
> main cuelist (via a hotkey) from whatever cuelist I'm in and have it
> load the first cue and the cursor set on the first cue and stop/unload
> all other cues in the other cuelists.

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[Rich Walsh]

On 22 Sep 2010, at 15:10, Adam wrote:

> I need to be able to instantly change cuelists/sub-cuelists from the
> main cuelist (via a hotkey) from whatever cuelist I'm in and have it
> load the first cue and the cursor set on the first cue and stop/unload
> all other cues in the other cuelists.

Do either of these help?

http://groups.google.com/group/qlab/browse_thread/thread/b12e51e2c2278ba6/47b89d85606644db

http://figure53.com/wiki/index.php?title=QLab_Scripts_and_Macros#Switch_cue_lists

The additional commands to "Reset All" should be easy to add.

Rich

[Christopher Ashworth]

A Goto Cue won't work here -- it doesn't function in this way.

It probably will function this way in the future -- as discussed on the list, everyone *expects* it to function this way. :) But it doesn't at the moment, and wouldn't be helpful for this scenario.

Rich's email points to techniques that will work for what Adam is looking for in this scenario.

Best,
Chris

On Sep 22, 2010, at 10:19 AM, Jason Knox wrote:

> My initial instinct would be to use "GoTo" cues for the hotkey selections to get you into the alternate cue lists.
>
>
>> On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 9:10 AM, Adam <stilt...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I need to be able to instantly change cuelists/sub-cuelists from the
>> main cuelist (via a hotkey) from whatever cuelist I'm in and have it
>> load the first cue and the cursor set on the first cue and stop/unload
>> all other cues in the other cuelists.
>>

[Adam]

Thanks all for your suggestions and ideas!

I think the best approach would be to go with the Change Cuelist
Script that Rich provided.

How would you phrase the "Reset All" to be included in that script?
Hopefully the cursor will be selected on the first cue and all I have
to do is press GO!

-Adam

[Rich Walsh]

On 22 Sep 2010, at 17:15, Adam wrote:

> How would you phrase the "Reset All" to be included in that script?
> Hopefully the cursor will be selected on the first cue and all I have
> to do is press GO!

You'll need to do a bit of testing yourself, but this is the sort of thing:

tell front workspace
reset
set current cue list to first cue list whose q name is "Main Cue List"
tell current cue list
set playback position to first cue
load first cue
end tell
end tell

There's an unfortunate trap in the logic whereby the "move to next cue after this cue completes" routine is called _after_ the script runs, which means you end up standing by for the second cue in the original cue list too, but I can't see a way round that.

I've also found in my brief tests that "reset" seems to get AppleScript Editor stuck waiting for a response - and sometimes hangs QLab too - so you may want to try "stop" instead if you encounter similar weirdness yourself. I may test that further at some point and file a bug report...

Rich

[Adam]

Rich,

Thank you so much! The script is doing exactly what it should and what
I hoped for!

This one should be put in the Wiki right next to it's big brother.

I'm still going to do a bit more of testing on it, but as of right now
I don't seem to have any problems with it.

--Adam