Show Cue System

The CPU has MIDI connections on the back and I was told that means we have the MIDI card, so I think we are OK in that regard. Is that your understanding and is there anything else (aside from cables, MIDI sound card for the computer, etc.) that we will need? Any special Strand software for the 300,...

Richard,

You are my new best friend! I will definitely need some help as soon as I get the money (departmental) together to purchase SCS and get the time to pursue this. (Dance production opening Friday, you know the rest.) Thanks offering your expertise and I will be back in touch.

Gordon Jesse

Ahhh, I see. Yes, that should work. The typical dance is maybe five minutes and will have, say, six light changes including BO. Some run as long as 15 or 20 minutes and might have upwards of 20 cues. In an evening, we'll have 10 to 20 dances. Another question (and this sound strange, but here goes):...

The second. (single sends at different points) The only problem with the method of timing the MIDI-sends you described is that the accuracy of each one is dependent upon the accuracy of the former ones, but it would be a big improvement and will certainly get us started in this new (to us) area. Tha...

It's been almost a month since the last reply on this thread, but I thought I'd ring-in on the topic of external sound cards. I have two Edirol products the UA-5 (3 yrs) and FA-101 (1 year) and have been very pleased with both as they have been reliable and stable with my laptop (HP Pavilion). I use...

I just found SCS last night and it looks fantastic for its intended use, but like most users, I have some specialized uses in mind and I'm wondering if the capability is there. We do a lot of stage dance performances (ballet, modern, jazz) that are done to WAV file playback from my HP laptop using A...