Midi Time code from SCS to ETC EOS
Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2018 4:28 am
We had a recent project that brought together a few neat tricks, with SCS as the core software.
At an outdoor skating rink, the operator hits a hot key on a keyboard, which starts a cue with a playlist sub-cue in SCS. Another sub-cue starts SCS generating Midi time code from a clock value of "0 minutes". The Midi time code is read by a PC running ETC EOS Nomad software. When it sees the "0 minutes" time code , it runs a looping set of background cues, that are not specifically synced to the music.
When the ice needs to be resurfaced ( and skaters have to get off the ice ), the operator hits another Hot key which starts a specific audio track, and a new Midi time code, starting at " 100 minutes" . When the ETC system sees the " 100 minutes" time code, it starts a different cue list that is more specifically synced to the music track. The cues from that point are all synced to the time code.
This setup is done with about 4 other audio tracks, each with a unique cue list and unique time code start point.
Because SCS can start a Midi time code stream from a specific start point, we could use that as a method of randomly switching between lighting cue sections.
It took a little tweaking to get transitions from one cue section to another to work smoothly, but it was pretty easy, overall.
Craig Blackley
London, Ontario, Canada
At an outdoor skating rink, the operator hits a hot key on a keyboard, which starts a cue with a playlist sub-cue in SCS. Another sub-cue starts SCS generating Midi time code from a clock value of "0 minutes". The Midi time code is read by a PC running ETC EOS Nomad software. When it sees the "0 minutes" time code , it runs a looping set of background cues, that are not specifically synced to the music.
When the ice needs to be resurfaced ( and skaters have to get off the ice ), the operator hits another Hot key which starts a specific audio track, and a new Midi time code, starting at " 100 minutes" . When the ETC system sees the " 100 minutes" time code, it starts a different cue list that is more specifically synced to the music track. The cues from that point are all synced to the time code.
This setup is done with about 4 other audio tracks, each with a unique cue list and unique time code start point.
Because SCS can start a Midi time code stream from a specific start point, we could use that as a method of randomly switching between lighting cue sections.
It took a little tweaking to get transitions from one cue section to another to work smoothly, but it was pretty easy, overall.
Craig Blackley
London, Ontario, Canada