Countdown offset

[Jeroen Wuyts]

In a new production, I need to see clearly the end of a loud soundfile. Therefore I use the countdown timer.
But the end of the music is not the end of the file, there is a short reverb of 1,5s in the end!
So to be able to get the exact countdown (to run a lightcue at the right moment) i want to make an offset on the countdown (-1,5s). Would be a interesting function I guess.
Thx
Jeroen

[Mike Daniell]

If you can control your lighting board by MIDI or RS232 then you could set up a Control Send cue in SCS to trigger the lighting cue 1.5 seconds before the end of your audio cue.

[Jeroen Wuyts]

I know that's possible,
but I'd like to keep the two systems apart.
Anyway, the timer I'd like to use often, but usualy I end up not using it because of this difference in real cuemoment and the end of the file.
If I could give it an offset, I'd actually use it all the time.
example: The microphones should be opened 2s before the end of the music.
I know, I can just open them when the timer is at two seconds, but in this case it's a wall which falls down half a meter, so I have a few other cues to take care of at the same moment.
So there it is, I have my solutions, therefore I post it on the feature request page. It would be a nice adition to this wonderful program!
grtz
Jeroen

[newlifedrama]

How about using a NOTE cue that appears 2 secs before the end of the cue?
Could you use something like that notify you? You don't get the countdown, but at least it appears.
I don't have access to SCS right now, but there also might be someway to show the countdown for this NOTE cue which you can then look at