SCS 11.3.0 Available

[Mike Daniell]

Registered users with current update plans (including users who purchased or upgraded their SCS license during the last 12 months) may now download SCS 11.3.0 from the Members' Download page. Details are given below.

Some features may not be available in all license levels. See the Help for more information.

New and Changed Features in SCS 11.3.0

• Audio File cues may now have a Level Envelope enabling accurate placement of level changes within a cue. A Level Envelope allows you to set level and pan changes within audio file cues at nominated points, without the need to set up separate Level Change cues.
• Changed the screen layout for Audio File cues in the Editor. The Audio Graph is now displayed the full width of the Editor window, and will adjust as necessary if the Editor window is resized horizontally. Also, the number of Audio Devices will now adjust as necessary if the editor window is resized vertically.
• Changed the screen layout for Video/Image cues in the Editor. The Timeline is now displayed the full width of the Editor window, and will adjust as necessary if the Editor window is resized.
• Added the ability to create Place Holders for audio file cues and video/image cues where you do not have (or have not decided on) the required files.
• Added a Faders Window and associated support for an external control surface, such as the Behringer BCR2000 or BCF2000.
• Live Input cues enhanced to enable 'turning on' and 'turning off' individual inputs (eg mic's).
• Added a cue Page property for recording the script page number of a cue.
• Added the function Import Cues from a CSV File, which enables you to copy cues into your current cue file selected cues from a CSV file (comma-separated values file). This function was designed primarily for handling an exported ETC show file, which is in CSV format.
• DMX Control enhanced to provide other 'value change' options to trigger actions, such as triggering the action only when the value hits 255.
• Added the option 'Ctrl' overrides exclusive cue for 'Go' methods, to provide an 'exclusive cue override'. This new option is under Options and Settings - Shortcuts.
• Memo cues may now be displayed full-screen to a secondary screen.
• Control Send cues can now send full HTTP requests, similar to entering HTTP messages in the URL field of a web browser. This enables you to communicate with other software such as vMix.
• Improved the performance of Video cues, particularly when playing video files back-to-back.
• Improved the performance of Audio File cues containing a loop - the loops are sample-accurate provided no cross-fade is specified. This improvement is primarily for audio files with cue points or markers set and selected for the loop start and end points.
• Video cross-fades are now available, but only for consecutive videos within a video cue. See 'Cross-Fade Videos' in the Help for more information.
• Added support for AAC and M4A audio files for Windows 7/8 users.
• Added more options for the way in which the audio file graph is displayed in the Editor.
• Added two new cue activation methods: 'External (Toggle)' and 'External (Note)'.
• Added an option to allow the MIDI Time Code from MTC cues to be displayed in a separate resizable window.
• Added an option to allow the Production Timer to be displayed in a separate resizable window.
• Fixed a few errors.

Another change that's 'under the hood' is that as well as the cue file (eg MyProduction.scs11), with SCS 11.3.0 there is now a Production Database (eg MyProduction.scsdb). This holds the audio graph information instead of this being held in the 'ViewString' property in the cue file. The main reason for this is that the graph information is now held at a much higher density, and having the high-density audio graph information saved in the database makes re-displaying the audio graph information much faster, especially for large files. The database also holds video/image thumbnails so they also will display much faster in the Editor.