by Earl Harvey » 02 March 2015, 08:15
Hey Sergio!
Thanks! for the Q-spots 260s first orientate them so the LCD faces the crowd or center of dance floor...
I mostly use them on totems these days numbered 1-4 from right to left, If I hang them I reverse them 1-4 left to right...
I start with the stock curves that are available in Generator, since the 260's pan 540 degrees I may reduce the size/shape of the curve to get an actual circle or square curve...
i set the time to work with the beat of the music in 4/4 for example 4 seconds= 1 beat per second... if the music is 120 BPM thats a half a sec per beat, typically I start with 2,4,8,or 16 seconds for the duration... I avoid using odd numbered seconds of duration...
Once I've stored the generated curve ( I like refer to them as "Genys) I'll open live and start a new page and start a new page for my movements, add my scenes/ "genys"! I usually put both my Stationary/Static and my moving/Dynamic "genys" on the same page... the moving ones I turn into a speed slider so I can adjust the speed. I have separate pages for color, gobos 1, gobo 2, prism, strobes, focus (I usually only use 2 different focus scenes depending on which gobo wheel i'm using or want to be predominant if combining both) most of my pages are in solo mode...
Once I have achieved a "look" im going for with the combination of scenes from different pages I assign them to a Macro on another page (in solo mode) so I can trigger them via MIDI... The Macro also stores the setting of the speed sliders...
Pan and Tilt are each two step scenes that once assigned to a fader button in live can be stored once you've achieved the position to a Macro, hope this helps some,
I'm around if you want some more advice, I'm also on Facebook...