[QLab] Live Fade updates - good or bad?

[Clay Benning]

On Nov 9, 2006, at 12:23 PM, Michael Keniger wrote:

>
> Should there be a way to toggle live fades updates on/off?  Should  
> this be a
> control access from the workspace or tucked away in the Fades  
> prefernces
> page?
>
> Thoughts?  Am I mad?  ;-)


Nope. Totally agree with you.

I haven't had a chance to tech a show with the live update feature,  
but after testing it I can see how it could be problematic in  
rehearsals. I'll go one further:

Say you have a single music cue that fades up and down multiple time  
in the course of a sequence.
eg
Q1 Music is played at -10
Q2 Fade takes it to -2
Q3 Fade takes it to -15

Q1 is running (music is playing at -10) during a preview.  I decide  
that based on that level, that -15 will be too low. I adjust Q3's  
fade level to -12. The music jumps to -12, before i've even taken Q2.

I think, as Michael suggested, that if there was a way to toggle live  
fade update off, it would eliminate the problem and maintain  
flexibility for most situations. Anyone have a suggestion on a work- 
around before I write a ticket for it?

Clay