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Contents:

Welcome 4

Software Installation 5

Hardware Installation

MLD card installation 5

External MLD box installation 6

Preparing trackers 7

Ultrasonic speaker installation 8

Speaker calibration

Automatic speaker calibration 11

Stagemarks, alternatives 13

Manual regular speaker calibration 13

Manual irregular speaker calibration 14

Speaker adjustment 15

How to connect the MLD to DMX consoles and fixtures

MLD as a stand-alone controller 15

MLD between the lighting console and lights 16

MLD with bi-directional DMX link to lighting console 16

MLD connected to Martin 3032 17

MLD with bi-directional MIDI link to lighting console 18

Basic light definition 18

Followspot calibration !

Automatic followspot calibration 19

Manual calibration 21

Recommendations for followspot set-up 22

For further reference 23

Page 22 Getting Started

Followspot set-up recommendations

DMX Smoothing

A DMX filtering algorithm has been implemented to “smooth” the

movement of certain fixtures when used as followspots. This slows

down the response of the followspot slightly but gets rid of the jerky

motion that may be seen with very fast fixtures. To enable the feature

for a fixture, select it and then press the Smoothing ON radio button

(this is the default for the Mac 500).

TIPS:

Using moving lights as followspots has advantages and disadvantages.

In this section we will discuss what can be done to improve the look and

performance of automated followspots.

• Choose the right fixture for the job. A PAL FX fixture is better than the

profiling one because it has an adjustable iris. Moving mirror lights are

faster than moving yoke lights but the latter are smoother.

• Place the fixture keeping in mind that the smoothest response will be

obtained when only pan or tilt is moving and not both. So, for example,

if you have a shallow stage where the performer moves from left to right

mostly, then set the fixture in a central, frontal location with an orienta-

tion such that only pan or tilt will swing for such movement.

• If you are using a moving head fixture, it should be outside the

interactive area to avoid the non-continuous rotation problem that

appears when the performer goes “around” the fixture.

• Use 16-bit mode. For Martin lights this means using mode 4.

• Ensure that the tracking system can give enough samples per second.

Here are the minimum sample rates for different activities:

10 samples per second are OK for walking

15 samples per second are OK for walking fast

25 samples per second are OK for running

30 samples per second are OK for running fast

• Control iris, zoom and focus with dynamic control curves so that the

followspot has the same appearance everywhere on the stage.

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