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MagicQ User Manual 284 Version 1.4.9.0
There is support for setting the internal timecode from within a Cue Stack using the macro command ‘I’.
To reset the internal timecode for a Cue Stack to 0/0/0.0 use the macro I0. To set a specific time, e.g. 10
seconds use the macro I10.
34.1.2 Using External timecode
Cue Stacks must be active before external timecode will take effect on the Cue Stack. In some cases it
may be useful to have a master Cue Stack controlled by timecode that is always active which then
activates other Cue Stacks for each song.
When timecode values jump (for example when changing tracks), MagicQ checks for each active Cue
Stack, whether the external timecode received is within the range of the first timecode value in the Cue
Stack and the last timecode value in the Cue Stack. MagicQ will only execute a change of Cue if the new
value is within the range controlled by that Cue Stack. This helps to avoid the erroneous execution of an
entire Cue Stack.
The external timecode counter can be reset. This will only take effect if external timecode is not being
received – as soon as external timecode is received the external timecode value will jump to the received
value.
The external timecode counter can be set in the Setup Window using soft button X. It can also be set
using the ‘Q’ macro in the Cue Stack macro field.
34.2 Learn Timing
It is possible for the console to learn the timing live. Set the steps in the Cue Stack to time code. Then
release the Cue Stack, and in the Cue Stack window, press SHIFT and RECORD TC. Now press the GO
button for the Cue Stack. MagicQ starts the time code running at 0/0/0 and each time you press GO it
moves to the next Cue whilst recording the current time code into the Wait fields. At the end of the Cue
Stack, press RELEASE to exit the time code record mode.
Time code values can be edited individually and can be set in the format 0/0/0.00. The + and – operators
can be used to add or subtract times to the time code times for one or more cues. This is useful for
changing the absolute times of a Cue Stack whilst maintaining the relative times between Cues. Use
SHIFT and the cursor keys to select multiple times and offset their values using + or -.
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