Programming Behringer 2412

[ChuckPuckett]

Hello,

 

First time poster in a bit of pickle. We're doing a show in a small theatre, and I'm using my B 2412 desk. I've had the board for a year or so, and did a couple of shows back when I first got it, but I swear I don't remember how to do a simple sequence of light cues. I spent this afternoon "programming" the 35 cues (or so I thought), but when I was through setting levels and fade times, I naively went back out to the "main menu" (if you can call it that), Chase 1, Step 1, THM, and pressed the Step button... nothing.

 

Does anyone have, a little paper you've saved away that (succinctly and in a straightforward manner) tells how to do this? It's play week, and I'm just a teensy bit desperate. Well, let's just say there's a twinge of anxiety that could grow. :P

 

Thanks for all the fish.

 

ttfn

 

Chuck Puckett

"I don't want to steal the show... I only want to borrow it for a while."

[Mystic]

Pick the manual of the MA Lightcommander 12/2 and read it. As the Behringer is a copy of this console, the manual of the original is a good solution to learn the copy. :P

 

ps: this is not a joke, it is sad but it really works....

[benweblight]

Hmm, if you hold down the the 'number' button you can see the no. of steps in the chase, to see if its actually been programmed (also scroll though to check you have the right chase selected). You should see 'chase no. 01(XX)', x being the number of cues. Programming is a simple case of hitting chase, selecting chase 1 and hitting level (soft a), bringing some levels up on preset A, hitting enter (soft a), entering the fade time and hitting continue (soft a) and so on for all the cues, the press quit when your done.

 

In terms of running the chase, there's a few ways of doing it, if you want to run with preset times, make sure main and chase faders are up and that none of the three bottom right buttons are lit up and it should work.

 

I'm stuck with one of these as well, give me a shout if you are still having problems.

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[ChuckPuckett]

Thanks to both respondents. I went to the theatre during lunch (yes, it's community theatre: steal time from our employers, a well-meaning subterfuge ) and successfully entered 25% of the cues, and ran them. Even used Live mode to see them as I set them. Yes, it was easy. Too bad the manual couldn't be as succinct! I see no problem finishing up.

 

One immediately wishes one could copy a cue rather than resetting all the faders, since in this show (as in the vast majority) there are a few standard scene lightings (maybe adding specials, and differing fade times), but I suppose that's asking too much.

 

One thing: I did have trouble editing a cue. Only thing that seemed to change was fade time. The manual seems to say that you can only edit a cue's levels if the faders are returned to the levels that they had when it was set, which seems like an insanely impossible thing to do. Anyway, couldn't change levels. The director may be completely satisfied with my settings, but she may not. I know her well: she's my wife, and the likelihood exists that she will want some tweaks. :P Any suggestions? I'll check the LightCommander manual and see if it's any clearer on the edit procedure.

 

Really appreciate the replies. As you've likely guessed, it's a small operation. Heck, the musical is "Man of La Mancha", and I'm doing the lights, created all the sound cues, helping with set, and playing Sancho, Don Quixote's sidekick. But it's a community gig. And we manage to put on some quality in spite of smaller scale.

 

ttfn

 

Chuck Puckett

"I don't want to steal the show... I only wnat to borrow it for a while."

 

P.S. Ben, where in Gloucestershire are you? We've visited the area several times, and have good friends in Wooten-Under-Edge adn Charfield. Been to Gloucester, Bristol, Chipping Camden, all the sights! Should mention that we're located in North Alabama, blue people in a red state.

 

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[benweblight]

One immediately wishes one could copy a cue rather than resetting all the faders, since in this show (as in the vast majority) there are a few standard scene lightings (maybe adding specials, and differing fade times), but I suppose that's asking too much.

 

What you can do is program the chase from scenes you've programmed rather than fader levels, so you can use the same cue several times in the sequence, however you can't edit this each time, and if you want to change it you'd have to go and re-enter it where-ever it appears in the sequence, but this is doable (its just the scene no. you need to re-enter, not the levels each time). Give me a shout if you want a step by step for that, its relatively simple.

 

One thing: I did have trouble editing a cue. Only thing that seemed to change was fade time. The manual seems to say that you can only edit a cue's levels if the faders are returned to the levels that they had when it was set, which seems like an insanely impossible thing to do. Anyway, couldn't change levels. The director may be completely satisfied with my settings, but she may not. I know her well: she's my wife, and the likelihood exists that she will want some tweaks. :P Any suggestions? I'll check the LightCommander manual and see if it's any clearer on the edit procedure.

 

Yeah, thats 'grabbing', just pull each fader up to full and and back down again and you should then regain control of the level. In this way, the LC2412 isnt really that great as a theatre desk, but for the price, it's amazing it even has a cue stack in my opinion.

 

PS:

Im about half an hour from Gloucester