Natural Language Control as used in Cognito
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The light on the left would complete the cue zooming all the way to 70°:
To be fair, Cue 2 could not have been written using the light on the right. This cue
must have been recorded using a light that can achieve 70°. Even though in this
example it was played back using a 50° light, it does not change the cue. If you
later swapped it back to a 70° light, it would go to 70°. It is only when writing cues
that you are limited to the physical constraints of the light currently patched.
Shutter Control Example
One of the most time consuming endeavors when programming moving lights is
shutter control. To achieve desirable effects, the shutter mechanisms need a lot
of motors, and hence, a lot of control channels. Typically, most shutter assemblies
have nine motors. There are four shutters, each using two motors to control its
position within the aperture of the fixture and a ninth to rotate the entire
assembly clockwise or counterclockwise. Many times these channels are labeled
like this:
