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Scenes vs MEs

Posted By Danny Skarka 02-18-2026 18:51
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I am playing around with Scenes and I'm curious what other people think. It's obvious that it saves MEs but beside that, how do you find them useful? Thanks! ------------------------------ [Danny] [Skarka] Ross Pilot since Synergy [Producer, Director, Technical Director] San Francisco United States ...

RE: CC Recall via a Memory

Posted By Danny Skarka 02-03-2026 22:01
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Hi Les, I'm not seeing a way to attach in memory. Could be I'm just not seeing it. My purpose is rather specific to a show I am about to do. It's an 9-camera game show with a bunch of ME effects. I want the CC in the MEPP keypad because this is a good right hand location for fast access to the media ...

CC Recall via a Memory

Posted By Danny Skarka 02-03-2026 15:08
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I'd like to try running a CC from a memory. Running the CC would be the only thing this memory would do. My (limited) research seems to show a sort-of-hack that I haven't been able to do. Anyone know how to do this? Carbonite 9.2.1 and TD2 3.3.1 ------------------------------ [Danny] [Skarka] ...

Source Substitutions

Posted By Danny Skarka 01-29-2026 16:00
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I want to have 2 source substitutions, Cam 7 and 8 are substituted with Cam 1, all this feeds a specific monitor. I did this last year and I recall my only option was to use ME1 to feed an Aux. The subs happened in ME1. But that was a few s/w upgrades ago. I also thought I could have 2 substitution sources. ...

RE: Lost Rosstalk

Posted By Danny Skarka 11-14-2025 13:14
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So I guess this is a known bug in the new software. From tech support: "I'm aware of the recent bug found when loading a set with the same devices as the current loaded set, some of the devices fail to reconnect until the device driver is modified and saved, or disabled and re-enabled." I work for ...

Lost Rosstalk

Posted By Danny Skarka 11-13-2025 19:44
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I sent this to tech support but I was wondering if anyone else has seen this. We just updated everything (Carbonite, Touchdrive, Dashboard). Now when we load a switcher file, we lose Rosstalk to Xpression. Power cycling Carbonite brings it back but any switcher file we load following loses Rosstalk. ...

Keyboard Shortcuts

Posted By Danny Skarka 11-13-2025 19:41
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Are there any keyboard shortcuts for Carbonate/Dashboard? ------------------------------ [Danny] [Skarka] Ross Pilot since Synergy [Producer, Director, Technical Director] San Francisco United States ------------------------------

Keyboard Shortcuts

Posted By Danny Skarka 11-05-2025 20:44
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Are there any keyboard shortcuts for navigating Dashboard / Carbonite? Oddly as a TD, you'd think I'd be better at typing. Thanks ------------------------------ [Danny] [Skarka] Ross Pilot since Synergy [Producer, Director, Technical Director] San Francisco United States -------------------- ...

Bug doesn't stick

Posted By Danny Skarka 07-08-2025 19:51
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My knowledge of Xpression is somewhat limited. My apologies. I have two sets of lower 3rds. Each has it's own bug, font color and style and text background bar. All built as separate scenes. For this explanation, lets call them "Yellow" and "Blue" In Scene Manager, they look as expected, but when ...

RE: Xpression export titles

Posted By Danny Skarka 05-12-2025 17:41
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I'm on version 10 and I don't have that function. We are using Xpression that came free with the Carbonite (Xpression Designer 1.0 is the license). Am I eligable for that version? ------------------------------ [Danny] [Skarka] Ross Pilot since Synergy [Producer, Director, Technical Director] ...

Xpression export titles

Posted By Danny Skarka 05-08-2025 16:39
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Xpression export titles

Posted By Danny Skarka 05-08-2025 16:39
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We generate lower 3rds on Xpression then export them out as .png where they are loaded into Carbonite. This makes the recall faster then using Rosstalk (which is our backup for last minute items). When I export, all the .png file names are the same, the item name. This is less than ideal as I need ...

RE: Something fun I discovered

Posted By Danny Skarka 05-05-2025 17:52
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I used this function all the time when I was a News TD (pre automation). Sources that were buried in effects never had a crosspoint. I'd save one crosspoint to build what I needed that day and then deleted it. I'd save cosspoints so that I could have ME Previews as a primary. ------------------------------ ...

Something fun I discovered

Posted By Danny Skarka 05-05-2025 13:14
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I discovered something fun that I haven't seen documented, but technically, makes sense. I built an effect that used a Scene and added it to a custom control. I then deleted the Scene from my panel map, yet calling up the CC, the Scene returns. There is no crosspoint for it, the row is dark, but ...

Map Soft Panel

Posted By Danny Skarka 04-23-2025 19:36
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Hello ... again, Is there a way to map the crosspoints on the soft panel? ------------------------------ [Danny] [Skarka] Ross Pilot since Synergy [Producer, Director, Technical Director] San Francisco United States ------------------------------

Installation File

Posted By Danny Skarka 04-23-2025 19:27
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Hello! Is it safe to assume that in Dashboard/Carbonite, the Personality file stores all things located in the Personality menu and the Installation file holds all things in the Configuration file? I was curious if I could break out the Multiview layout as a separate item. --------- ...

Feature Request

Posted By Danny Skarka 02-24-2025 17:53
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In a recent SW upgrade, the Media tab was reconfigured, I assume to allow for more channels accross the top. In doing so, it forced the Folder section to shrink. I can reconfigure the layout so that the folders I need require less digging, however the layout is not persistant. Whenever I leave and come ...

Feature Request

Posted By Danny Skarka 02-24-2025 17:52
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RE: Button Font

Posted By Danny Skarka 12-08-2024 20:51
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I recalled this after I posted it and came back to delete the post. Only to find you working Sunday night! ------------------------------ [Danny] [Skarka] Ross Pilot since Synergy [Producer, Director, Technical Director] San Francisco United States ------------------------------

Button Font

Posted By Danny Skarka 12-08-2024 19:58
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I'm printing Touch Drive User Row button labels. Anyone know what font it is? ------------------------------ [Danny] [Skarka] Ross Pilot since Synergy [Producer, Director, Technical Director] San Francisco United States ------------------------------