[quote="Bob Ennis"]then as part of M/E 3's effects, attach a Macro to the 1st keyframe of the E-MEM? That way you can have some of M/E 3's effects call up M/E 2, but not all of M/E 3's effects would be dedicated to doing the control...you could pick & choose which effects were tied to M/E 2.[/quote] Thanks every one for your help. One issue, I need about 30 different registrers that ME 3's panel needs to control ME 2. We have multiple locations, and 4 different types of boxes. Bob, I selected ME 3 in my E-mem prefs for macro. I have created the macros selecting the ME 2 E-mem #'s I want to call up. How do I attach these macros to the 1st keyframe of ME 3's effect? Thanks again,. Mike~

[quote="Bill D"]Is it like the blank button on the 4K which was supposed to be to control a DVE I think?[/quote] Its supposed to start a user transition that has an element that can or can not be triggered. He didnt explain what elements of the transition can be triggered , but he said its supposed to be used like a background or key layer. I would guess if you make a user transition that has say a matte mix with a wipe, you can use it to turn the matte mix element on or off. Thats my guess. Also, reguarding the original post. Would it make sense to create a set of macros that called up each button on ME2's keypad, and attatched each one to ME3's keypad. You would make 11 macros (0-9 and one for the Bank button) and attatch them to ME3's keypad. Am I right that will call up both ME3 and ME2 with the same exact emem from one panel? (Id assume you would want the same number because thats what the master emem panel would do...) Mike

I made the "trigger" button on PGM/PST a duplicate "run" button at my old station. There were a few directors that felt that reaching for the actual run button was too much of a reach! :) Matt

[quote="mikewpu04"]Hmm...I guess I'm not the only one who uses the wonderful Trigger button for macro attacthments...I spoke with a guy from GV while he was at my station, and he told me what its 'supposed' to do..... lol[/quote] Is it like the blank button on the 4K which was supposed to be to control a DVE I think?

Hmm...I guess I'm not the only one who uses the wonderful Trigger button for macro attacthments...I spoke with a guy from GV while he was at my station, and he told me what its 'supposed' to do..... lol

I could swear I've done what Mike said he was trying to accomplish before (control 2 ME's from one Emem panel). I was even controlling a DDR from ME3's Emem panel. Maybe over the last few SW revisions, that functionality was taken away (I probably tried on version 9 or 10 a long time ago). --- Dan

Or you could do that! :)

If you are looking at using Macros, why not build the various macros to call up M/E 2's registers, then rather than attaching these macros to actual panel buttons use the E-MEM Prefs to assign the Macro Level to M/E 3; then as part of M/E 3's effects, attach a Macro to the 1st keyframe of the E-MEM? That way you can have some of M/E 3's effects call up M/E 2, but not all of M/E 3's effects would be dedicated to doing the control...you could pick & choose which effects were tied to M/E 2. Then you could build a macro that hits the RUN on both M/E 2 & M/E 3 - attach that to something like an M/E's TRIGGER button. In that way, you could run just M/E 2 or M/E 3 from their own RUN buttons, or run both by using the trigger button.

[quote="Tom Maslak"]You're right Mongo... any time you hit the '5' button, it would recall M/E2's emem, whether it's M/E3's emem 15, 25, 35, etc. I'd just assign the macro to some inadvertent button that I never use.[/quote] 'Recall from' and 'auto run' are good buttons for attaching macros to in the individual ME's. Trigger and user 1,2,3 on pgm/pst are my favorites down there. I agree just macro emems, not as messy..

You're right Mongo... any time you hit the '5' button, it would recall M/E2's emem, whether it's M/E3's emem 15, 25, 35, etc. I'd just assign the macro to some inadvertent button that I never use.

I agree with Tom...Macros would be the easiest way to go. Taking it a step further, attach the macro to ME3's emem buttons, so when you punch, say, ME3 emem 5, it recalls emem 5 on ME2 as well. I'm not sure what that does if you recall ME3 emem 15, though... if it would call up 5 on ME2 as well. Anybody know offhand?

How about making a macro that does it all? Save the M/E2 and M/E3 emems at whatever registers, then make a macro that calls up "M/E2 Bank XX, M/E3 Bank XX." If you need the still store to change, just assign the still channel to one of those M/Es in emem prefs. Then you can assign the macro to any button on the panel to be your 5-box recall button. I'm not sure if you can contol an M/E from another, but if you can, and set your prefs that way, it could create a mess when recalling emems during a live show. The macro method might be a little more safe. Anyone else? Good luck, and let me know if this helps. Tom