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Macro without Control Panel Question

bsaaudiobsaaudio Posts: 9
in London Architect with Soundweb London
After performing some precission smart live tunning of an LCRVertec line array system we created a macro of the cross over and speaker management system for a PI project.

However, we didn't create any control panel within the macro file and simply added it to the crossover/filter group. The idea is to place the macro in the final L.A. design file being left with the customer thus locking out direct access to these tuning parameters and giving us an easy way to to add it to future design files for the customer.

Without a control panel associated with this macro, can we assume that the macro is operational. When we left click on the macro in the design, it prompts us that no control panel is availalbe.

Obviously, we haven't performed any onsite testing yet. Just wanted to throw this question out prior to goint back in with the macro in the design.

Comments

  • Dan LynchDan Lynch Posts: 472
    The macro will do exactly what you told it to do, not what you wanted it to do. If what you told it to do and what you wanted it to do are the same thing, then you're golden.

    Dan
  • bsaaudiobsaaudio Posts: 9
    Not exactly sure what Mr. Lynch is saying here, but what we told it to do and what we wanted it to do were in fact the same thing yet the macro failed.

    Audio passed through the macro via the in/out ports as we told it.
    Audio passed though the processing objects in the chain as we told it, BUT uneffected by the processing objects and the adusted parameters.

    Don't know whats going on here, but it does us no good to send audio through a dividing network only to have each bandpass in our system
    receive full range signal. Fortunately for us we were prepared and kept levels very low when testing the design on site and our drivers are just fine thank you very much!

    Going back to our original question, is the macro going to be operational?
    The answer to this seems to be NO. So, what we told it to do and what we wanted it to do were in fact the same thing yet we are not golden-just perplexed that this isn't working.
  • Dan LynchDan Lynch Posts: 472
    What I'm saying is that the cause of your problem is simple: human error. What you want the macro to do and what the macro was told to do are not the same thing. Macros do exactly what they're told to do. Every time. No exceptions.

    Email your .macro file to any member of tech support for an explanation of what's odd about it.

    Dan

    p.s. yes, it is technically possible that you've discovered the 1:1,000,000 combination of processing objects, control settings, and moon phase which results in an artificially intelligent macro that does whatever it feels like doing. We'll call that \"Possibility B\" and just set it aside until after the macro has been inspected by tech support.
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