Last night I attended a concert in downtown Chicago. Because I was standing in the back of the theatre I could see everything the light board operator was doing. I can't name the board offhand, but what the operator was doing was amazing.
Each of the band's songs had an assigned number. Each number could be brought up by the computer. An entire list of cues was embedded in each of them. The cues were taken at certain moments in the songs. However, they were merely general templates for what happened on the stage, because most of the show was "orchestrated" by the operator. He would tap buttons and move sliders to the beat of the songs. He must have had to know the songs inside and out because he moved with ease and without much hesitation.
After the show I approached the man and asked him if I could have the setlist. He let me have it. It was a great experience.
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