

Hard patch is assigned connections between the circuits and the dimmers. Patching is the physical (“hard patch”) or virtual (“soft patch”) assignment to a circuit or channel for the purpose of control. Rideris a set of requests or demands that a performer sets as criteria for performance. Instrument schedule is a listing of all the lighting instruments and information about them used in a show.Ĭue is generally the trigger for an action to be carried out at a specific time or a recorded lighting state in a narrower sense.


Magic Sheet is a pictorial layout of how the lights relate to the stage, a quick reference to every channel and the group of lighting instruments it controls. Light plot is a document similar to an architectural blueprint to illustrate and communicate the lighting design to the director, other designers and finally the Master Electrician and electrics crew. A light plot contains information about several key settings and instructions for hanging and focusing of the sources of light.Ĭue sheet is a form that indicates information about the cue including execution, timing, sequence, intensity (for lights), and volume (for sound).Ĭhannel hookup is a printout of a lighting database that organizes all the lighting information for a stage show by the channel number associated with the lighting equipment and limits the information associated with a particular lighting instrument such that a designer or electrician can access needed information rapidly and efficiently.
