Everything about Show control
Use of technology to coordinate multiple entertainment control systems
Show control is the use of automation technology to link together and operate multiple entertainment control systems in a coordinated manner. It is distinguished from an entertainment control system, which is specific to a single theatrical department, system or effect, one which coordinates elements within a single entertainment discipline such as lighting, sound, video, rigging, or pyrotechnics. A typical entertainment control system would be a lighting control console. An example of show control would be linking a video segment with a number of lighting cues, or having a sound cue trigger animatronic movements, or all of these combined. Shows with or without live actors can almost invariably incorporate entertainment control technology and usually benefit from show control to operate these subsystems independently, simultaneously, or in rapid succession. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: Show controlA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Dogs Exhibiting High Levels of Aggressive Reactivity Show Impaired Self-Control AbilitiesInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: My Cup Runneth OverThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Astrocytic control of glutamatergic activity: astrocytes as stars of the showCited 390 times
- Go sideways: MIDI Show ControlA closely related topic
- Go sideways: DMX512A closely related topic
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Astrocytic control of glutamatergic activity: astrocytes as stars of the show
Focal Prostate Cryoablation: Initial Results Show Cancer Control and Potency Preservation
Can domestic fowl, Gallus gallus domesticus, show self-control?
Male and female cichlid fish show cognitive inhibitory control ability
Fluorinated anesthetics show how advances in technology control pharmaceutical development
Individual ant workers show self-control
Probabilistic Movement Models Show that Postural Control Precedes and Predicts Volitional Motor Control
Bilinguals show an advantage in cognitive control – the question is why
🆕 Influential since 2022
Dogs Exhibiting High Levels of Aggressive Reactivity Show Impaired Self-Control Abilities
Paranormal believers show reduced resting EEG beta band oscillations and inhibitory control than skeptics
Lizards and tortoises show evidence of low inhibitory control
Exploiting Atomic Control to Show When Atoms Become Molecules
The Show Must Go On: A Brief History of Lebanon’s Drug Control Politics
📚 Books worth reading
My Cup Runneth OverCherry Whytock · 2003
AngelCherry Whytock · 2002
Est - Map of the UniverseNick Peterson · 2012
Building a Better MouseSteve Alcorn · 2024
R U 4 real?Nancy Peacock · 2000
R U 4 Real (TodaysGirls.com)Terry Brown · 2003
R U 4 real?Nancy Peacock · 2000- 📕O. A. C. Review Volume 46 Issue 5, February 1934Ontario Agricultural College · 1934
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