CanonDance (aka DanceCanon) is a convenient way to change the animation that is chosen for the Canon. Unlike the CanonAnimation1 or CanonAnimation2 entries on the *smartdancer nc inside the Animesh or SD Poseball, the DanceCanon command in Sequencer or PrepForm will apply to ALL avatars, be they animesh or avatars.
The purpose is to provide variety between each dancer doing different Canon Dances (aka solos) vs each dancer doing the same dance as each other. You can start out with each dancer doing UNIQUE Canon Dances THEN changing to a COMMON Canon Dance that all the dancers do
OR
You can start out with all the dancers doing a COMMON Canon Dance THEN blanking out the Canon Dance which would cause the dancers to DEFAULT to the CanonAnimation(1 or 2) defined on their *animesh ncs, which would be UNIQUE. (this assumes no CanonAnimation (1 or 2) on the *channels nc inside the SD Controller
The command button on the SD Controller is CanonDance. The command for Sequencer and PrepForm is DanceCanon so don’t be fooled.
1,DanceCanon,*Samia | 0
1,DanceCanon,*Samia
Know that this command does not trigger the animation but simply specifies what animation will perform when a CanonLeft, CanonRight, CanonTurnIn, CanonTurnOut, CanonHome, Canon180 etc is triggered.
How do you change back to the original CanonAnimations? Simply press the CanonDance button then DO NOT choose any animation. For the commands, simply leave the parameter blank.
i.e. 1,DanceCanon, | 0
1,DanceCanon,