List of Lighting Equipment ETC Express 48/96 Lighting Console User Manual

380 Pages·2017·1.77 MB·English

by  Eric Houghton

Express
24/48, 48/96, 72/144
Lighting control system
Version 3.03
Copyright 1999 Electronic Theatre Controls
Part Number: 4110M1006
Released: March 1999
Declaration of Conformity
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Limited warranty
Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc. (ETC) warrants This written warranty is intended as a complete
to the original owner or retail customer that for and exclusive statement of the terms thereof.
a period of two years from date of delivery of a Prior dealings or trade usage shall not be
portable system or energization of a relevant to modify, explain or vary this warranty.
permanently installed system its products will Acceptance of, or acquiescing in, a course of
be free from defects in materials and performance under this warranty shall not
workmanship under normal use and service. modify the meaning of this agreement even
though either party has knowledge of the
Warranty does not cover any product or part of performance and a chance to object.
a product subject to accident, negligence,
alteration, abuse or misuse, or any accessories
or parts not supplied by ETC. Warranty does not
cover “consumable” parts such as fuses,
lamps, color media or components warranted Terms and Conditions
directly to the owner by the original
manufacturer. ETC’s warranty does not extend The following terms and conditions, and those
to items not manufactured by us. Freight terms on the face hereof, shall control as to any order
on warranty repairs are FOB ETC factory or accepted by Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc.
designated repair facility. Collect shipments or (ETC), notwithstanding any terms and
freight allowances will not be accepted. conditions that may be contained in any
purchase order or other document of Customer,
ETC’s sole responsibility under this warranty and ETC’s acceptance of any order is expressly
shall be to repair or replace at ETC’s option such made conditional on Customer’s assent to such
parts as shall be determined to be defective on terms and conditions. Such terms and
ETC’s inspection. ETC will not assume any conditions will constitute the entire agreement
responsibility for any labor expended or between the parties as to any order and will
materials used to repair any equipment without supersede any prior understandings,
ETC’s prior written authorization. ETC shall not agreements, representations, or warranties.
be responsible for any incidental, general or Such terms and conditions will not be modified,
consequential damages, damages to property, added to, superseded or otherwise altered
damages for loss of use, time, profits or except by written document signed by an
income, or any other damages. authorized representative of ETC,
notwithstanding any terms and conditions
contained in the purchase order or other
The owner's obligations during the warranty document of Customer. ETC’s commencement
period under this warranty are to notify ETC at of performance and/or delivery shall not
ETC's address within one week of any constitute a waiver of such terms and
suspected defect, and to return the goods conditions or any acceptance of any terms and
prepaid to ETC at their factory or authorized conditions contained in the Customer’s order or
service center. other documents. Acceptance of any product or
service by the Customer will be construed as
THIS WARRANTY IS CONTINGENT ON THE acceptance of ETC’s terms and conditions. Any
CUSTOMER’S FULL AND TIMELY dispute or questions of construction with
COMPLIANCE WITH THE TERMS OF respect to any order placed with ETC shall be
PAYMENT SET FORTH IN THE “TERMS AND governed by the laws of the State of Wisconsin.
CONDITIONS.” THIS WARRANTY IS
EXPRESSLY IN LIEU OF ANY AND ALL OTHER All prices are in US Dollars, FOB ETC’s factory
WARRANTIES EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, or warehouse. Prices, models and
INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF specifications are subject to change without
MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A notice. Orders must be in writing. Phone orders
PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND OF OTHER will be accepted from established accounts
OBLIGATIONS AND LIABILITIES ON OUR when followed by written confirmation. The
PART. THE OWNER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT acceptance of any order does not imply
NO OTHER REPRESENTATIONS WERE MADE conformance with plans and specifications
TO HIM OR RELIED UPON HIM WITH unless the plans and specifications accompany
RESPECT TO THE QUALITY AND FUNCTION the order and are accepted as binding by ETC.
OF THE GOODS SOLD.
iv Limited warranty
Equipment ordered which differs in any way Payment terms are net 30 days after date of
from our standard catalog items will require invoice. All payments are applied to the oldest
drawings approved in writing by the Customer. outstanding invoice. Accounts over thirty (30)
When drawings are approved, they shall take days are subject to a 1 1/2% (one and one-half
precedence over all other written or verbal percent) per month late payment penalty. ETC
instructions. Orders are effective only when will have the option of withholding performance
accepted and acknowledged by the factory. under any and all orders from the Customer if an
Minimum order is $25.00 net, exclusive of invoice remains unpaid after 30 days. All
freight. disputes otherwise unresolved between ETC
and Customer shall be resolved in a court of
competent jurisdiction for the location of ETC's
Price protection will be given on orders entered
offices, Dane County, Wisconsin. If suit or
for immediate shipment and for project orders
action is instituted by ETC to enforce payment
entered before the effective date of a price
or performance by the Customer, the Customer
increase. All other orders will be billed at price
agrees to pay all costs and attorney's fees
at time of shipment. Quotations for custom
incurred.
products are valid for thirty (30) days.
Claims for shortage or damaged must be made
ETC shall not be liable for late delivery and/or
within ten (10) days. Equipment is carefully
inability to perform due to unforeseen
packed and delivered in good condition to the
circumstances or conditions, including our
carrier. All claims for loss or damage in transit
ability to obtain supplies and raw materials,
must be made by the consignee directly to the
government regulations, labor stoppages,
carrier. ETC will render every aid and assistance
casualties, fire, and other causes beyond our
in the presentation and enforcement of such
control. When such circumstances or
claims without waiver of our rights to have
conditions have been remedied, ETC will make
compliance with the terms of payment of our
and Customer will accept delivery/performance.
invoices.
Equipment is shipped at the Customer’s risk
and our obligation to deliver equipment is
discharged upon their delivery in good condition Equipment returned without ETC’s written
to the carrier. Shipments are FOB ETC factory permission will not be accepted. Equipment
or warehouse. ETC prepay and bill freight on returned for credit must be in accordance with
UPS shipments. Freight and air are sent collect established RMA procedures. Equipment must
unless specifically quoted otherwise. Unless be unused, in original cartons and in saleable
specifically prohibited, partial shipments will be condition, subject to ETC’s quality control and
made. Federal, state and/or local taxes, duties test inspection. Restocking charges of $25.00
and other charges are the responsibility of the or 25% (whichever is greater) plus any
purchaser. repacking or reconditioning costs will be
deducted. Returns for warranty work will be via
warranty procedures. In no case will permission
If purchaser cancels any portion of a Purchase
be granted to return specially-modified or
Order prior to shipment, Purchaser shall be
custom equipment, or merchandise invoiced
liable to ETC for a cancellation charge equal to
more than six (6) months prior to date of
ETC's actual costs incurred in connection with
Customer’s return request.
that portion of the Purchase Order that is
cancelled, including, without limitation, labor
and materials.
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Table of Contents
Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Limited warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
Chapter 1
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Using this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Setting up the console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
New users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Keyboard Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Text conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Navigation and visual feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Output level conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
HTP channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
LTP Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Enabling LTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Working with LTP channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Moving light concepts and terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Fixtures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Fixture attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Personalities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
The Only command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
When working with fixtures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
When updating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
When recalling channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Using the trackpad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Trackpad notes: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Sensitivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Electronic backup maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
How to reach ETC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Chapter 2
Monitor displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Colors in displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Channel numbers/Standard patch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Channel numbers/Fixture patch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Channel output levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Changing pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Display features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Fader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Flexichannel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Updating Flexichannel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Patch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
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Chapter 3
System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Setting the number of dimmers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Setting the number of channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Setting default fade times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Setting default Level key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Setting default fader clear time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Setting default sneak time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Enable / disable Blackout key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Enable / disable Flexichannel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Set grandmaster type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Set channels / submasters 1-to-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Record lockout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Enable / disable bump buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Scene mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Setting the clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Clock functions display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Daylight Savings Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Set time/date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
12/24 hour clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Latitude, longitude, time zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
About Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Chapter 4
Patching channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Selecting one-to-one patch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Creating a custom patch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Proportional patching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Unpatching individual dimmers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Show labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Dimmer profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Pre-defined profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Assigning a profile to a dimmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Profiles display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Creating or editing a profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Copying to another profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Clear All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Clear to End . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Fill Between . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Resetting a profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Captured channels in Patch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Dimmer check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
About Dimmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
About Dimmer with ETCLink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Setting dimmers to Dimmer Doubling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Patching to a Strand CD80 dimmer rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Chapter 5
Setting channel levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Channel modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Selected channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Captured channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Recorded channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Moving channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
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Tracked channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Channel Attributes display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Editing in the Channel Attributes display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Independent channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Flipped channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Channel data type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Channel convention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Selecting channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Selecting channels in Flexichannel mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Setting channel levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Channel sliders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Trackpad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Full . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Level key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Sneak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Channel check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
About Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Features of the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Chapter 6
Adding moving lights to the show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Moving Light Functions menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Personality Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Go to the Personality Setup display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Loading personalities into the console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Viewing a personality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Deleting personalities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Resetting defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Patching moving lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Go to the Fixture Patch display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Patching one fixture or a fixture range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Editing the fixture list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Attribute Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Go to the Attribute Setup display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Encoder Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Go to the Encoder Setup display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Changing assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Working with moving lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Moving lights displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Go to the Fixture Box window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Working with fixtures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Setting levels in the Fixture Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Fixture focus with Solo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Chapter 7
Cues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Cue types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Crossfade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Allfade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Blocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Subroutine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Recording functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Viewing cues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
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The oversized show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Creating the oversized show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Playing back an oversized show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Working with cues in Stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Recording a cue in Stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Working with cues in Blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Recording a cue in Blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Recording a cue with a single fade time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Recording a cue with split fade times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Recording a cue with a wait time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Recording cues with Link and Follow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Follow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Create playback loops with Link and Follow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Linking a macro to a cue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Recording a cue using Solo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Labeling cues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Modifying a recorded cue live . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Modifying channels in a cue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Modifying cue attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Updating cues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Using Update to modify fade rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Deleting cues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Copying cues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Inserting cues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Chapter 8
Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Track record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Using record to create tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Recording modified cues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Inserting cues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Blackout cues and tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Chapter 9
Multipart cues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Recording a multipart cue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Converting a standard cue to a multipart cue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Wait times in multipart cues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Editing a multipart cue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Deleting a part from a multipart cue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Adding, deleting and modifying channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Using Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Modifying fade and wait times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Chapter 10
Playing back cues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Fader keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Clear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Go . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Cue List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Fader Status display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Selecting cues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
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