Studer Vista 1 Operating Instructions Manual page 255

Shows
Understudy Settings
Document generated: 18.04.17
Tweaks
During the performances, all console parameters can be tweaked. If these are
static parameters (settings that remain constant throughout the whole show)
and there is only one single 'basic setting' snapshot at the very beginning of
the cue list, they remain with the same tweaked value until the end of the
show.
If the changes should be kept for future shows, all these values can be updated
simply by updating the 'basic setting' snapshot in the first cue.
Parameters that have been pasted into a channel from the channel setting
library (i.e., library events) can be tweaked as well, and the changes are
automatically transferred to all the cues where the same setting is used. The
library event's name in the clipboard library list and on the Vistonics channel
view – such as Hat EQ – will then change to Hat EQ*, with the '*' (asterisk)
signifying that it is different from its original setting. On the Vistonics channel
view a Revert button is added. Pressing it will discard the changed library
setting and bring it back to its original value.
If however such a changed parameter should be conserved and updated in the
library while keeping its original name, the Save button must be pressed.
With the repeated performance of a play, replacement actors (also called
understudies) need to be considered. They will take over in case the main
actor should get sick, or simply because shifts are introduced. New actors can
be entered into the library just by making copies of existing actors, followed
by modifying the individual settings of the understudies.
In the Cue Actor Overview window, the default actor can easily be replaced
by a simple click on the 'character - name' bar and selecting the replace-
ment from the drop-down list. All library settings will then automatically be
replaced by the ones of the understudy actor.
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Vista 1 Digital Mixing System
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