Additional Control - Managing Events - Midas PRO X Quick Start Manual

>> To load a show
1. Click LOAD.
2. In the Load File window, click the show fi le you want to load (shown right).
The fi le name will appear in the Load this fi le: name fi eld. The Load File
window will contain a list of all the shows currently loaded. If the one you
want is not there, load it from a USB memory stick (see To Load (Import) A
Show File From A USB Memory Stick).
3. Click OK to start loading the fi le and close the window. The show fi le name
will appear in the show fi le name fi eld (next to the SAVE AS button) when it
has fi nished loading.
Managing the scenes
An automation section in the master bay supports the Automation screen
by providing a number of controls for scene navigation and management.
A jogwheel and a next LCD button are unique automation controls,
while the store, ok, cancel, last and now buttons are replicated on the
Automation screen.
The four coloured, backlit buttons are context-sensitive and illuminate only when
they are available. Typically, three scenes in the cue list (Automation screen)
will be highlighted to match the button colours (red, yellow or green) to show
which scene each button will act upon.
The jogwheel quickly scrolls through the individual scenes in either direction.
You can even go to the empty scenes towards the end of the cue list and
then wrap to the beginning. Operation of the jogwheel does not aff ect
scene selection.
The next LCD button displays information on the scene to which you have
just scrolled.
Additional function buttons on the Automation screen allow you to copy
scenes and also to choose what is stored within each scene (store and recall
scope buttons).
NOTE: The eye icon in the Automation screen (just under the ADD MIDI
button) opens a Show window, which contains a list of fi lter options.
>> To navigate the scenes using the jogwheel
Rotate the jogwheel in a clockwise or anti-clockwise direction to scroll through
the scenes one by one.
When using the jogwheel the next LCD button will illuminate yellow and
will track the scene currently highlighted in yellow in the cue list. In this
case, pressing this button will only have an aff ect if a non-empty scene is
currently highlighted.
>> To recall a scene
Important:
When recalling a new scene, make sure monitor output levels are low,
as the new scene's settings may produce higher audio output levels
than the one it is replacing. Also, recalling a scene clears any unsaved
adjustments made to the previous scene.
Do one of the following:
• • Press last to change scene selection to the one currently highlighted
in red in the cue list, which was the last selected scene
• • Press now to change scene selection to the one currently highlighted
in yellow in the cue list
• • Press next (LCD button) to change scene selection to the one
currently highlighted in green in the cue list, which is the scene
immediately following the 'now' scene. However, if you have used the
jogwheel the eff ect will be diff erent.
>> To create a new scene using the current settings
1. Click STORE SCENE.
2. In the Store Scene window, type in the scene name.
3. In the Notes panel, type in any scene notes.
4. Do one of the following:
• • Click "Insert before scene" to put the new scene in between the one
currently highlighted in yellow and the scene immediately before it
• • Click "Store to empty scene" to put the new scene in the one currently
highlighted in yellow, provided it is empty
• • Click "Store to next scene" to put the new scene in the next one,
provided it is empty
• • Click "Overwrite scene" to overwrite the scene currently highlighted in
yellow. An OK button will appear at the bottom of the window, to the
left of the Cancel button. The options in the Store Scene window
are context-sensitive, so some may be greyed-out to show that they
are unavailable.
5. Click OK. This will store the scene, saving any changes you have
made, and close the window. (Clicking CANCEL will close the window,
ignoring any changes.)
Additional control — managing events
You can use the MIDI or GPIO functions of the control centre to control the
parameters of an external device (outgoing), and conversely you can use an
external device to control the control centre (incoming). Also, by using the unique
'internal' event option, you can trigger events from within the showfi le itself.
All this is done by creating events in scenes/point scenes.
You can have any number and types of events in any scene/point scene, and
event parameters are set up and edited in an Edit Event window. Similarly to
scenes/point scenes, you can skip events during rehearsals.
To aid event management, a menu opens when you right-click a scene/point
scene or event. The menu options allow you to create, edit and copy events.
Click an option to select it.
>> To create an event
Select the scene in which you want to create the event, and then do one of
the following:
• • Click the ADD GPIO, ADD INTERNAL or ADD MIDI button
as necessary
• • From the 'right-click' menu, choose Add > Midi Event,
Add > Internal Event or Add > GPIO Event as necessary.
>> To edit an event
1. Open the Edit Event window by doing one of the following:
• • Right-click the event you want to edit and then choose Edit from the
right-click menu
• • Select the event you want to edit and then click EDIT.
2. In the Edit Event window, choose your options as necessary. For example,
you can use a program change to trigger the event.
3. Click CLOSE to close the Edit Event window.
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