Display Modes; Lesson 1: Display, Channel And Record Modes - ETC Expression 2.0 User Manual

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Lesson 1
Display, channel and
record modes
This lesson describes display and channel modes and record functions
available in Expression. Display modes show channel and level settings
for cues, submasters, groups and fader pairs . Channel modes indicate
how channels respond when they are in different situations.
Expression's record functions create cues differently. See Record
functions on page 4 - 8 for more information.

Display modes

You can work in any of four different modes to create and modify cues,
groups and submasters: Stage, Blind, Fader, or Track Sheet . The first
three modes have very similar screens; the Stage screen is illustrated
and described on the next page . The Track Sheet screen is illustrated
and described on page 5 - 17.
Stage
Stage mode controls live channels . This mode allows you to adjust
lighting levels and save a look as a cue, group or submaster when you
are satisfied with the look on stage.
Blind
Blind mode allows you to work on cues, groups or submasters without
affecting the stage lights . Blind mode is useful when you know ahead of
time what channels and levels you want for most of your cues and
submasters . Blind also lets you jump ahead of the stage action and
make changes to recorded cues, groups or submasters without affecting
live stage lighting.
Fader
Fader mode lets you make live adjustments to channels that are in one
fader pair while another cue is currently running in the other . For ex-
ample, if you have a cyclorama cue in one fader and a stage cue in the
other, Fader mode lets you modify the stage cue live and record
changes without capturing the cyclorama cue . Fader mode is not in-
cluded in this tutorial, but it is described in Chapter 8, Reference .
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