Lesson 2: Working With Cues - ETC Expression 2.0 User Manual

Chapter 4 Learning the basics
Lesson 2
Working with cues
Now that you have an orientation to the channel display screens, you're
ready to create cues . If you are not sitting at the console but want to
refer to the keyboard, see Appendix D for an illustration.
When working with Expression , a cue is a look you have created and
recorded, and can replay in a timed fader pair . After you select channels
and set their intensity levels, you can store the look as a cue . You can
save up to 400 cues per show in Expression. Each disk can hold two
shows . If your performance runs over 400 cues, you can read a second
show from disk during a break, or between cues . See Lesson 5 for more
information about recording shows on disk .
This lesson includes instructions and examples for creating cues using
several different methods . When you have completed the lesson, you
will have five cues recorded . You will also know how to modify and
delete cues.
Naming cues with expanded memory
If you have installed the expanded memory option, you can use a
standard PC XT compatible, alphanumeric keyboard to assign alphanu-
meric names to cues, groups and submasters. The alphanumeric key-
board is an optional feature available with Expression's expanded
memory option and is available only when expanded memory is in-
stalled. See page 7 - 3 for more information on using the alphanumeric
keyboard to name cues.
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