Overlap Function; Priority; Advanced Options - SHOWTEC Creator 1024 pro Manual

Creator 1024 PRO

15. Overlap Function

Overlap is a powerful function which makes the fixtures in playbacks run the same effect with delay. The
Overlap must be switched on (see page 31, The Global Time of a Chase). The overlap effect will play as
the fade time runs. There are the following options in the menu.
 Quick Group: The fixtures in the step can be divided into groups. Fixtures from the same group will
act the same.
 Advanced Group: Sometimes it is useful to have several fixtures to run a shape as a group. In this
case, you can use the Group function. Press <A> [Advanced Group] to enter. The menu contains the
following options:
 Number of groups: The number of groups which we need to define. By setting Spread, you can
select the group quantity, not fixture quantity.
 Group number: The fixture buttons of the group number will light up. To add a fixture to the
group number, press the desired fixture button until it lights up. If you press any button by
mistake, you will need to return to the settings of the original fixture group.
 Group -> <-: Outward auto grouping
 Group <- ->: Inward auto grouping
 Auto group: The fixtures will automatically be grouped, in a consequent order.
 Increase group: The fixtures will be grouped with an add-on number.
 Reset: Reset the group number to fixture number and group again automatically.

16. Priority

The playback priority levels define how the playbacks run. The priority can be set to different levels:
Lowest/Low/Normal/High/Highest. The default priority for a new playback is set to Normal. When you run
a new playback, which has the same priority as the current playback, then the current playback will be
replaced by the new playback. However, if the new playback is of lower priority than the current
playback, then the current playback will keep on running, instead of the new one. Set the priority in Edit
Time menu.

15. Advanced Options

Each chase has options which can be set to affect the way it runs. Press <P.b. Par>. You need to have a
"connected" chase, or the button will not function. The options you set are individual for each chase.
The options are:
 [Save Speed]: Save the current speed of the chase (set by turning the wheel A).
 [Save Direction]: Save the direction of the chase by using <Go+> and <Go->.
 [Loop Playback/Bounce/Stop on final step]: Makes the chase stop on the final step. If the final step is
a blackout, the chase will appear to turn itself off, so you can just press Go whenever you want to
make it happen again.
 [Skip Time Options]: Allows you to skip the first wait and/or fade of a chase. It is useful if you want that
the chase to start as soon as you move the fader. (Press the button to toggle through options):
 Skip first wait time: The wait time is missed when the chase is first turned on.
 Skip first wait and fade time: Both, wait and fade times, are missed when the chase is first turned
on.
 Wait and Fade for all steps.
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