Recording Presets; Preset Content - Martin Maxxyz User Manual

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Recording presets is done in much the same way as recording groups. For example, select
fixture 51, a MAC 2k Profile from the tutorial, and focus it on the keyboard player. Repeat this
process with the other MAC 2ks, fixtures 52 through 62. With fixtures 51 through 62 on the
keyboard player, selected in the programmer, and "Pan Tilt" as the selected attribute group in the
preset window press "Record" and the desired preset on the touch screen. As with groups, if you
wish to label the preset, press record, the desired preset button and then enter text using the
keyboard and press "Enter". You can also label a preset after it's been created by simply
pressing the desired preset and then entering the text with the keyboard.
If you now select the "Color" attribute group on the Programmer Touch Screen, you will note that
the preset page changes and your previously recorded "Pan Tilt" preset is no longer visible. By
default, recording a preset on this page will only capture the color attributes that are in the
programmer. (Note that if you didn't change the color when you were focusing the MAC 2ks, the
color attribute will not be loaded into the programmer and nothing will be recorded into the
preset.)
Only those attributes appropriate to the preset that are currently displayed in the
programmer screen can be recorded.
It should be noted that while by default only those attributes specific to the selected attribute
group will be recorded in a preset, it is possible to override those defaults using the "Record Cue
Options" pop-up window. That is to say that you could, as an example, have a preset on the
Color page that contains only pan/tilt values. For more information, please see "The Record
Options Window" on page 99.
Select the "Pan Tilt" attribute group again and record presets for the guitar and the drummer.
When you're done, the "Pan Tilt" page should look something like this:
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A recorded preset uses a combination of colors and letters to indicate it's contents. As mentioned
earlier, it is possible when using the Record Options function to record attributes other than the
defaults into a preset. The Maxxyz console displays the information recorded into a preset by
displaying the first letter of each attribute group in the preset itself ("D" for DimFocus, "P" for Pan
Tilt, etc.). Take a closer look at preset 1, "Keyboard."
You can see the letters "P" and "Z" in the preset button. This indicates that there is both Pan Tilt
and Zoom Prism information contained with in the preset.
You'll also note that the Keyboard preset is red while the others are blue. This merely indicates
that this was the last selected/played preset on the page. However, the Maxxyz can also indicate
to the user if a fixture or group of fixtures is contained within that preset. In our earlier example,
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