About Basic Manual Control; Using Channel Faders; Selecting Channels - ETC Element User Manual

About Basic Manual Control

Element provides a variety of different ways to select and command control channels. This
chapter identifies the many basic ways you can select channels and manipulate show data
within Element.
For additional methods, see

Using Channel Faders

One way to bring up channel levels with Element is using the channel faders. The fader position
switch is used to select between channels 1 through 40, channels 41 through 80, or channels 81
through 120. Element will ship with the fader position switch in channels 1 through 40 mode.
With the fader position switch in channels 1 through 40 mode, channel 1 will be controlled by
the leftmost fader in the first bank of faders. Channel 40 will be controlled by the rightmost
fader in the second bank. When the fader position switch is in channels 41 through 80 mode,
channel 41 will be controlled by the leftmost fader in the first bank of faders. Channel 80 will be
controlled by the rightmost fader in the second bank.
Note:
If you have an Element 60 console, the third bank of faders are always in
submaster mode.
Note:
Channel faders will only control the first 120 channels. Channels 121 and
above must be controlled via the keypad. See
Raising a channel fader will bring up the corresponding channel's level. This will be reflected on
Element's live display. The channel intensity level will appear in red to indicate the level is being
set manually. See
Element's fader status display will also show the channel's level. For more information, see
Indicators in the Element Fader Status Display (on page 62)
Element's channel faders are LTP or Latest-Takes-Precedence, which means that you can take
control of a channel simply by moving the fader to match the current output level. Channel
faders, like the keypad and level wheel, can then take levels above or below the current
playback level. See
Holding down [Shift] while moving the channel faders, will allow them to move without
changing the channel levels. This is helpful when you have used your channel faders to record a
cue. This allows you to restore your faders to zero, while leaving the cue values on stage. If you
don't do this, the LTP behavior will drive the channels toward zero.

Selecting Channels

There are multiple ways to select channels including the control keypad, direct selects, and
groups.
Selected channels are available for manual control through keypad commands, level wheel,
and/or ML controls.
Channels are deselected when any action is taken on the keypad that is unrelated to manual
control, such as recording groups and cues, or updating a record target, etc. You can also press
[Clear] after a terminated command line to clear the channel selection.
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About Advanced Manual Control (on page 254)
Color Indicators (on page 44)
HTP vs. LTP (on page 9)
Selecting Channels (below)
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