American DJ Show Designer Instruction Manual page 13

To start recording the first chase step, move the channel or channels to the positions that you want by
either adjusting the faders or by using the wheel in pan or tilt mode or by using the trackball. These
adjustments will be recorded into the step so take care not to move any channels that you don't want
included. You can at any time press the fixture switch and turn fixtures on or off while recording the step.
You can also press the color or beam switches allowing you to include any preset in the chase step. As
when calling presets only the fixtures that are enabled will be included.
After you have recorded a step press "Enter". The step indicator on the display will automatically go to the
next step. Repeat the previous actions to record up to 256 steps. You can enter empty steps as well by
pressing enter without moving any channels. On playback these empty steps will not do anything but can
be used to lengthen the time between steps that do contain channel information. You can also record into
these empty steps later.
As you are recording steps you can at any time move from step to step by putting the display cursor under
the step number and use the + or - switches to select a new step. You can change or add more channels to
each recorded step this way.
Pressing "Enter" when at the last step of the chase will always add an additional step to the end of the
chase. If you press enter while the step number is at a lower step you will advance to the next step
number the same as if you incremented the step number using the "+" switch.
If you make a mistake while recording a chase step, press "erase" and you will be prompted whether or
not to erase the contents of the chase step. Press yes to clear the step of all channel and preset data. If you
press erase a second time, you will be prompted whether or not to remove the empty step from the chase.
At any time while recording the chase you can enter a speed value, a fade value and a name for the chase.
Use the cursor switches to move the cursor on the LCD under the item to be changed then use the + or -
switch or the data wheel to modify it. To get to the name, continue to move the cursor to the right, past
the fade value and the screen will change showing the name and the speed lock status. To edit the name,
move the cursor under each character then use the + and - switches or the data wheel to modify the letters.
The chase speed is the default speed for the entire chase. This means that when you first call the chase this
is the speed that it will run. You can change the speed while it is running and the new speed can be
recorded with a scene. This allows you to use the same chase in many scenes but run it at different speeds
for each scene.
The fade value is displayed as a percentage and is for every step in the chase. You cannot set a separate
fade time for each step. This will be the amount of fade time between steps. If set to 100% the crossfade
time will be equal to the time between steps giving a smooth continuous motion between steps. If set to
0% the steps will move with no fade in between. Any settings between 0 and 100 will give varying
amounts of fade time depending on the speed of the chase. As with speed, this is only the default value. It
can be changed when recording a scene.
The speed lock and unlock feature allows you to tell the chase whether or not to ignore the audio or beat
switches when the chase is running. When set to "NO BEAT/AUDIO" the chase will only run at the
programmed speed and will not be affected if you use the beat or audio switches to set the chase speeds.
This is useful when you have a chase that needs to run at a high speed to create a certain special effect and
needs to always run at this speed.
After you have recorded all of the steps for the chase, you can store it in memory. To do this, select the
page and number where you want to save it. Make sure that the fixture, color or beam LEDs are off. If
you select a chase number that is already lit, a message will appear asking if you want to write over the
existing chase. Press "yes" or "no". You can use the page switches to select from pages 1 to 16 which
will allow you to store up to 256 chases. Page 0 is reserved for factory chases.
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