Factory Chases; Audio Switch; Beat Switch; Recording Shows - American DJ Show Designer Instruction Manual

You can run up to 8 chases simultaneously. If a new chase is selected that completely overrides one that is
running, the overridden chase will be automatically turned off. A chase is canceled when another one is
called that controls all of the same channels. A chase will not be canceled if some but not all of its
channels are overridden. The channels that are still available will continue to chase.

FACTORY CHASES

When you select chase memory page 0, "FC" for "factory chase" will appear in the page display. These
16 chases are preprogrammed to provide beam movement patterns for any fixture that has a pan and tilt
feature. Some hard to program movements such as circles and figure eights can be found here. These
chases control the pan and tilt channels of any selected fixtures. Unlike chases that you program yourself,
you must first enable the fixtures you want to include before you turn on the chase.

AUDIO SWITCH

The audio switch enables the audio input as a trigger for chase steps. Pressing the audio switch turns on
the LED which will flash off briefly whenever an audio beat is detected at the audio input. Any chases that
are running will sync to this beat unless the speed has been locked for that chase. Read the section on
chases regarding how to lock the chase speed. Turning on audio automatically turns off "Beat". The audio
switch state is independent of any scene and is not stored when recording a scene.

BEAT SWITCH

The beat switch allows you to override the tempo or beat of a chase by tapping on the switch in time to
any music that is playing. The LED will flash in time to the beat that is tapped in. Any chases that are
running will sync to this beat unless the speed has been locked in for that chase. Read the section on
chases regarding how to lock the chase speed. Pressing the beat switch will automatically turn off
"Audio". To turn off the beat, press and hold the beat switch for one second. The beat switch state and
beat tempo are independent of any scene and are not stored when recording a scene.
SHOWS
A show is a sequence of scenes that are recorded and played back in an order at preprogrammed times.
Show Designer lets you record up to 256 shows which are accessible as 16 pages of 16 shows.

RECORDING SHOWS

Before recording a show you must first record the scenes that will be included in the show. Consult the
previous sections on how to do this. Also you can select the timing method used to enter and display
steps. The two choices are "real time" and "hold time". Consult the previous section under "Menu" and
"Set Show TM Display" for more information.
To start recording a show press "Record", the "Record" LED will flash. Next press "Show", the "Show"
LED will also flash. The page display will light and any number locations that already contain shows will
also light showing you where there are already shows recorded.
The top line of the LCD display will show the current show step that is ready to record and the bottom
line will show the scene page and scene number for that step. The word "Empty" will appear in place of
the scene page and number if there is no scene recorded at this step. This will be followed by the time for
the step which is displayed as hours, minutes and seconds. The hours, minutes and seconds are separated
by colons ":" with seconds having a decimal point allowing tenths of a second resolution.
If you have set the show time mode to display hold times, "Start" will be displayed as step 0 when
beginning a new show. Step 0 is used to add a delay to the start of the show before the first scene is
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