Creating Events - DigiDesign VENUE Profile Manual

Creating Events

The basic steps to create an event include the following:
• Add a new event in the Event List (see "Adding an Event"
on page 200).
• Add and configure triggers for the event (see "Adding
Triggers to an Event" on page 201).
• Add and configure actions for the event (see "Adding Ac-
tions to an Event" on page 203).
Several pre-defined (default) events are available immedi-
ately; others are available among the Demo Shows installed
with the system software. For more information, see "De-
fault Events" on page 206.
Adding an Event
To add a new Event to the Event List:
Go to the Options > Events page.
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Do any of the following:
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• To create an empty, untitled new event, click the New
button in the Event Commands section.
– or –
• To create a copy of a pre-existing event, select one or
more events in the list and click the Duplicate button.
Selecting Events
Event list items can be selected, renamed, duplicated, deleted,
cleared, enabled or disabled, tested and reset.
To select one or more events, do any of the following:
• To select a single event, click its row in the Event List.
• To select all events, right-click an event and choose Select
All.
• To select multiple contiguous events, click the first de-
sired event and then Shift-click (or Multi-Select-click) the
last desired event. All events in between are selected.
• To select multiple discontiguous events, or to de-select an
individual event, Ctrl-click (or Fine-click) its row in the
Event List.
Selected events
(blue)
Events selected in the Event List
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To deselect or ore more events:
Right-click anywhere in the Event List and choose Deselect
All.
Moving Events
Selected events can be dragged and dropped to new locations
in the list. You can also manually edit the Event number to re-
sequence items.
To move one or more events:
Select one or more events in the Event List.
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Click in the row of any selected event and drag to a new lo-
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cation in the list. As you move events, a white line appears in-
dicating the destination.
Release the mouse button to drop the events at the desired
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location in the Event List. When moving multiple events,
moved events will be adjacent regardless of their original loca-
tions relative to each other (whether adjacent or non-adja-
cent). Events will be renumbered as necessary according to the
new sequence of events.
To manually edit an Event number:
Double-click the Event Number and enter a new three digit
number to resequence the list accordingly.
Managing Events in the Event List
Once created, events in the list can be managed using
on-screen buttons and right-click commands to rename, du-
plicate, delete, clear, enable or disable them.
You can also use the Test and Reset commands to manually
audition events for development and diagnostics. For more
information, see "Testing Events" on page 204
Renaming an Event
To rename an event:
Double-click the Event Name in the list. Or right-click the
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Event Name and choose Rename.
Enter a new name.
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Click Enter to confirm the new name.
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Duplicating an Event
Duplicating an event can simplify Event List configuration
when multiple, similar events need to be created, each with
slightly different properties.
To duplicate an event:
Select one or more events in the Event List.
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Click the Duplicate button on-screen. Or, right-click a se-
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lected event and choose Duplicate.