Theatre Stack - Pearl DLC-C003 Operator's Manual

C H A P T E R E I G H T
8.

Theatre stack

In this chapter: the DLC-C003's theatre mode
• Setting theatre mode
• Theatre controls
• Plotting a cue
• Naming a cue
• Setting fade times for a cue
• Jumping to a cue
• Running the show
Theatre mode makes the DLC-C003 behave like a standard theatrical
console, allowing you to program your whole show as a sequence of
cues, and play it back just by pressing the Go button. Playback faders
12-15 become dedicated cue masters. The rest of the console continues
to operate as normal, so you can run the main cues from the theatre
mode, and spot effects from the other playback faders.
8.1 Setting theatre stack mode
In program mode, select Softkey B [Theatre stack programming], then
press Enter.
Note: When theatre mode is enabled, you can't access playbacks 12-
15 on any page; if you intend to use Theatre mode it is
advisable not to program these playbacks. Any programs are
kept and when you turn off Theatre mode you will be able to
access them again.
You can get out of the Theatre menu by pressing G [Quit]. The Exit
button does not operate in this mode.
To turn off theatre mode completely, press softkey B from the main
menu then press D [Exit theatre programming] When Theatre mode is
enabled, the swop button of Playback 12 flashes when the playback is
turned off.
Theatre mode programming is not deleted when theatre mode is turned
off.
8.2 Theatre controls
Fader 12 is the Master fader, controlling the overall intensity of all lights.
The Go button next to the wheels makes a cue start.
If you stop a fade part-way by pressing the Stop button, or one of the
stop buttons above the faders, then Fader 13 controls the Fade In of
the next step, fader 14 controls the Fade Out of the previous step, and
fader 15 controls the LTP (movement) fade timer.
The buttons above 13, 14 and 15 are Stop (blue) and Go (grey) buttons
for each of these functions.
8.3 Plotting a cue
You can set up the levels for a cue either by using the preset faders and
control wheels to set the levels you want, or by typing in the channel
number and the level. You can store moving light positions in theatre
cues as well as dimmers.
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