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U s i n g M a n u a l C o n t r o l
There are three types of manual control for playbacks:
• Cues can be stored with manual timing. When cues have stored manual timing, the default
behavior of the fader is to control those manual values.
• Cues can be captured for manual intensity control only. This is possible only when the
associated cue has no manual timing values.
• Cues can be manually overridden using the [Man Override] & [Load] feature which captures
all parameter transitions.
In each of these cases, follow time counts down from [Go]. The hang time will be started when the
potentiometer reaches full or when the last parameter reaches its end state from timing, whichever
comes last.
M a n u a l T i m i n g C o n t r o l
Manual timing can be set for any parameter or group of parameters. The potentiometer is then used
to control the progress of a transition.
For Example:
Assume the active cue contains an instruction to set color at 5 for channel 1.
The pending cue contains an instruction to set channel 1 to color 12 and the color
parameter has a manual time. Press [Go] to activate the cue. Channel 1 color does not
change.
As you move the fader up manually, channel 1 color moves proportionally from color 5 to
color 12. Any parameters with timing will start their moves at the press of [Go] and be
unaffected by the manual control.
To program a channel manual time:
• [1] {Color} [Time] {Manual} [Enter] - assigns a manual time to channel 1. This must be
recorded or updated to a cue.
Manual timing can also be set at a cue level:
• [Record] [Cue] [5] [Time] {Manual} [Enter]
Manual timing can also be set at a cue category level:
• [Record] [Cue] [6] [Color] [Time] {Manual} [Enter]
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