Selecting Spots In The Editor And On Stage; Spot Display Control; Mix Editing Of Spots - Compulite Spark User Manual

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Mix Editing of Spots

Selecting spots in the editor and on stage

There are some specialized spot selection key sequences that allow you to grab spots that
are in the editor and "on stage" (their output derives from a playback device).
In the examples below, spots 1, 5, 8, and 20 are present in the editor.
• [SPOT 5] [→ →] [8] Selects spots 5 and 8. If there are spots within the selected
range, whose output originates from A/B or the controllers they are also selected when
using this sequence.
• [SPOT] [→ →] Selects all the spots present in the editor. If there are spots whose
output originates from A/B or the controllers they are also selected when using this
sequence. The command line displays: spot from editor & stage
This selection tool is useful when universally modifying all the spots contained in a
memory. Example: you want to add 10% to all the intensity assignments in memory 1.
The keypress sequence is: [MEM 1] [SPOT] [→ →] [int wheel.]
• [SPOT 5] [→ →] Selects spots 5, 8, and 20. If there are spots, from spot 5 and up,
whose output originates from A/B or the controllers they are also selected when using
this sequence. The command line displays: spot
• [SPOT 1] [→] Selects all the spots (from spot 1 to the last spot) in the system.
• [SPOT 5] [→ 8] Selects all the spots included in the range.
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Note
When using the above sequences the spot selections follow the rules of Mix Editing - see
below.

Spot display control

The number of spots displayed depends on the system configuration - how many spots and
how many parameters each type of spot has.
To go to the next or previous spot display, press [PAGE UP] (above [ALL])
Mix Editing of Spots
The 'mix editing of spots' option appears in the System Parameters menu (see Chapter 19
System Configuration). This determines whether spots of different types are included
when a range of spots is selected or if only one type of spot in the selected range will be
addressed in the editor.
If the mix editing of spots option is active (toggled to Yes) and you select a range of spots,
the entire selection is addressable in the editor. If, however, the mix editing of spot option
is toggled to No, only one type of spot is selected. The type of selected spot is determined
by the last selection in the range.
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Example: Spots 1 4 are Intellabeams, spots 5
Goldenscans. If the mix edit option is 'on' and you select spots 1
selected in the editor. If the mix edit option is 'off', however, only the Goldenscans (9 -16)
will be selected. If the range selection was 1
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