Playback Options; Audio Triggering; Speed; Show Mode - Chauvet Stage Designer 50 User Manual

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Audio
Triggering

Speed

Show Mode

Beat Mode

Stage Designer 50 User Manual Rev. 10
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The Stage Designer 50 is capable of responding to sound. It can use either its own built-in
microphone or an alternative audio source, through the audio line in jack on the back
panel.
To enable audio triggering:
1. Play back a scene.
2. Press the <AUDIO / PAGE A_B> button. The indicator LED above it will light.
3. Use the AUDIO LEVEL fader to adjust the sensitivity.
The steps of the scene playing will now be triggered by sound.
To disable audio triggering, press <AUDIO / PAGE A_B> again. The indicator LED above
it will turn off.
Unless a beat has been recorded, a scene's playback speed will depend on the position of
the SPEED fader. Adjusting it up or down will affect the amount of time before the next
step is triggered. When it is moved, the display will read SPEED _ _m_ _s_ _ with the
currently set time in minutes, seconds, and milliseconds. The fastest speed is 20
milliseconds. The slowest speed is 5 minutes or 10 minutes, depending on the
mode.
Speed controls will not work if Audio Triggering is enabled.
The SPEED fader also has a setting for manual triggering, called show mode. Unless a
beat has been recorded, show mode can be enabled by doing the following:
1. Play back a scene.
2. Move the SPEED fader to its lowest position, labelled SHOW MODE. The display will
read SPEED 29m07s12.
3. Tap the <STEP> button to trigger the next step, exactly when you desire.
Show mode will only work with the SPEED fader at its lowest position. Any higher, and the
<STEP> button will not have any effect.
Scenes can be set to run at a user set speed or beat. This can be done with the SPEED
fader or the TAP SYNC feature.
To record a beat with the speed fader, follow the instructions below:
1. Play back the scene you wish to set to a beat.
2. Press the <PARK> button until the LED (yellow) indicating Mix Chase is lit.
3. Move the SPEED fader to the desired position.
4. Press and hold the <MODE SELECT / REC SPEED> button and tap the flash button
of the scene playing back. All channel and scene LEDs will flash, indicating the beat
has been recorded.
To disable a beat recorded this way, and return control to the SPEED fader:
1. Play back the scene with the beat you wish to disable.
2. Press <PARK> until the LED (yellow) indicating Mix Chase is lit.
3. Move the SPEED fader to its lowest position (SHOW MODE).
4. Press and hold <MODE SELECT / REC SPEED> and tap the flash button of the
scene playing back. All channel and scene LEDs will flash, indicating the beat has
been disabled.
To record a beat with the TAP SYNC feature:
1. Play back the scene you wish to set to a beat.
2. Press the <TAP SYNC> button.
3. Wait the desired time and press <TAP SYNC> again. The display will read the time in
between presses, and the steps will be triggered at that speed.
4. Repeat step 3 if necessary to get the timing right.
To disable a beat recorded with TAP SYNC, move the SPEED fader.
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