ETC Element Classic, User Manual

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Console Overview 15
Main Playbacks
The main playback fader pair, located to the left of the control keypad, is a split cross-fader
pair.
The button or buttons located directly above the playbacks load content to the playbacks. The
two buttons below control the [Go] and [Stop/Back] functions.
Motorized Faders
In addition to the main playbacks, five, ten, or twenty slots of configurable motorized faders
are provided. The faders may be configured as playbacks, submasters, grandmasters, timing
masters, effects masters, targets, or target lists. One hundred virtual pages of 10 faders each
are provided.
Fader Touchscreens
Each bank of five faders has a dedicated multi-touch display for local status of playback
content.
Load Buttons
Load buttons, located directly above each fader, are used to load a specified target to the
associated fader, or to place special conditions on that fader.
See Assigning Faders Manually (on page 356) for more information.
Endless Fader Wheels
Apex consoles offer five, ten, or twenty detented, color-changing fader wheels, adding an
endless fader and additional button to each overall fader slot.
Each fader wheel and button can be mapped to any function for additional control before
needing to expand the overall fader slot to double or triple density.
Encoders
Haptic-feedback encoders and an associated touchscreen for control of non-intensity
parameters are provided on the lower right of the console. The two larger encoders at the
bottom are dedicated pan and tilt controls.
The remaining four encoders on the right side of the console are pageable controls. By default,
these encoders are populated on the touchscreen with the parameters used in your show.
They can also be custom mapped.
Mini Encoders
Apex consoles also offer nine RGB-backlit mini encoders to the left of the encoder
touchscreen. Eight of the mini encoders can be fully configured for expanded control of the
large encoder parameters, or can have custom mapping. The bottom encoder is dedicated to
mini encoder paging and configuration.
Level Wheel
The level wheel adjusts intensity up or down for any selected channels. With channels
selected, roll the wheel up to increase intensity, or down to decrease it.
The level wheel can also provide additional functions when combined with various other
console keys. See
Face Panel Shortcuts (on page 132) for more information.