Chapter 4 Basic operations
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Record functions
The PSC has three record functions: Record, Update and Track
. Record saves all
channels as they appear on the screen (what you see is what you get) in the cue
or group you specify.
Normally when you record a cue or group in Stage, the
PSC records the current
look in its entirety. Update allows you to record only the parts of the current live
look that you specify.
Track is a record function that works only for cues
. It allows you to build a new
cue from the previous cue’s channel settings
. Tracked channels are channels
whose levels do not change from one cue to the next
. A track often runs
through several cues for the length of a scene or an act.
Track also allows you to add channels through a group of existing cues
. For
example, if you have created all cues for a scene, and then decide to add a new
channel or group of channels to all cues, Track lets you do so with one short
record command
. To do the same thing with Record would require you to add
the channels to each cue individually.
We use the standard Record function for all cues in this chapter
. Instructions for
using the Track function are included in
Chapter 5, Advanced techniques.
