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Advanced Programming and Editing Techniques

Chapter Five

113

LP-X24 and LP-X48 Users Manual

Do this following the procedures given in "To Record Conventional

Light Looks" beginning on page 73 and "

Dowse

 versus 

No Dowse 

Mode

The LP-X provides you two different modes in which to program.

In "Dowse" mode, you only see the lights that are selected

that is, the lights that are

actively selected for programming.

In "No Dowse" mode, you see all lights in the look whether they are selected or not.

Toggle between these two modes when you are recording moving lights by pressing the
side wheel.

Label

Recording new scene

ColrFx

Beam

Attrib

Focus

No instruments selected.

Delay
0:00.0

Fade

0:00.0

100%

Dowse

Intensity:

Label

Recording new scene

ColrFx

Beam

Attrib

Focus

No instruments selected.

Delay
0:00.0

Fade

0:00.0

100%

No Dowse

Intensity:

Recording Moving Light Looks" beginning on page 90.

2. Put the board into 

Edit/Playback

 mode.

Summary of Contents for LP-X24

Page 1: ...LP X24 and LP X48 Users Manual...

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Page 3: ...LP X24 and LP X48 Users Manual...

Page 4: ...ve patents or pending patent applications trademarks copyrights or other intellectual property rights covering subject matter in this document The furnishing of this document does not give you license...

Page 5: ...ow do I 25 put moving lights into the board 25 create groups of instruments 26 strike my lamps 28 program looks 28 set fade times 31 play back looks 33 toggle a playback between scene list and chase m...

Page 6: ...ording 86 Selecting Moving Lights for Programming 87 Selecting Moving Lights for Programming using the Select Instruments Screen 88 Taking Moving Light Instruments out of a Scene using the Select Inst...

Page 7: ...rd Looks to the Stack 151 Playing Back the Stack 152 Dipless Cross Fades 152 Go Back and Hold Buttons 153 The Stack s Cross Fader 153 Fading versus Snapping 154 To Play Back the Stack 154 Editing Stac...

Page 8: ...99 To Reserve DMX Addresses 199 To Un Reserve DMX Addresses 200 The Update Menu 200 To Update the LP X Program 200 To Update the LP X Library 201 The Miscellaneous Menu 202 To Set the MIDI In and Out...

Page 9: ...ns Ideally they will be used in productions that incorporate both moving and conventional light fixtures however they are well suited to run either individually The LP X24 has quick fader button acces...

Page 10: ...atch 9 9 Blind Edit 9 9 Chase Memory 120 Programmable 6 Playbacks x 20 Pages 240 Programmable 12 Playbacks x 20 Pages Theatrical Stack 9 9 Go Back and Hold Buttons 9 9 Timed Fades Separate In Out 9 9...

Page 11: ...or Run or Edit Set the recording filter to dimmer only moving light only or both Switch between dimmer and moving light programming displays Switch between solo and add functions Display Section This...

Page 12: ...Section Includes the Master fader the Manual fader and the Blackout button Also includes two chase rate controllers the Rate fader and a Tap button Stack Section Includes Back Hold and Go buttons the...

Page 13: ...ortment of special function keys Manual Scene Section On the LP X24 shown below this section includes 12 Manual Scene Faders Bump buttons for each and the Bank switching button Bump buttons are also u...

Page 14: ...playbacks The LP X48 not shown has twelve playbacks Power Up and Down Sequences When the LP X arrives from the factory it will be set to operate on 110V current To change the setting to 220V move the...

Page 15: ...lways put the LP X into Run mode before powering down 2 Move the power switch to the Off position All show information is saved Shows All of the user defined data of the LP X such as looks scene lists...

Page 16: ...an additional way in which to interact with the system For example to press a button you would normally point with a mouse pointer and then click the left mouse button With a touch panel monitor you...

Page 17: ...t Across the top are the menus You make menu selections by pressing the button or softkey above the menu item of your choice The display shown below has menu items for Color Beam Focus Attributes and...

Page 18: ...elay time active The highlight moves from the Fade to the Delay Data entry on the keypad would affect the Delay Also pressing the side wheel on this screen toggles between Dowse and No Dowse modes See...

Page 19: ...tkeys used in LCD Mode so they will seem familiar to the experienced user Click a menu item to display the window or dialog box associated with it Underlined Items When an item is underlined clicking...

Page 20: ...ers Manual Clicking the None for the color effects opens the Effects List for colors as shown below Clicking another underlined item for example Label Chase opens the Effects Programmer as shown below...

Page 21: ...oftkey text on the LCD is abbreviated but the menu item text is always written out in full In most cases you confirm an operation by pressing the Yes button in the Display section of the board Pressin...

Page 22: ...lights and conventional lights is saved In the manual we always show the minimum filter setting that must be used to complete an operation you may always set the filter to Both On the Moving Light Pro...

Page 23: ...ist and the Minus button to scroll down a list Typically these buttons scroll the same list as the side wheel However if there are two or more lists on a screen press the wheel that corresponds with o...

Page 24: ...eption of channel 5 at the level 100 the default value CHANNEL 1 THRU 10 AND 15 LEVEL 75 With this assignment we have set channels 1 through 10 and channel 15 at the level 75 CHANNEL 1 THRU 10 LEVEL 0...

Page 25: ...Introduction 21 LP X24 and LP X48 Users Manual Recording new scene Select Level Fade 0 00 75 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 75 75 75 75...

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Page 27: ...following items will help orient you to the operation of the LP X Manual Scene Faders The LP X uses front panel faders to quickly set and adjust dimmer levels Once the board is turned on you have cont...

Page 28: ...ist using the left wheel or by pressing the Plus and Minus keys on the keypad Dowse No Dowse The LP X gives you the option of keeping moving light instruments lighted or dark when they are in a look b...

Page 29: ...o a playback can be converted into a repeating chase pattern There is no separate Chase function How do I put moving lights into the board On the LP X24 DMX channels 1 through 100 are reserved for con...

Page 30: ...rmation If you prefer you may press an ML Select button rather than scrolling to its slot on the screen 3 Select an instrument from the list and press the Add softkey 4 Press the Pan or Tilt softkey t...

Page 31: ...d press the Add softkey You may also press the corresponding ML Select button to jump to a slot 3 Enter a name for the group if desired 4 Assign lights to the group by pressing the ML Select button fo...

Page 32: ...ome 3 Use the side wheel to select a control feature from the list of available control features 4 Press the Apply softkey The control feature is loaded and sent NOTE If you are playing back a look th...

Page 33: ...0 00 0 100 Dowse Intensity 2 Select moving lights for programming using the ML Select buttons The LP X displays the labels for the light or lights that you select For example with a Studio Color selec...

Page 34: ...en t already done so create a focus label or labels for the look or point the instruments by attribute programming Please see To Create a Focus Label beginning on page 127 or Chapter Seven Working wit...

Page 35: ...ve the Manual Scene Faders to the desired levels for the conventional lights that you want in the look 6 Select the desired page and then press the Select button for the desired playback The LP X disp...

Page 36: ...dit Scenelist 3 Select a scene and press the Time softkey Inten Color Beam Focus Intensity Color Beam Focus Edit Scene Timing Hold INF Fade 0 00 0 0 00 0 0 00 0 0 00 0 Delay 0 00 0 0 00 0 0 00 0 0 00...

Page 37: ...ive 2 Inactive 3 Inactive 4 Inactive 5 Inactive 6 PG 1 Step 1 of 2 3 To advance to the next look press the Select button for the playback 4 Repeat step 3 until you have shown all looks for the playbac...

Page 38: ...g in Video Mode When you are familiar with the LP X LCD Mode it is very easy to learn to work in Video Mode This section describes the differences between the two modes Unique Features in Video Mode T...

Page 39: ...Yellow button with blue text in the cue and in record mode This corresponds with a flashing yellow light on the Instrument Select White button with light blue text in the show but not assigned to the...

Page 40: ...lick the label and then click the appropriate menu item Create Edit Rename Delete or Attributes On Screen Attribute Display In Video Mode you have access to attributes from the main screen of the ML P...

Page 41: ...a light into a scene Override Mode works in conjunction with the Programmer Fader There are two schools of thought on how to override a scene The first school of thought is to set up the override wit...

Page 42: ...t values for the light This enables you to change only the properties you want Timing and No Dowse are not available 1 In Run Playback mode click or press the Live Override menu item The ML or Convent...

Page 43: ...r have completed all overrides and want to step out of Live Override mode click or press the Run button and then the Cancel Live Override menu item Live Override will also be cancelled if you leave Ru...

Page 44: ...rd Tips The keyboard provides a few additional shortcuts for use in Video Mode Use the Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys to move through list boxes or scroll numeric values 1 item value at a time Use the P...

Page 45: ...Instrument Select button removes the light from the cue and erases its settings Clicking on a label changes it from its current setting if any to No Change In Setup mode on the Group screen clicking o...

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Page 47: ...e to create a new device one not already included in the LP X s fixture library Patch Assign dimmers to board channels Groups Create groups of instruments for easy editing Default Use to set timing an...

Page 48: ...channels For example the Martin 218 requires nine channels whereas the Cyberlight requires twenty channels The number of attributes that an instrument has usually determines the number of channels it...

Page 49: ...ophisticated pan and tilt controls are supported but unlike Mode 1 and Mode 2 Vector features are supported In Mode 4 16 channels are required The most sophisticated pan and tilt controls and Vector f...

Page 50: ...ight Add New Instrument Slot 1 DMX 101 The LP X provides a default name for the instrument You may use the keypad to change the name The LP X automatically assigns the instrument to an unassigned slot...

Page 51: ...ss The LP X48 automatically assigns the instrument to Line A if it can accommodate the fixture Use the right wheel to change the line assignment 6 You can invert the pan or tilt for the instrument by...

Page 52: ...this procedure You may also press an ML Select button to jump to a specific slot The ML Select button LEDs are lit for slots that are already assigned and unlit for empty ones Note During this procedu...

Page 53: ...st add a moving light instrument into the system Save Pan Tilt 1 Cyberlight Cyberlight Edit Instrument Slot 1 DMX 101 4 Change the instrument name DMX start address or on the LP X48 DMX Line as desire...

Page 54: ...berlight 3 Empty 4 Empty 5 Empty 6 Empty 3 Press the Move softkey Move Instrument 1 1 Cyberlight 101 Cyberlight Select a destination slot 2 2 Cyberlight 121 Cyberlight 3 Empty 4 Empty 5 Empty 6 Empty...

Page 55: ...ssociated with Yes No it 4 Press the Yes key to delete the instrument Press the No Esc key to stop the delete operation To Reserve and Un reserve DMX Channels By default the LP X reserves DMX channels...

Page 56: ...channels use the side wheel to select the channel s and then press the Delete softkey Dimmer Patch Dimmer Patch is the system used to interconnect conventional lights to board channels The LP X allows...

Page 57: ...en press the Patch softkey The Patch List screen appears Copy New Patch List Default ACTIVE The Default patch is 1 1 with channels 1 through N set to 100 intensity The first N channels are mapped wher...

Page 58: ...P X displays the Patch List screen Note that there are additional softkeys for activating editing and deleting your custom patch To Copy a Dimmer Patch 1 From the Setup Mode screen press the Patch sof...

Page 59: ...List Default ACTIVE PATCH FOR MATINEE The LP X displays the Patch List screen Note that there are additional softkeys for activating editing and deleting your custom patch To Change which Patch is Ac...

Page 60: ...ey Note that the Delete softkey will not be available when the active patch is selected Delete Patch Are you sure you want to delete this patch Yes No 3 Press the Yes key to delete the patch Press the...

Page 61: ...the Add softkey or the Dim button Patch Input Dim Thru Except And DIM Channel 1 Level 100 4 Create the first channel assignment You use the buttons Dim Level Channel Thru And and Except to create the...

Page 62: ...0 EXCEPT 5 CHANNEL 1 With this channel assignment we have assigned dimmers 1 through 10 with the exception of dimmer 5 to channel 1 at the level 100 the default value DIM 1 THRU 10 AND 15 CHANNEL 1 LE...

Page 63: ...dimmers 1 through 5 to channel 1 and dimmers 6 through 9 and 101 to channel 2 Add By Dim Delete Edit Patch MY NEW PATCH CHAN DIMMERS 1 001 002 003 004 005 2 006 007 008 009 101 3 4 5 Viewing Channel...

Page 64: ...ll show only one channel value Add ByChan Delete Edit Patch MY NEW PATCH DIM CHANNEL 001 1 75 002 1 75 003 1 75 004 1 75 005 1 75 To Delete a Channel Assignment You may delete channel assignments in e...

Page 65: ...mp On Some fixtures do not start up automatically Use the Lamp On feature to strike the lamp Lamp Off Some fixtures do not shut off automatically Use the Lamp Off feature to douse the lamp You can als...

Page 66: ...tend to use only the control features the instruments have in common will be displayed Select a group of instruments Hold down the Group button and press the ML Select button for the group Note all in...

Page 67: ...values for the selected instruments Show Maintenance The Show Maintenance menu includes functionality to create a new show back up the current show to a floppy disk and restore a show from a floppy di...

Page 68: ...clears all data in the show This includes moving light instrument DMX line assignments patching assignments and all looks stacks and chases 4 To clear all data and create a new show press the Yes key...

Page 69: ...the drive to determine whether or not it is blank If there is any information on the disk the LP X warns you if it will have to overwrite any of the files To Restore a Show 1 From the Setup Mode scre...

Page 70: ...of the following Softkey Function Stack Erasing the stack will discard all information for the stack It will not discard information stored in linked playbacks For more information about linked playb...

Page 71: ...the Stack softkey Delete Stack Are you sure you want to delete all stack data Yes No 4 Press the Yes key to confirm deleting the stack Press No Esc to cancel the operation To Erase Custom Patches 1 Fr...

Page 72: ...de screen use the side wheel to scroll to the second menu 2 Press the Erase softkey The Erase screen appears 3 Press the Plybck softkey Delete Playbacks Are you sure you want to delete all scene data...

Page 73: ...tials Chapter Two 69 LP X24 and LP X48 Users Manual Clear Show Are you sure you want to delete everything in the show Yes No 4 Press the Yes key to confirm clearing the show Press No Esc to cancel the...

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Page 75: ...aders The intensity of the LED above the Master fader indicates the fader s position Manual Fader The Manual fader is used to adjust the overall level for the manual scene faders If this fader is down...

Page 76: ...this Manual beginning on page 14 Playbacks When you have set a look that you like you save it to one of the Playbacks by pressing the Select button above the fader Every time you press the Select but...

Page 77: ...the Master fader level Recording and Playing Back Conventional Light Looks Before you begin you must decide whether or not to use the default patch or to create a custom patch of conventional lights...

Page 78: ...e zero level and then raise it This is called match and grab The LP X display shows you the manual scene faders and their levels All faders at zero Recording new scene Select Level Fade 0 00 01 02 03...

Page 79: ...PG 1 PB 6 Step 2 Save Select Level Fade 0 00 81 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 17 FF 50 50 50 FF 6 Repeat Step 5 until you have recorded all desired looks To P...

Page 80: ...31 32 33 34 35 36 12 00 3 To advance to the next look press the Select button for the playback 4 To move backward to the previous step hold down the Except button and press the Select button for the...

Page 81: ...ithout disturbing the current look This is called a blind edit To Modify a Conventional Light Look When You are Not Running a Show Live Edit This operation will work on any playback except one that is...

Page 82: ...02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 FF 3 Raise or lower manual scene faders to add lights to remove lights from or change current levels in the look For example match...

Page 83: ...ind Edit This operation will work on any playback except one that is in page hold mode For example if you are running a scene list on Page 1 Playback 1 you will not be able to edit a scene list on Pag...

Page 84: ...5 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 FF 3 Raise or lower manual scene faders to add lights to remove lights from or change current levels in the look For example match and grab t...

Page 85: ...ional light look but you don t want to save it For example an unexpected guest may step onto an unlit portion of the stage to take a bow You need to bring up a light but there is no reason to save the...

Page 86: ...r increase the intensity of lights that are already in the look Note that you can only add lights to a look or raise the intensity of lights that are already in the look You cannot lower the intensity...

Page 87: ...that are present in most moving lights It also describes some terminology that is unique to the LP X Color Color Property Color effects in a moving light are generally produced by placing a color medi...

Page 88: ...the users Besides the standards of gobo and color several popular instruments incorporate another general purpose wheel for effects These can include prisms to split the beam color correction filters...

Page 89: ...t will walk on stage for a bow in a specific location but you do not know when it will happen You want to light the playwright using the same colors that are currently in use on stage You create a loo...

Page 90: ...nstrument list This procedure 1 assigns the instrument to a DMX start address and to an ML Select 2 makes the library information for the fixture available To do this follow the steps given in To Add...

Page 91: ...e in one of three states It can be in the look and selected for programming in the look but not selected for programming deselected not in the look 1 To select a light for programming you press its ML...

Page 92: ...lect Instruments Screen You use this selection technique when you are programming moving lights that have been assigned to virtual slots that is moving lights that have been assigned to slots that are...

Page 93: ...c keypad press the Thru key enter the highest number in the range and then press the Minus key on the keypad 6 When you are done selecting and deselecting instruments press the Yes key or the Fixture...

Page 94: ...ne instrument enter its number on the numeric keypad and then press the Enter key on the keypad 4 To clear a range of instruments enter the lowest number in the range on the numeric keypad press the T...

Page 95: ...Looks You record a look or a series of looks a scene list to a playback On the LP X24 there are six playbacks and twenty pages for each so you may record up to 120 scene lists On the LP X48 there are...

Page 96: ...information about the various ways in which you may select a light for programming The LP X displays the labels for the light that you select For example with a Studio Color selected you see the follo...

Page 97: ...ey label changes to FocsFx This indicates that pressing the softkey again will open the Focus Effects screen Label Recording new scene Color Beam Attrib FocsFx No Change Delay 0 00 0 Fade 0 00 0 100 N...

Page 98: ...new scene Color Defaults BeamFx Attrib Focus No Change belly fade off center c open Delay 0 00 0 Fade 0 00 0 100 No Dowse Intensity Press the Focus softkey Use the left wheel or the Plus and Minus key...

Page 99: ...0 75 No Dowse Intensity Defaults Focus_001 Focus_002 Focus_003 Focus_004 8 To make changes to the look that you just recorded repeat steps 4 and 5 and then press the Save softkey The LP X confirms th...

Page 100: ...t recording Button Fader Setting Modes Record and Scene Display ML Filter ML or BOTH Bump Any setting Master Fader Up typically full on Manual Fader Any setting Programmer Fader Up The LP X displays t...

Page 101: ...egreen Mauve Aqua The only labels that you would see if you were to select both instruments would be the ones that the instruments have in common 3 If you haven t already done so create a focus label...

Page 102: ...ect the five lights on the left side of the stage The label Blue does not appear in the display indicating that all five lights do not have that color in common Your light group consists of two Techno...

Page 103: ...it saved the new information to the look 7 To record the next look repeat step 4 and then press the Select for the same page and playback The LP X displays that it saved the information to the new loo...

Page 104: ...king them This is called a live edit The second technique assumes that you do not want to see the changes as you are making them For example during a show you may need to make a change to an upcoming...

Page 105: ...uts the look to the Programmer Fader Save Edit PG 1 PB 1 Step 3 ColrFx Beam Attrib Focus No Change Delay 0 00 0 Fade 0 00 0 100 Dowse Intensity Defaults amber blue congo blue cto The LP X remembers ce...

Page 106: ...on Page 1 Playback 1 you will not be able to edit a scene list on Page 2 Playback 1 This is because Playback 1 is in page hold mode and will not switch to Page 2 until the Playback 1 level is brought...

Page 107: ...Time NOTE In Video Mode this has been replaced with Live Override Mode which operates somewhat differently Please refer to information on Live Override Mode beginning on page 37 for details There may...

Page 108: ...ed to change the values of a light that is already part of a look Let us say for example that you only want to move a light into a different position without making any change to its color beam or int...

Page 109: ...ing and deleting looks in a scene list programming virtual channels Clearing a Playback Use this technique to clear one playback For the procedure to clear all playbacks please see To Erase Playbacks...

Page 110: ...Press the Yes key to clear the playback Press the No Esc key to cancel the operation Clearing a Playback while in Edit Mode 1 Put the board into Edit Playback mode Copy Edit Playback Erase Edit Chase...

Page 111: ...reating a new look but the look may be on a different playback or may be earlier in the scene list on which you are currently working This technique will load the look into the Programmer so that you...

Page 112: ...ch to Record mode 4 Copy the look to a new location by pressing the Select button for the desired page and playback The LP X copies the look to the next available step on the playback The amount of ma...

Page 113: ...y The LP X displays the Copy Playback screen Copy Playback Select the destination playback and Playback 1 Page 1 Copy confirm with Yes or the Copy softkey 4 Select the page and playback to which you w...

Page 114: ...tes This involves setting timings for each look Automation Terminology Timing values consist of three elements Hold Time Fade Time and Start Delay Hold Time is the total time of the look that is the t...

Page 115: ...econds allocated for the look To illustrate Start Delay and Fade times consider the following illustration Initiate Look Property 3 Two second Start Delay one second Fade Property 1 no Start Delay no...

Page 116: ...ys and Fade Times will be executed and then the look will hold infinitely long in other words until you initiate the next look This is manual initiation of cues If you set Hold Times for looks that ha...

Page 117: ...ts that are actively selected for programming In No Dowse mode you see all lights in the look whether they are selected or not Toggle between these two modes when you are recording moving lights by pr...

Page 118: ...PB 06 28 Copy 3 Using the side wheel select a playback to automate 4 Press the Edit softkey Erase Time Move Loop 1 2 3 4 Hold INF Edit Scenelist 5 Using the side wheel select a look to automate 6 Pre...

Page 119: ...property 9 Use the center wheel to set the Start Delay for the property or use the right wheel to set the fade time for the property Or press the right wheel enter the fade time on the numeric keypad...

Page 120: ...g screen Follow the procedure given in To Record a Look with one Moving Light beginning on page 91 or To Record a Look with More than One Moving Light beginning 96 At step 4 while selecting labels for...

Page 121: ...ven in To Record Conventional Light Looks beginning on page 73 2 Put the board into Edit Playback mode 3 Using the side wheel select a playback to unloop 4 Press the Edit softkey Erase Time Move Unloo...

Page 122: ...ene list and then move it into the correct place 1 Put the board into Edit Playback mode 2 Using the side wheel select a scene list 3 Press the Edit softkey 4 Using the side wheel select a look to mov...

Page 123: ...Esc key to cancel the operation Programming Virtual Channels The LP X24 has twenty four manual faders twelve in Bank 1 and twelve in Bank 2 The LP X48 has forty eight manual faders twenty four in Bank...

Page 124: ...4 45 46 47 48 3 Set levels for the virtual channels You may use the left wheel to select a channel and then use the center wheel to set a level for it You may also use the Channel button on the board...

Page 125: ...Advanced Programming and Editing Techniques Chapter Five 121 LP X24 and LP X48 Users Manual...

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Page 127: ...Some of the more sophisticated fixtures use multiple attributes to control a single property For example some fixtures employ color mixing which allows three basic colors to be mixed to produce a wide...

Page 128: ...el it will be available for all instruments of this type Some lighting designers prefer to see what the label will look like in only one light others prefer to see what the label will look like in a g...

Page 129: ...yan 0 Color mix Magen 0 Color mix Yell 0 6 Use the left center and right wheels to set the desired values You may turn the wheels to the desired values You may also press a wheel enter the desired val...

Page 130: ...Press No Esc to cancel the operation The LP X saves the label and returns to the Label Creation screen NoDws MY COLOR Studio Color 250 SaveAs Save Color mix Cyan 75 Color mix Magen 100 Color mix Yell...

Page 131: ...nts to a clearly visible pattern and a high intensity value in the programming screen You can always select the default labels for Color usually displays white and Beam usually displays open Remember...

Page 132: ...100 No Dowse Intensity Defaults 3 Press the Label softkey You may see one of several different screens No instruments selected Focus No Instruments Please select some instruments to work with One or m...

Page 133: ...cus SaveAs Pan 128 Focus N C Tilt 128 6 Use the left wheel to set the Pan value the center wheel to set the Focus edge value and the right wheel to set the Tilt value You may turn the wheels to the de...

Page 134: ...to confirm the operation Press No Esc to cancel the operation The LP X saves the label and returns to the Label Creation screen NoDws MY FOCUS SaveAs Save Pan 220 Focus N C Tilt 115 10 If desired upd...

Page 135: ...cratch 1 Put the LP X into the following modes for moving light recording Button Fader Setting Modes Record and Scene Display ML Filter ML Bump Any setting Master Fader Up typically full on Manual Fad...

Page 136: ...Studio Color 250 there are four attributes for the Color property Color 1 function Color mix Cyan Color mix Magenta and Color mix Yellow NoDws cto Studio Color 250 SaveAs Save Color mix Cyan 0 Color...

Page 137: ...85 for complete details about this option 10 When you are done press the Save softkey 11 Press No Esc twice to return to the ML Programmer Editing Labels After you have created labels you can easily...

Page 138: ...3 or To Create a Focus Label beginning on page 127 To Rename a Label 1 Put the LP X into the following modes for moving light recording Button Fader Setting Modes Record and Scene Display ML Filter ML...

Page 139: ...the LP X into the following modes for moving light recording Button Fader Setting Modes Record and Scene Display ML Filter ML Bump Any setting Master Fader Up typically full on Manual Fader Any setti...

Page 140: ...ating Moving Light Labels LP X24 and LP X48 Users Manual Delete Label Are you sure you want to delete this label for all selected fixture types Yes No 6 Press Yes to delete the label Press No Esc to c...

Page 141: ...t to rotate during one look By modifying the Effects 1 attribute of the label you can create a rotating swirl without the added steps of creating a label from scratch Overriding a Label Use the follow...

Page 142: ...00 0 100 No Dowse Intensity Press the Beam softkey Use the left wheel or the Plus and Minus keys in the numeric keypad to make your selection Label Recording new scene Color open BeamFx Attrib Focus...

Page 143: ...olor 1 functio Color wheel 1 N C N C N C Color 2 functi If the Beam property was previously selected you see a screen that looks something like this depending upon the beam attributes for the light Re...

Page 144: ...property to a value of 30 rotates the beam Recording new scene Color Beam Labels Focus Control Effects 1 Effects Rotate N C 30 N C Alternately ways in which to change the value are Press the encoder...

Page 145: ...wse Intensity To Reset Moving Light Attributes Attribute overrides are designed to carry forward from look to look until you explicitly turn them off You can turn them off by resetting the attribute b...

Page 146: ...he desired look is displayed Return to Record mode Working with Attributes in Edit Mode After you have recorded a look you may override or reset attributes in Edit mode much the same as you would chan...

Page 147: ...st on a playback Techniques for building a scene list are described in Chapter Three Conventional Light Programming beginning on page 71 and in Chapter Four Moving Light Programming beginning on page...

Page 148: ...rate will be 15 BPM beats per minute Note that if this scene list was previously chased and then unchased the LP X will remember the chase rate that you originally set and will restore it regardless o...

Page 149: ...finite number of times If you want you can specify the number of loops for the chase This option is only available for scene lists that have been converted to chases 1 Put the LP X into the following...

Page 150: ...ypad and then press the Enter key Erase Time Move 1 2 3 4 Chase Loops 5 Edit Scenelist To Convert a Chase back into a Scene List 1 Put the LP X into the following modes for editing Button Fader Settin...

Page 151: ...ftkey The Unchse softkey text changes to Chase and the line for the page and playback doesn t say Chase any more Copy Edit Playback Erase Edit Chase Global PG 01 PB 01 12 PG 01 PB 02 6 PG 03 PB 06 28...

Page 152: ...en 12 00 1 Inactive 2 Inactive 3 Inactive 4 Inactive 5 Inactive 6 PG 1 Step 1 of 2 2 If the scene list isn t already active raise its playback 3 Using the side wheel or the Plus and Minus buttons sele...

Page 153: ...he playback s Select key This steps the chase back one step and pauses there 2 Step back again by pressing Except Select Pressing Except Select when the chase is at Step 1 will execute the last step o...

Page 154: ...vel e g 100 4 For step three of the chase record new Color Beam and Focus settings Just before you save for the final time set the Intensity to zero 5 For step four of the chase make no changes except...

Page 155: ...mmer Fader Up 2 Create the look for the first step of the stack Use the techniques given in Chapter Three Conventional Light Programming beginning on page 71 and in Chapter Four Moving Light Programmi...

Page 156: ...select one group of moving lights save their settings de select that group select a different group save their settings etc The first group s settings will be recorded by pressing the stack s Select b...

Page 157: ...ader Press Go to start the fade from the outbound step to the inbound step Press Back during a fade to stop and then reverse the fade After a fade is complete pressing Back will fade from the outbound...

Page 158: ...to switch from using the buttons to using the stack s Cross Fader press the Hold button Move the Cross Fader from its current position to the extreme end of the fader s travel that is to 0 or 100 Then...

Page 159: ...al Change Out In Next 0 0 0 0 1 0 Fade 100 Fade 0 Out shows the number of the outbound step and the percentage it has faded down In shows the number of the inbound step and the percentage it has faded...

Page 160: ...ual to Auto by pressing the Go button at any time You may switch from Auto to Manual by pressing the Hold button and then moving the stack s Cross Fader from its current position to the extreme opposi...

Page 161: ...button to move backwards through the stack steps 3 Edit the look of the step The techniques for editing the look of a stack step are the same as those for editing a playback step Please see Modifying...

Page 162: ...s the Edit Stack screen Edit Scene Insert Delete 2 0 Link 3 0 1 0 Link 2 0 Edit Stack Out Fade 0 02 0 3 0 Link 0 0 In Fade 0 02 0 Hold Inf 2 If you want to insert a copy of a stack step use the side w...

Page 163: ...ed position and returns to the Edit Stack screen NOTE There is another method for inserting a stack step Create the scene in Record mode and press the stack select In the stack step dialog pick the st...

Page 164: ...softkey The LP X displays the Delete Step screen Are you sure you want to delete this Delete Step Yes No stack step 4 Press the Yes button to confirm the operation Press the No Esc button to cancel th...

Page 165: ...In a partially automated stack fade times are set for each step so that there is no need to use the Cross Fader to control how quickly steps fade in and out You simply press the Go button to initiate...

Page 166: ...This default setting cannot be changed To Automate the Stack 1 Put the LP X in Edit and Stack mode The LP X displays the Edit Stack screen Edit Scene Insert Delete 2 0 Link 3 0 1 0 Link 2 0 Edit Stack...

Page 167: ...de a light to zero under these circumstances it will gradually fade to zero over the course of the subsequent steps To Automate Moving Light Properties You may further automate the stack by setting De...

Page 168: ...desired value on the numeric keypad and then pressing the Enter key 7 Using the right wheel adjust the Fade for the selected property This setting will determine how much time will pass from the time...

Page 169: ...e Yes button Changing Steps at Run Time When using the LP X stack steps execute in sequential order starting with the lowest step number that was created This is always true unless the user has change...

Page 170: ...at the specified rate 5 Press the Change softkey again to hide the additional run time functions Changing Steps at Run Time Short Cut Use this procedure to quickly change the next step 1 With the sta...

Page 171: ...playback You may also press the center wheel enter the page number on the numeric keypad and press the Enter key 5 Use the right wheel to specify the number of the linked playback You may also press...

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Page 173: ...moved in a three sided pattern Rectangle Lights moved in a four sided pattern Polygon Lights moved in a many sided pattern ranging from three sides to one hundred sides Sweep Fan Lights move in a line...

Page 174: ...effect 1 Put the LP X into the following modes for moving light recording Button Fader Setting Modes Record and Scene Display ML Filter ML or BOTH Bump Any setting Master Fader Up typically full on M...

Page 175: ...l Order 6 Press the Create softkey The Color Effect Wheel Order screen appears and all selected lights begin executing the effect Recording new scene Seq Fade 0 00 0 Rate 0 01 0 Start Delay 0 00 0 Col...

Page 176: ...utton 10 When you are done press the No Esc button twice to return to the ML Programmer screen The ColrFx softkey display flashes to indicate that there is an effect applied to at least one of the sel...

Page 177: ...chase press the Color softkey twice To create a beam label chase press the Beam softkey twice The Color Effects or Beam Effects screen appears Create Recording new scene None of the selected instrumen...

Page 178: ...se Iris Flick 5 Using the left wheel the side wheel or the Plus and Minus keys select Label Chase 6 Press the Create softkey The Color Effect Label Chase or Beam Effect Label Chase screen appears and...

Page 179: ...Effect Label Chase broadway pin cherry rose congo blue aqua The LP X moves the label into a column in the middle of the screen After removing a label from the effect you may add it back in Select the...

Page 180: ...screen by pressing the Label softkey 11 When you are ready record the effect to a playback by pressing its Playback Select button Seq Move Move Remove Add Record PG 1 PB 1 Step 1 Param cherry rose bro...

Page 181: ...ss the light s ML Select button 13 When you are done press the No Esc button twice to return to the ML Programmer screen The ColrFx or BeamFx softkey display flashes to indicate that there is an effec...

Page 182: ...ed The range of close fade times is from 0 00 0 to 9 59 9 The default value is 1 Open Hold Specify how long to hold the iris in the open position after it completes its open fade The range of open hol...

Page 183: ...User created devices will not be able to execute the iris flick 3 Press the Beam softkey twice The Beam Effects screen appears Create Recording new scene None of the selected instruments have effects...

Page 184: ...old Start Delay and Loops parameters as desired Use the side wheel to display the Close Hold Start Delay and Loops parameters Recording new scene Seq Close Hold 0 00 0 Start Delay 0 00 0 Loops INF Bea...

Page 185: ...to specify the center point of the shape Values range from 0 to 255 The default value is 128 Pan Size Use this parameter in conjunction with the tilt size to specify the size of the shape Values rang...

Page 186: ...55 The default value is 128 Pan End Use this parameter in conjunction with the tilt end to specify the end point of the linear effect Values range from 0 to 255 The default value is 128 Tilt End Use t...

Page 187: ...rom 0 to 255 The default value is 255 Speed The speed at which the lights will move Values range from 1 to 100 with one being the slowest possible speed and 100 being the fastest possible speed The de...

Page 188: ...rs Create Recording new scene None of the selected instruments have effects Press Create to add effects Focus Effects 4 Press the Create softkey The Choose an effect screen appears Create Choose an ef...

Page 189: ...screen The FocusFx softkey display flashes to indicate that there is an effect applied to at least one of the selected lights Sequencing the Lights in an Effect The LP X enables you to automatically...

Page 190: ...0 00 0 to 9 59 9 The default is 0 Example in a sweep fan with a start delay of 10 and an interval of 1 at the beginning of the effect all lights will go to their start points and will hold for 10 sec...

Page 191: ...art one after another at a rate specified by the interval you set 5 When you are done press the Apply softkey Note that sequencing is not active in Record mode so you will not see any change after you...

Page 192: ...you are done To Remove a Light from an Effect There are three different ways to remove a light from an effect Use whichever method is most convenient depending mainly upon where you are at in the pro...

Page 193: ...ld down the Clear key and press the light s ML Select button Save Label Seq Fade 0 00 0 Rate 0 01 0 Start Delay 0 00 0 Color Effect Label Chase Record PG 1 PB 1 Step 1 Overriding Attributes in Effects...

Page 194: ...is part of a color label effect the effect will stop running for that light To Override an Attribute 1 From the ML Programmer screen press the Attrib softkey and then press the softkey for the proper...

Page 195: ...g or editing can take place This mode is useful when you want to prevent yourself or someone else from accidentally changing your show To Lock or Unlock the LP X 1 From the Setup Mode screen use the s...

Page 196: ...xample you may have a group of lights for the drummer a group of lights for the right side of the stage and a group of lights for the left side of the stage Groups always consist of instruments of the...

Page 197: ...up Mode screen press the Group softkey The Group List screen appears Add Group List 2 Empty 1 Empty 3 Empty 4 Empty 5 Empty 6 Empty 2 Using the side wheel select a group and then press the Add softkey...

Page 198: ...xtures using the Fixture button Please see Alternate Method for Selecting Fixtures beginning on page 195 for complete details Note You may mix fixture types in a group but you will not be able to sele...

Page 199: ...uments THRU 3 1 Studio Color 4 1 Technobeam 5 2 Technobeam 6 3 Technobeam 2 1 Studio Spot 2 To select one instrument enter its number on the numeric keypad and then press the Plus key on the keypad Pr...

Page 200: ...m 2 1 Studio Spot 5 To deselect a range of instruments enter the lowest number in the range on the numeric keypad press the Thru key enter the highest number in the range and then press the Minus key...

Page 201: ...Group softkey The Group List screen appears 2 Using the side wheel or Group button plus ML Select button select a group and then press the Delete softkey Delete Group Are you sure you want to delete...

Page 202: ...ck In Fade 0 02 0 Auto Save Interval minutes 5 Timing 2 Use the left wheel to select the Stack In Fade or Stack Out Fade 3 Use the right wheel to increase or decrease the value for your selection To M...

Page 203: ...odify the fade for the selected property use the right wheel 6 To modify the hold time for the look use the side wheel The DMX Menu Use the DMX menu to reserve and un reserve DMX channels These featur...

Page 204: ...4 Use the side wheel to select which reserve item in the list you want to delete 5 Press the Delete softkey The Update Menu You will use the Update menu when Leprecon releases a new version of the LP...

Page 205: ...pdate softkey The Board Updates screen appears 3 Insert a floppy disk with the LP X library update into the floppy disk drive You may have obtained the update on a floppy disk from Leprecon You may ha...

Page 206: ...1 MIDI In 1 Memory Total 14 94 MB Used 142 KB Free 14 81 MB Clock 12 00 2 Use the left wheel to select MIDI In MIDI Out or Clock 3 Use the center wheel to increase or decrease the value for your sele...

Page 207: ...and the device s MIDI In to the same channel 3 Zero out all faders on the LP X and turn off the Stack 4 Put the LP X into Run mode 5 Put the receiving device into Record mode 6 When sending MIDI outp...

Page 208: ...20 Focus Type 16 Bit Manufacturer User Fixture 01 Unknown Use the left wheel to move between the Device Name box and the Manufacturer box 3 The default name for the new device is User Fixture 1 Use t...

Page 209: ...e Add MY DEVICE 8 Press the Add softkey Save Name Create Attribute MY DEVICE Attribute Name Channel Min Value Max Value Default Value 255 1 0 0 Color mix Cyan C Color mix Magen C Color mix Yello C Col...

Page 210: ...el to set the value for each Usually these values will be specified by the manufacturer Typically the minimum value is zero and the maximum value is 255 However some instruments have two attributes on...

Page 211: ...e that range will not be downloaded This can break labels 1 From the Setup Mode screen press the Device softkey The Device List screen appears 2 Use the side wheel or the Plus and Minus buttons to sel...

Page 212: ...procedure given in the section To Create a New Moving Light Device beginning on page 204 6 To delete an attribute from the moving light device select the attribute and press the Delete softkey The LP...

Page 213: ...and under cover when not in use 110 220 Volt Current Underneath the power jack on the LP X you will see a red switch When the switch is set to 115 the LP X will run on 110V current When the switch is...

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Page 215: ...Controller Channel message and the byte 3 value of the message is the new High Order Channel The Controller Channel message sets the value of the referenced Extended Controller Channel Message Type F...

Page 216: ...m the last MIDI output message Its controller function channel is set to MIDI_EXTENDED_CHANNEL 127 The second a Controller Channel message contains the low order controller channel and the current val...

Page 217: ...ADER 3 STACK_FADER 4 PLAYBACK_00 5 PLAYBACK_01 6 PLAYBACK_02 7 PLAYBACK_03 8 PLAYBACK_04 9 PLAYBACK_05 10 PLAYBACK_06 11 FADER_01 13 FADER_02 14 FADER_03 15 FADER_04 16 FADER_05 17 FADER_06 18 FADER_0...

Page 218: ...CT 206 FADER_BUMP_01 130 FADER_BUMP_02 131 FADER_BUMP_03 132 FADER_BUMP_04 133 FADER_BUMP_05 134 FADER_BUMP_06 135 FADER_BUMP_07 136 FADER_BUMP_08 137 Symbolic Name ID FADER_BUMP_09 138 FADER_BUMP_10...

Page 219: ...around the outdoor signs on the theatre itself The rate of a chase refers to the time each scene is active before being replaced with the next scene Color A property of a Moving Light In some fixture...

Page 220: ...rds of gobo and color several popular instruments incorporate another general purpose wheel for effects These can include prisms to split the beam color correction filters and diffusion media or frost...

Page 221: ...determining output when several looks are executed simultaneously In dealing with conventional light looks the highest channel level takes precedence HTP With moving light looks the last look execute...

Page 222: ...of elements that can be introduced into the optic path is limited only by the imagination of instrument designers and the budgets of the users Besides the standards of gobo and color several popular i...

Page 223: ...added motor controls to the optics The results are the ability to control the sharpness or definition of the beam edge focus and the size of the projected beam zoom Controlling the beam size with the...

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Page 225: ...mp Button 71 Stack On Button 34 Tap Button 8 34 144 Thru Button 20 57 Yes Button 7 18 C Chase Converting a Chase back into a Scene List 146 Converting a Scene List into a Chase 143 Dark Moves 149 Defi...

Page 226: ...of Instruments Used in ML Programming 85 H Hold Time 110 162 I In Fade 162 Instrument Library 45 Creating a New Device 204 Intensity Property 82 Invert Pan or Tilt 47 Iris Flick 169 K Keypad 19 Keypa...

Page 227: ...e Hold 71 Patch Erasing 66 67 Playback Automation 113 Clearing a Playback 105 106 Copying a Playback 108 Deleting a Look from a Scene List 118 Erasing 66 67 Looping 116 Moving Looks in a Scene List 11...

Page 228: ...e 208 Editing a Moving Light Instrument 49 Editing a Patch 57 Erasing a Show 68 Erasing Custom Patches 67 Erasing Playbacks 67 Erasing the Stack 66 Instrument Menu 44 Locking and Unlocking the LP X 19...

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