Atom Operator Manual
Modes of Operation
LSC Lighting Systems (Aust) Pty. Ltd.
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4.0 MODES OF OPERATION
4.1 Overview
The Atom has two banks of faders known as presets.
•
The Yellow preset controls the levels of channels 1 to 12 (24).
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The Red preset has different functions depending upon the current “MODE” of the Atom as selected by the
MODE key. These modes are;
•
PRESET mode. The Red preset controls the levels of channels 1 to 12 (24). (A duplicate of the Yellow
preset).
•
WIDE Preset mode. The Red preset controls the levels of channels 13 (25) to 24 (48). (The high
channels).
•
SCENE mode. The Red preset faders become SUBMASTERS and control the levels of Scenes or
Chases.
You may freely change modes at any time during your operation of the Atom and the current mode is
always
shown
by the red “LED” MODE indicators beside the MODE key.
Each mode has its particular advantage for different types of operations.
4.2 Preset Mode
Two identical presets (Yellow and Red) provide duplicate faders for the low channels, 1 to 12 (24)
.
The output
of each preset is controlled by its own Preset master.
RED
GRAB
ADD/KILL
YELLOW PRESET
RED PRESET
PRESET
MASTERS
YELLOW
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
CHANNELS 1-12
CHANNELS 1-12
OUTPUT
Simplified block diagram of a 12/24 Atom in PRESET mode.
You create a lighting look by fading up your required channels on one of the colour coded presets and fading
up the same colour preset master. By keeping the other preset master faded down, another look can be
preset on the duplicate set of channel faders without the channels being revealed on stage. At the appropriate
time, the new look is revealed by fading up its Preset master whilst the first look is faded down with its Preset
master. The
next
look may now be prepared on the preset that has just been faded down.
The fade times of the preset masters are set by the IN and OUT time faders.
ADVANTAGE
This simple mode of operating is most useful in unrehearsed situations where the next “look” needs to be
created “on the fly”. The channel faders provide instant “hands on” control of any channel level.
DISADVANTAGE
Only the low channels can be controlled and any look that needs to be used at a later time must be manually
reproduced with the channel faders (unless you record the look that you create as a scene). (See “Scene
Mode” below).