THE LEDS, SLIDERS AND PADS, THEIR FUNCTIONS & USE cont.
THE CHASE CONTROLS
There are 54 chases but only one set of controls - for practical reasons! Each chase has its own combination of
SPEED, SLOPE and the Chase Control pad settings, the controls are automatically engaged to the last chase to
be switched on - provided the WHICH CHASE LED is on. Pressing the WHICH CHASE pad will display "NONE"
if its LED is off, or, for example, "C3-7" (Scene Chase Keyboard 3, Keyboard pad 7) if its LED is on.
SPEED - needless to say, the Speed (and Slope) control has to be
matched to the existing level of the particular
chase before smoothly engaging and allowing you to change its level. The Speed control is calibrated in the
display in Beats Per Minute - from 0.1 (1 step per 10 mins) to 1500 (25 steps per second). Important parts of the
range, around 120 beats per minute for example, are expanded to give you very fine control.
SLOPE - 2 modes:
1. For
Manual Chases, the display shows the crossfade time in seconds. The range is from 360 second at the
bottom to 0.00 seconds (stepping) at the top.
2. For
Auto Chases, the display shows the crossfade percentage, 100% at the bottom - a complete crossfade,
to 0.0% at the top - pure stepping.
CHASE DIRECTION - 4 possibilities:
1. Continuous Forward - display shows "FFFF"
2. Continuous Reverse - display shows "RRRR"
3. Bounce - display shows "RFRF"
4. Alternate Bounce - display shows "RRFF"
Note - Alternate bounce is likely to be replaced by Bass bounce (reversing direction on the bass beat) in future
software revisions.
CHASE STEP SOURCE - 4 possibilities:
1. Manual stepping - from the Manual Step Forward & Reverse pads with Slope.
2.
*Treble Burst - not yet available - works as Auto.
3.
*Bass Burst - not yet available - works as Auto.
4. Auto stepping - uses the Speed and Slope controls.
CHASE TYPE - ONE SHOT / REPEAT
Repeat - the Chase runs continuously.
One Shot - the Chase stops on the last step (forward) or the first step (reverse chases). The final step can be a
visible Scene or blackout if the special blackout scene, on Scene Keyboard 12, pad 18 "12.18", has been used.
*USE SCENE FADE TIMES - not yet available.
FORWARD MANUAL STEP - 2 uses
1. To Forward Step Manual Chases. Display shows " F" while pressed. Any of the 54 chases running, which
are
manual ones, will step forward. The time taken for each chase to step depends on the setting of its
Slope control.
2. While in Program Chase Sequence, the Forward Manual Step pad steps through a chase for editing,
displaying the Scene while pressed, followed by its step number.
REVERSE MANUAL STEP - 2 uses
1. To Reverse Step Manual Chases. Display shows "R " while pressed. Any of the 54 chases running, which
are
manual ones, will step backwards. The time taken for each chase to step depends on the setting of its
slope control.
2. While in Program Chase Sequence, the Reverse Manual Step pad is used to DELETE a step and make the
previous one the last step of the chase. The display shows "dEL" while pressed followed by the
decremented step counter when released.
* This feature will be available in future software upgrades.
Page 5.7 - for Pulsar Masterpiece software version No.1.0, December 1990.