SoundCraft Vi1, User Manual

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Soundcraft Vi1™ User Guide Issue 0810 Page 15 - 15
The Crossfade time can be disabled without affecting the time by using the On/Off switch. An icon is
shown in the Cue List next to the desk snapshot icon if a Crossfade time has been enabled for that Cue.
Using Crossfade and Cue Chaining to create ‘pseudo-dynamic Cues’
Using the Cue Chain facility in conjunction with the Crossfade function allows an approximation to
‘dynamic’ cue fader automation to be achieved. Using the Snapshot Scope facility to control what is
recalled on each Cue can also be used to achieve different Crossfade times on different channels, if that
is required.
To do this, try to break up the overall fader move required into several sections, and make Cues
corresponding to the start and end points each section. Then chain the Cues together using the ‘Go To Cue’
parameter in the Cue List. (To find these parameters, open the Cue List page and touch the left-hand side
of the currently selected Cue bar in the list)
SWITCHES
Fade time is global for all channels, and this control determines whether switched parameters change at
beginning, middle or end of the fade.
Snapshot Preview Mode
Snapshot Preview mode allows snapshots to be recalled to the console surface without affecting the audio
running in the DSP core, and so provides as useful way to check what is about to be recalled in a Cue,
during a show.
When the desk is in Preview mode, the Control Surface is effectively taken off-line from the DSP core, so
that existing Cues can be recalled or edited, or new ones created, and there will be no effect on the audio,
which will continue running with the settings that were active at the moment Preview mode was switched
on.
When Preview mode is switched OFF again, the surface will automatically jump back to match the state
that it was in at the moment Preview mode was switched ON – meaning that it will once again be in sync
with the audio.
When the desk is in Preview mode, no control of audio is possible, so the Preview button itself flashes, and
a yellow/black striped strip is displayed across the bottom of all Input bay touch screens as a warning.
If you have made changes to the desk parameters whilst in Preview mode, and you want to keep these,
you must either update an existing snapshot, or create a new one, otherwise the changes will be lost when
you exit Preview mode.
You can also use Preview mode to ‘lock’ the audio before you change to a new Show file – the audio
settings will remain as per the old show, and when you switch off the Preview mode the new Show settings
will be applied to the audio.