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Used to enter
Fan Mode
. Fan mode enables adjustments to a number of selected heads to be applied in a non-linear fashion.
Pressing and holding Fan enables Fan mode to be entered temporarily. Make your changes and then release the Fan button.
Highlight
Used to enter
Highlight Mode
. Highlight mode enables adjustments to individual heads from the currently selected heads. The
individual head is highlighted whilst the others are made less bright.
Single
Used to enter
Single Mode
. Single mode enables adjustments to individual heads from the currently selected heads. Similar to
Highlight Mode
but the head under adjustment is not highlighted.
All
Used to return control to all selected heads. Pressing ALL in
Single Mode
,
Highlight Mode
or
Odd/Even Mode
exits the mode.
See
All
.
Odd / Even
Used to enter
Odd/Even Mode
. Odd/Even mode gives control to the odd or even heads from the currently selected heads.
Mirror
Mirror reverses the pan information of the head.
The MQ1000 includes a dedicated Mirror button. On Compact consoles (MQ40, MQ60, MQ70) press ALT + FAN.
See
Flip/Mirror
Pair
The MQ1000 includes a dedicated Pair button. On Compact consoles (MQ40, MQ60, MQ70) press ALT + SINGLE.
See
Pair
Select
Used to select a playback as the
current playback
. Provides a means of selecting playbacks when slaving other consoles to the
MagicQ where the other console does not have separate flash and select buttons.
Also used to select playbacks that have been activated through the Playbacks Window as the current playback.
Release
The Release button is used to Release a playback – i.e. to make it inactive. By default Cue Stacks are configured so that they
release automatically when the fader is brought back to zero. However Cue Stacks can be configured to require a manual release.
See
activating and releasing playbacks
.
Blind
Used to enter
Blind Mode
. Blind mode stops the contents of the programmer from affecting the output channels of the console.
Clear
Used to clear the
programmer
.
Shift and Clear clears only the selected heads.
Ctrl and Clear clears all heads setting the values to 0.
Backspace
Used to remove the last character from the input.
If there is no input then it cancels any outstanding actions such as recording, naming. removing, moving or copying.
CTRL and backspace removes all input from the command line.
Set
An
action
button for setting show data.