Zero 88 FLX Series, Manual

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Snapshot
Snapshot will store a value for every single parameter of every single fixture in the cue, ensuring that the lighting state
you see is exactly what is recorded.
It is especially useful if you are recording cues with tracking behaviour, as it can be used to record cues that you know
you never want values to track into. Once a cue is recorded with snapshot, it can sometimes be referred to as a "Block
Cue" or "Blocked Cue", as it blocks values from tracking into the cue.
Rather than choosing Snapshot from the Record Options window to enable it (indicated with a red stripe on the
Snapshot button), the shortcut to record a Snapshot cue is to hold Shift and tap Record . On FLX this will bring
"Record All" into the command line, and Snapshot will be preselected in the Record Options window.
SmartTag
Ultimately, when SmartTag is enabled, the console decides what gets recorded. With SmartTag disabled, it is down to
you.
SmartTag ensures the lighting state you see on stage, is exactly what is recorded. This means that the console will
include parameters that you have adjusted manually, or "tagged", but will also include any other values required to
achieve your current lighting state. SmartTag will therefore see if you have any other playbacks active, and will also
record these parameters into the cue too. With SmartTag disabled, only the parameters you manually controlled, and
"tagged", would get recorded.
It does not store every parameter into every cue, and therefore SmartTag and Snapshot are different functions that
cannot be enabled together. The reason SmartTag doesn't simply record every parameter into every cue, is for three
key reasons. The main one being, that it makes mixing playbacks much harder, if all playbacks are fighting over all
parameters. SmartTag also helps you use two other functions on the console, which are the other two reasons
SmartTag doesn't simply include all parameters into all cues.
These functions are Tracking and Move On Dark, which are explained in other sections.
This is because with SmartTag enabled, indicated with a red stripe on the SmartTag button, the console will only
include values that are different to the previous cue - the logic is there is no point telling a fixture to do something it is
doing already! It therefore doesn't store "block" values, and so allows you to use tracking to easily update multiple
cues at once.
When SmartTag is enabled, it also will not store parameters of a fixture, if its intensity is at 0%. All it will do, is store
the intensity value at 0, and leave the remaining parameters untouched. This allows Move On Dark to be able to
prepare that fixture for when it is next used.
When SmartTag is disabled, indicated with a blue stripe on the SmartTag button, you decide what gets stored into
cues and palettes, by tagging required fixtures, attributes and parameters.
Click here to find out about tagging
parameters in the Tagging section . This means that when SmartTag is disabled, you then have access to the filtering
options, found under the "Tracking Options" in the Record Options window.
Tracking
In the Record Options window, are four "Tracking Options". These are
"Track Forwards, "Track Backwards", "Track Both" and "Cue Only".
Cue Only is selected by default, meaning the console is not recording
your cues with tracking methodology.
See the quick video below, for an overview of what "Tracking" means...
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