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KARRERA — User Manual 235
E-MEM & Timeline Operation
Reusing Effects
E-MEM effects can be built and saved for use later. It is important to realize
that the Karrera system operating environment affects how an effect will
load and run. Just recalling a particular effect without considering the envi-
ronment within which it runs does not guarantee that effect will look the
same as when built. When the Karrera system environment for an effect is
compatible, however, the look of the effect should be exactly the same
every time.
One of the most important aspects of the Karrera environment to consider
when reusing effects is Suite Preferences. In particular, the Source Patching
and E-MEM Prefs must be compatible. Other Suite Prefs control the
behavior of the switcher, but do not affect E-MEM compatibility.
Source patching is the mechanism to sort out facility specific differences in
sources. Loading a Suite Pref file with preexisting Source Patch settings will
not necessarily allow an effect to run as designed. The sources must be
patched to compensate for different physical source definitions in each
facility. For example, the replay VTR may be engineering source 12 in one
truck and engineering source 27 in another. If the effect was built to expect
the replay VTR on Logical source 12, then logical source 12 must be patched
to source 27 in the other truck. Once all the re-patching is completed, effects
saved from the first truck will call up the correct sources.
E-MEM Prefs control which E-MEM levels will control specific components
of the switcher. For example, if Image Store Channel 2 is assigned to the IS
A group in one facility and to Misc 7 in another, the effect may not include
Channel 2 if Misc 7 is not included in the original effect. Mapping ME par-
tition boundary and secondary partitions is also critical to effect recall and
run since it determines which ME E-MEM panel (or Master E-MEM enable
group) controls ME partitioning.
The simplest way to guarantee Suite Pref settings are compatible is to save
them when the effects are built, and reload them when you want to run
those effects at a later time, making only the necessary modifications (like
those for Source Patching described above). One common method is to save
all the effects along with the Suite Pref and User Pref files for a particular
show together on a USB Memory Stick, and then reload them all the next
time you work on that show. Note that User Prefs settings will not change
how an effect runs, but will reproduce the control surface as it was when
the effect was built so, for example, all the source buttons are arranged
exactly where you want them.