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22 Appendix B –
Glossary of Terms
NAME
MEANING
DESCRIPTION
BEAM
Beam parameter
Changes the beam shape (gobo, frost, zoom etc) in a moving
light fixture.
CHASE
Chase
A sequence of steps containing different levels for intensity,
colour, beam, etc, plus speed, direction, fade in/out and rate.
COLOUR
Colour parameter
Changes the colour in a moving light fixture or scroller.
DBO
Dead Black Out
Button used to turn off all intensity channels.
FILE
File
A user-defined group of memories, chases and stacks.
FIXTURE
Lighting fixture
General term for moving yoke and moving mirror intelligent
lights.
FREEZE
Page Freeze
Page freeze holds memories and chases that have their fader
above zero when new pages or files are loaded.
HTP
Highest Takes Precedence
A lighting channel parameter typically used to describe
intensity (eg. dimmer channels).
LIBRARY
Library list
A list of fixtures from different manufacturers, each with
their associated channel parameters, in a text file on floppy
disk. Required to enable patching of fixtures.
LTP
Last Takes Precedence
A lighting channel parameter typically used to describe
colour, beam, or position.
MASK
Masking
Masking allows only desired parameters to be re-played.
MEMORY
Memory
Settings for Intensity, Colour Beam etc that can be recalled
on demand. Can be labelled for easy reference.
MODE
Desk Operating Mode
The Event 4 can operate in two modes:
Record – All desk functions are available.
Play – Limited desk functions are available
PAGE
Page
A factory-defined group of memories and chases.
PALETTE
Parameter Palette
A group of different settings of the same parameter, eg. each
button within a palette might store a different colour,
different beam, different position, different fixture, etc.
PATCH
Patch channels
Assign faders, fixture & scroller to DMX channels.
POSITION
Position/focus parameter
Changes the lamp’s position (focus) on a moving light
fixture. Pan (horiz.) and Tilt (vert.).
PREHEAT
Lamp filament preheat
Some lamp filaments may need to be preheated (typically 2-
3%) to avoid nuisance tripping of dimmer breakers when
flashing channels to full.
SCROLLER
Colour scroller
A lamp with a motorised colour gel attached to the front.
STACK
Stack
A sequence of memories and chases that can be automated
to crossfade from one memory or chase to the next.
WIDE
Wide mode
Expands the number of available desk channels:
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