Atom Operator Manual
Quickstart Tutorial
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5.3 Recording A Scene
Scenes are created on the Atom by establishing the lighting look that you require on the OUTPUT and then
recording this look into the memory in a selected page and scene number.
Note; Recording a scene in a different page of memory is not covered in this “QUICKSTART
TUTORIAL”. See the “MEMORY STRUCTURE” and “SCENES” chapters for details.
Rapid Scene Recording
To Record a Scene, first create a look on the output as described earlier, then press;
[RECORD] (SCENE).
You will also notice that the S/A keys below the Red fader bank will flash twice. They indicate possible
scene
numbers
and they flash to prompt you to select a scene number. The display also prompts you.
To complete the recording as scene 1, press;
[S/A] (1) (Red preset).
The display briefly displays “1.01” (the recorded Page/Scene number) confirming the recording.
This is the quickest method of recording a scene. It uses the
default
values
of;
•
Page number
the current page.
•
IN fade time
controlled by the IN time fader.
•
OUT fade time
controlled by the OUT time fader.
Scene Recording With Fade Times
When you record a scene, you may set exclusive IN and OUT fade times for that scene (independent of the
Time faders). Create another “LOOK” using the channel faders.
We will now record it in Page 1, Scene 2 with a
recorded
IN time of 5 second and OUT time of 10 seconds.
Press; [RECORD] (SCENE)
Press; [FUNCTION]
The “IN(S)” LED lights and the display reads “Fad” indicating that the display shows the IN time as
being controlled by the IN Time “Fad”er.
Rotate the EDIT wheel and “Fad” changes to a seconds reading. Use the Edit wheel to set the IN time to 5.0
seconds.
Press; [FUNCTION]
The “OUT(S)” LED lights and the display reads “Fad” indicating that the display shows the OUT time
as being controlled by the OUT Time “Fad”er.
Rotate the EDIT wheel and “Fad” changes to a seconds reading. Use the Edit wheel to set the OUT time to 10
seconds.
To complete the recording, give the scene a number by pressing;
[S/A] (2)
The display briefly displays “1.02”(the recorded Page/Scene number).
Note; When the RECORD key is pressed, all Submasters flash twice, then Submasters already
containing Scenes light up, Submasters containing Chases flash rapidly and empty Submasters are
not lit. This assists you in selecting unused numbers and not recording over used numbers.
5.4 Replaying A Scene
To playback any of the scenes that you have recorded, you must select SCENE mode. This changes the
faders of the Red preset into SUBMASTERS. The function of each Submaster depends upon the contents of
the currently selected page. You determine what each page contains when you
record
(or copy) scenes or
chases into them, hence each Submaster may control a
scene
or a
chase
or it may be
empty
(does nothing).
When you select scene mode or change pages in Scene mode, the scenes (and/or chases) in the selected
page are assigned, in order, to their respective Submasters, 1 to 12 (24).
The output from all of the Submasters is under the control of the Red Preset master.
Fade down all of the faders on the RED preset and both of the Time faders to their lower limit.
To change to SCENE mode, repeatedly press; [MODE] until the SCENE indicator is lit.
Earlier you recorded scenes in Page 1 Scene 1 (1.01) and Page 1 Scene 2 (1.02) . These scenes are now
available on Submasters 1 and 2 respectively because Page 1 is shown as the current page. Fade up the Red
Preset master, then to reveal scene 1.01 on stage, fade up Submaster 1(Red fader 1).
Scene 1.01 uses the IN and OUT time faders as its time sources for fades. Scene 1.02 has recorded fade
times. To crossfade from scene 1.01 to scene 1.02, quickly fade up Submaster 2, whilst at the same time
fading down Submaster 1. Scene 1.02 ignores the Time fader settings and uses its own recorded fade times.
Notice that Submaster S/A keys flash whilst a timed fade is in progress.
The Atom also provides the following facilities when working with scenes;
•
Scenes may be previewed prior to fading them up on stage.