Clarity
Latest Features
Operator Manual
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Latest Features
1.1
OVERVIEW
Both LSC Lighting Systems (Aust) Pty. Ltd. and OpenClear Pty. Ltd. have a corporate policy of
continuous improvement covering areas such as product design and documentation. To achieve
this goal, we undertake to release software updates for all products on a regular basis. The latest
features to be added to this version of Clarity are listed below.
1.2
VERSION 2
Clarity Version 2 contains the following new or enhanced features.
1.2.1
Rig Mode
Rig mode is a fixture selection tool and two dimensional visualiser. It shows a geographical view
of the patched fixtures (and groups) which you can arrange so that they are positioned as they
actually are in your rig. This allows you to rapidly find and select fixtures for programming by
clicking on them or touching them. A background image of your stage or venue can be added to
aid selection and multiple views can be created. The intensity, colour and position of the fixtures
are also displayed. See section 12 for more details.
1.2.2
OSC
OSC stands for “Open Sound Control” and was developed as a protocol to replace MIDI. It has
evolved to the point where it is used for many types of devices other than audio devices or
synthesizers and Clarity now has both OSC client and OSC server functionality. This allows
Clarity to control OSC devices and also to be controlled by OSC devices. See section 31 for
more details.
1.2.3
Page Bookmarks
Page bookmarks allow instant recall of pages on all connected control surfaces (LX console or
VX wings). See sections 8.7.10 for details.
1.2.4
User Definable Keyboard Shortcuts
You can now define your own keyboard shortcuts for a wide variety of Clarity functions. See
section 10.10 for details.
1.2.5
Date/Time Scheduler.
You can define various playback actions to occur at specific dates or times, with optional
repeats for “n” repeats or forever. This function is intended for scenarios where Clarity operates
unattended. See section 0 for details.
1.2.6
Audio Control Device
You can now add virtual fixtures that can be assigned to specific audio slots to control
individual playback volume or start/pause/stop playback of specific audio slots. See section
24.7.1 for details.
1.2.7
Intensity Levels windows
The Intensity Levels view complements the normal “Levels” views by providing intensity
specific information with optional auto-compression (hiding levels that are at zero). This makes
it much easier to see all of the channels in use when there a large quantity of fixtures. The
window provides two default views:
Console Output which (by default) shows the source of each fixtures level.
Cue-list contents which (by default) follows the current cue-list.
You can add more custom views and undock individual views to locate them on external
monitors etc. See section 28 for details.
1.2.8
Touch Screen Input Support
Several GUI sections have been redesigned to be more suitable to touch input, such as the
record dialog, control booth cue-list settings pane, sort controls etc.
