Clarity
Intensities
Operator Manual
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be required when the same cue is used again at a later time or on another day. The playback’s
master still fades the cue up and down and if the cue-list is advanced to the next cue the edit
session automatically keeps track. If the edit is to be kept, the changes are saved back to the
original cue. If the edits are not to be kept the edit session is closed and the changes are
discarded.
15.2.1
Settings for Channel Controller Mode
Channel controller mode of operation is achieved by the selection of certain user preferences
and by the method in which Clarity is operated.
On the main menu click
Show
,
Preferences
and set the following User Preferences:
Start cue-list edit blind
. Not ticked.
Now when you edit a cue-list, the edit session will be live <on stage>.
Connect fader for cue-list edit
.
Ticked.
If a cue-list on a playback is edited, the playbacks intensity fader controls the output level of its
edit session.
Programmer follow selected playback
.
Ticked.
If multiple edit sessions are open, the current session being edited will follow the selected
playback.
Show unit number instead of fixture name
.
Ticked.
This preference is not essential for Channel Control mode but it aids its operation because it
shows the “unit number” of the selected fixtures name in the programmer attributes tab. The
unit number is used when selecting fixtures using “command line” programming. Command line
programming can speed up fixture selection.
See section 22 for details
.
15.2.2
Operating in Channel Controller Mode
When playing your show you can basically forget about the programmer. If you playback cues
and you want to make changes, you edit the cue by pressing
Edit
and then any flashing button
of the playback to be edited. The edit session opens in live mode. Select channels (use number
keypad entry for speed) and change levels using the intensity wheel. “Intensities” mode gives
you an instant picture of the output intensity levels. The cue can still be faded up or down with
the playback’s master. Multiple cue-lists can be edited at the same time and the edit sessions
will follow the selected playback and the active cue on that playback.
To keep the changes click
Save
(updates to the current playback) or to revert to the original
cue values on the playback
click
Close
/
Discard
.
Hint: If you record several cue-lists that only contain one cue each and load them onto
playbacks, set the “Go on fader up” option for each cue-list. Now each playback will always be
active when it is faded up.
