Chases
maXim
S & M
Operator Manual V3
Page 22
LSC Lighting Systems (Aust) Pty. Ltd
To enter or change a name,
HOLD
[
function
], tap
[
f/a
] (name) (a yellow bank
f/a
button). The
display says “
Pick Object to Name
”. Press
[
page
] (optional) [
f/a
] (memory number). Either
rotate the
EDIT wheel
or press the yellow bank
[
f/a
] buttons for the desired characters or the red
bank [
f/a
] buttons for numbers 1 to10 (0) as
labelled below the buttons. Where several
characters are printed below each button, multiple
presses select the next character in a similar
fashion to a mobile telephone keypad.
Press
[<]
or
[>]
to move the cursor and press
[
remove
] or [
add
] to remove or add characters or
spaces. When finished, press [
ok
].
10.4 CHASE
PLAYBACK
Chases may me replayed on the:
•
Red Bank (in Playback mode).
•
Grab
master.
•
As a step in a stack.
10.4.1 PLAYBACK Mode AND PAGES
When you set the red bank
mode
to “p'back”, the
chases (and scenes) in the current page are
copied, in order, to their respective red playbacks.
If you change pages, the chases (and scenes) in
the selected page are copied, in order, to their
respective red playbacks.
Note; Mode/Page freeze rules apply. See the
“MEMORY STRUCTURE” section for more
details.
10.4.2 CHASE
INTENSITY
The OVERALL level of a chase is controlled by
the Playback containing the chase.
The chase can be faded in or out as required (its
fade times are controlled manually) or the chase
may be “Flashed” (soloed or bumped) via its [
f/a
]
button.
If the chase is faded down to zero, the chase
automatically stops.
10.4.3 CONTROLLING
A
CHASE
“
Select
” allows you to change the speed,
crossfade, mode and direction of the
copy
of the
chase in the selected PLAYBACK without
affecting the original chase
memory
. To make
permanent changes to a chase see “Editing a
Chase” below.
Press [
select
], [
f/a
] (chase to control), [
function
].
•
To control the
SPEED
, rotate the
EDIT wheel
.
The display shows the speed in Beat Per
Minute.
•
To
change
the
CROSSFADE
between steps,
press [
function
] until both “
in
” & “
out
” LEDs
light, then rotate the
EDIT wheel
. The display
indicates the percentage of time between
steps to be used for the crossfade. See
CROSSFADE for more details
•
To change the
MODE
or
DIRECTION
use the
3 buttons below the
EDIT wheel
as follows;
BUTTON
ACTION
[
step/stop
]
STOPS
a running chase or
STEPS
a stopped case
[
>
]
(Forward)
RUNS
A CHASE
FORWARD
[
<
] (Reverse)
RUNS
A CHASE
REVERSE
Hold
[
>
]
Tap
[
<
]
Selects
BOUNCE
mode
[
>
]
or
[
<
]
De-selects
BOUNCE mode
Hold
[
step/stop
]
Tap
[
>
]
Selects
SINGLE SHOT
mode
[
>
]
or
[
<
]
RUNS
A
SINGLE SHOT
Hold
[
step/stop
]
Tap
[>]
De-selects single shot mode
When finished controlling press [
select
].
The changes that you have made are retained in
the Playback until such time as the chase is
replaced on that Playback (by changing pages or
mode).
To restore the original memory to the playback
press [
copy
], [
f/a
] to the same [
f/a
].
10.4.4 STEPPING A CHASE
A chase may be manually stepped at any time by
pressing its [
f/a
] button. If the chase is already
running, this will immediately step it to the next
step.
To manually step a chase, stop the chase
(above), then step it by pressing its [
f/a
] button.
10.4.5 RUNNING A SINGLE SHOT
If a chase has been set to “single shot” mode
(above), pressing its [
f/a
] button will run a single
shot.
10.4.6 GLOBAL SPEED CONTROL
Global speed control allows you to speed up or
slow down all chases that are running on the
output of the
maXim
whilst still retaining any
different relationships in speed that might exist
between each other.
To activate “Global Speed Control”
HOLD
[
select
]
for
1 second
then release.
Rotate the
EDIT wheel
to speed up or slow down
all running chases.
The speed can be increased by up to 1999% of its
original value. The maximum speed is limited to
999 BPM.
The speed can be decreased to 0% of its original
speed.
For example:
•
r1.01 has a recorded speed or 120BPM
and its fader is at 100%.
•
r1.02 has a recorded speed or 200BPM
and its fader is at 0%.
•
r1.03 has a recorded speed or 60BPM
and its fader is at 10%.
Hold down [
select
] for 1 second to activate
“Global Speed Control”. This will assign r1.01 and
r1.03 to Global Speed Control.
Now fade up chase r1.02. As it was not active
when global speed was selected, it will not be
affected when the global speed is varied.
