
60
frame or two, until you get the timing perfect. It’s a good idea to turn Learn TC off when
you’re ready to run your show automatically from timecode.
Start
- Press this button to start the timecode running from the current time shown
above. There is a Action (Cue Action or Schedule Action) that can do this function too so
you can automate it with PLAY SCHEDULE or from another cue. This option is not
shown when the Source is External.
Pause
- Press this button to pause the selected internal timecode clock. Note, if other
Playlists use this Internal Source, they too will be paused. There is a Action (Cue Action
or Schedule Action) that can pause an internal clock so you can automate it with PLAY
SCHEDULE or from another cue. This option is not shown when the Source is External.
Reset
- Press this button to reset the selected internal timecode clock to the time
specified to the right (in the button with the favorite’s star). You do not need to Pause a
running clock to reset it. Note, if other Playlists use this Internal Source, they too will
note the new time. There is a Action (Cue Action or Schedule Action) that can reset the
clock to a specific time so you can automate it with PLAY SCHEDULE or from another
cue. This option is not shown when the Source is External.
HH:MM:SS.FF
- This button allows you to specify what time the clock resets to when
you press the Reset button. This option is not shown when the Source is External.
Note that the Timecode tool is disabled when IS CHASE is set in OPTIONS.
When a Playback is running a Playlist that is using Timecode, the status bar will indicate
such by displaying the Timecode icon:
Chases
Rather than tying a series of cues together with follows and links, select Options then
press the IS CHASE property. When a Playlist is a chase all the Cue times are hidden
(and ignored) because each cue becomes a step and steps advance in beat time
measured in BPM. Also note in the Play toolbar (the green bar above the
Select/Control/Record/Play Task Bar) that Timecode becomes inactive and the RATE
and CHASE tools become active:
The left hand side of the Play toolbar will no longer have the Go icon but rather show
what type of chase it is (Forward, Reverse, Bounce or Random).