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Please Note:
The fixture faders on the main desk fixture panel cannot be deleted; only assignments to those
faders can be deleted. If a fixture fader is ‘empty’ the fader knob on the main desk fixture panel will
be shown in plain black.
Multiple, consecutive fader assignments such as faders 4 through 10 can be deleted by pressing
[Delete] [4] [/] [10] [Enter] and confirming on the dialogue box. Where a number of fixtures are
assigned to a fixture fader, fixtures can be removed by selecting the appropriate fader row,
highlighting the appropriate fixture and pressing
[Delete] [Enter]
, the highlighted fixture will then
be deleted from the currently highlighted fixture fader.
The Load Patch and Save Patch Functions
The patching of a desk can be loaded and saved (independently of
Load Desk
and
Save Desk
)
using
Load Patch
and
Save Patch
from the patch screen’s
File
menu. The
Load Desk
function
will however overwrite any patch settings as
Load Desk
loads ALL the desk AND patch settings.
Load Patch
and
Save Patch
are very useful though for loading in the known settings for a venue
prior to creating a new desk.
Making Fixtures
If you are using fixtures that are not included in the ShowMagic fixture
Library
, you can create a
new fixture for a fixture fader and save it to disk so that you can still take advantage of
ShowMagic’s function icon display and control features. To create a new fixture do the following:
1) Highlight an ‘empty’ fixture fader row that you want to assign your new fixture to and click
on the
Make
button to activate it. The top right fixture list is then temporarily changed into a
Function List
and a comprehensive list of functions is displayed.
2) Use the scroll bar to scroll through this
Function List
and select the first function (
Dimmer
,
Color Wheel
, etc.) for your new fixture by dragging the function from the
Function List
display down onto the Function display below it. The dragged function will then be copied
onto the first channel of the fixture. Dropping it anywhere else will simply cancel the
operation.
3) Select and drag down the second function for that fixture. This will then be copied onto the
fixture’s second channel. Repeat the above for the rest of the functions for that fixture. If
you have copied a function to the wrong channel offset then drop the correct function onto
the channel and overwrite the old one.
4) When all of the functions have been copied to the new fixture (maximum of 48), left/right-
click on the description to the right of the
Make
button (whilst holding down
[Ctrl]
) to select
a fixture description. The icon for that type of fixture will then be shown on that fixture
faders’ slider on the fixture panel. Click the
Make
button again to de-activate it. The normal
Fixture
list will then be displayed.
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