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other Playback. Both effects are now running
independently.

Note.

By pressing and holding a Playback Transfer the playback
Display displays “L” , this means live. Any changes to the
modifiers, Pattern Number etc are directly transferred to the
playback and thus the outputs. Pressing the Transfer again
removes the “L”.

Previewing and Outputting an Audio Effect

1

Turn the Mode switch to Run. and press Flash
Function to select Preview.

2

Ensure a suitable audio feed is connected and
on.

3

Select the Audio Effect using the Sequence
+/- buttons and the drive by pressing the Drive
button.

4

Press the Preview button once to observe the
outputs on the Preview lights.

5

Fade the Effects Master up to output the
effect.

Adjusting the Speed control will vary the slope of
attack on the Audio Effect.

Using a Memory to program a step in a
Sequence

1

Turn the Mode switch to Run, set all faders to
0, set the Grand Master to full.

2

Press the Flash Function to select Preview.

3

Using the Memory Page +/- buttons, select
the Page required and press the Preview
button of the memory on that page to preview
it if required. Set Master B to the level
required and the Memory Master to the level
required.

4

Press the Effects Flash/Preview button.

5

Press the Effects Se/- buttons to
select the sequence required and the Go
button to select the step to be programmed.

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6

Turn the Mode switch to Program, press
Effects Flash/Preview once to select the
Effects section and observe the Program light
flashing.

7

Press Program to transfer the memory that
was set up on the Output lights into the step
selected within the effects sequence.

8

Repeat for transferring further scenes.

Running a Pattern with Beat drive.

The drive option Beat, allows the operator to
directly input the speed that a pattern is running
at with out using the speed pot. Patterns 1 to 9
only.
1

Set the Mode switch to Run.

2

Select the required pattern, using the + / -
buttons.

3

Press the Drive button until the Beat light
comes on.

4

The Rhythn light will also come on.

5

Select Flash Function preview. Press Effects
Preview.

6

Press the Go button, wait 1 second, press the
Go button again. The Pattern will now run
with 1 second steps on the preview lights.
Press the Go button again twice with a 2
second gap.  The pattern is now running with
a 2 second gap.

7

Press Transfer and fade up the Effects Master
to see the chase on the outputs.

If used live this option is an easy way to make a
chase synconise with a music track, e.g. a regular
drum beat.

NOTES

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The letters ‘ER’ or ‘NF’ are displayed

When Delete Step is pressed and the step number is ‘—’, the
letters ‘ER’ (error) are displayed; if ‘NF’ is shown (No Frames),
there are no sequence steps available as the memory is full.

*

Effects Speed, Drive and Attack

While an effect is running and the Playback Display shows L
the Pattern Display, Speed, Drive and Attack may be
modified ‘live’ as required. Only One Effect Playback can be
Live at a time.

Once either Transfer Button is pressed, ‘live’ control is lost.

These controls are then used to set up the next effect.

*

Copying Memories to Sequence Steps

They may be copied from a memory or combination of
memories by setting the memory Master(s) to the required
level(s) and recording the resultant scene onto the step.

HINTS

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Using a sequential effect as a set of 99 theatre
style memories.

Run mode. The Pattern may be simply used as a set of
theatre memories by setting the Speed knob to manual (OFF)
and the Fade Time knob to the required crossfade time
between memories. Press and hold the Transfer button for
either of the Effects Masters. Set the Attack to the lower

setting,

. Pressing the Go button will now crossfade between steps

within a sequence memory at the fade time set by the Fade Time
control. Complex memories may be easily set up using the standard
Memory Masters and then simply transferred to the Effect memories.

*

Midi foot switch.

The Go button may be remoted via midi. It will only accept a
step rate of 1 per second. See page 22.

*

Transferring sequence steps to a Memory Master

Scenes may be transferred from an effects step to a Memory
Master by setting the Effects Speed switch to manual,
selecting the appropriate step, setting the Effects Master to full
and Masters A and B to 0. The scene is displayed on the
Output lights and may be recorded onto a Memory Master in
the normal way.

Effects Operation

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Содержание Lightmaster XLS

Страница 1: ...Lightmaster XLS Manual...

Страница 2: ...any other purpose It should be used by or under the supervision of an appropriately qualified or trained person only E OE Zero 88 Lighting Ltd 1998 Zero 88 Lighting Ltd Usk House Llantarnum Park Cwmbr...

Страница 3: ...g an entire Sequence 13 Audio Effects Programming Programming the Audio Effect 14 Editing a Step in an Audio Effect 14 Clearing an Audio Memory 14 Effects Operation Effect Operating Controls 15 Previe...

Страница 4: ...e 27 MIDI Setup Out Mode 27 Notes MIDI Setup In Slave 27 Auxillary Memory 28 Note Numbers to Preset C fader chart 28 Advanced MIDI Programming Advanced MIDI In MIDI setup In Mode 29 Memories from a ke...

Страница 5: ...tput channels in a variety of ways The Master controls provide overall control of the entire desk The Presets offer manual control of individual channels The Memory section allows storage and retrieva...

Страница 6: ...Memory Masters NOTES Flash Functions Off Flash Buttons do not function Flash Pressing a Flash Button will cause the channel memory or effect to be mixed in to the current outputs Solo Pressing a flash...

Страница 7: ...are flashed If Flash Function is set to flash OUTPUT LIGHTS Brightness indicates current channel output FADE TIME Sets the time for a scene to fade in or out when changed by Master A or B NOTES Maste...

Страница 8: ...r Soloing to a Channel 1 Change the Flash Function to Solo 2 Press one or more individual channel Flash buttons This time the channels selected have come on to the level set by the Grand Master with a...

Страница 9: ...ry Page to be programmed PROGRAM Records levels currently output to memory PRESET A Sets individual channel levels for programming FLASH PREVIEW BUTTONS Select one of the 24 memories on each Page to b...

Страница 10: ...dimmers move the Master A to full 4 To edit any channels adjust the appropriate Preset A channel fader until the associated channel Preview light is on continuously Be careful When the Preset A fader...

Страница 11: ...called Page Overlay The operation of this feature is shown by the slow flashing of the appropriate Preview light This indicates that the scene being output is not the scene associated with the curren...

Страница 12: ...Page Overlay 1 Set memory Page to 1 and program Memory Master 1 with a scene 2 Set memory Page to 2 and program Memory Masters 1 and 2 with different scenes 3 Set the Mode to Run and Memory Page to 1...

Страница 13: ...l of each audio memory in the set is modulated according to the sound level in four harmonic bands Bass Low Mid High Mid Treble For Ripple sound as the sound level increases the level of audio memory...

Страница 14: ...ffect Playback 1 becomes Live See NOTE P13 4 4 Fade the required individual Preset A fader s up until the associated preview light on each channel has stopped flashing then under live control set the...

Страница 15: ...Pattern Display fade Master A to Full 2 Press the Effects Preview button to observe the output of the A1 audio memory on the preview display 3 Press the Add Step or Go button to select the audio memo...

Страница 16: ...lay If say 2 5 and 7 are programmed 2 will be displayed and only 2 5 7 or A may be selected Pressing and together takes you to Pattern 1 in Run Mode to the first pattern that has been programmed Audio...

Страница 17: ...o button wait 1 second press the Go button again The Pattern will now run with 1 second steps on the preview lights Press the Go button again twice with a 2 second gap The pattern is now running with...

Страница 18: ...o 180 seconds PREVIEW Selects the Auxiliary Colour Control section for Previewing or Programming PRESET A Is used in Program Mode to program Auxiliary memories Notes Auxiliary outputs The output from...

Страница 19: ...Lightmaster XLS Makes this very simple 1 All faders down Grandmaster and Master B up to full Program Mode 2 Select Memory page CH If any other page is selected previously programmed scenes can be acce...

Страница 20: ...Set the Dimmer Memory Masters as required 4 Set the Flash Function to Preview 5 Press the Auxiliary Control Preview The red Auxiliary Preview lights come on for those channels recorded above 5 6 Pres...

Страница 21: ...eft in the desk when the desk is switched off as there is a risk that the battery in the card will run down more quickly The same card is used for the Sirius 24 Sirius 48 and Lightmaster XL but the in...

Страница 22: ...nnels 1 to 24 and Auxillary channels are patched 25 to 48 The Default for Patch two is dimmmer ch 1 Aux ch 1 dimmer ch 2 Aux ch 2 etc These defaults are reloaded by the Super User Reset operation DMX...

Страница 23: ...of seconds The Memory Page display du will flash slowly as transfer takes place All existing memories and set up information in the secondary desk are completely overwritten Pressing the GO button a...

Страница 24: ...ry Masters The XL is limited to its original Specification E G 1 Effects Master and no Auxiliary control Number of Linked Desks The number of desks that may be linked is not defined The exact number w...

Страница 25: ...nts have voices such as Piano Harpsichord and so on Changing these clearly changes the type of sound that is played When a voice is changed a signal called a Program Change is sent on the Transmit cha...

Страница 26: ...its Memory Number How this is done depends on which Mode the desk is in at the time MIDI in different XLS modes The Lightmaster XLS responds to MIDI data in different ways in different ways depending...

Страница 27: ...t so that the first note on your key board drives the first XLS output channel With Shift and Colour Note Number set to and note number set to any thing but the C Preset Page 0 will be controlled by t...

Страница 28: ...xt white note up or the previous white note The step number display shows up or dn for the three different settings Default is Brilliance Sets a padding value used for non velocity sensing keyboards t...

Страница 29: ...16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 note number of first key Note number e g 36 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 e g 60 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76...

Страница 30: ...Auxillary memory It is possible to drive more than one XLS at a time either on the same MIDI channel or on a different MIDI channel What to send to an XLS Up to 24 Memory Numbers can be output from t...

Страница 31: ...Press Go until it shows 1 Alternatively press Add Step and Delete Step together Program Change Notes Not all keyboards send the same Program Change numbers as they appear on the Keyboard voice list ch...

Страница 32: ...48 49 to 72 73 to 96 97 to 120 121 to 144 Bank Select 1 1 2 to 23 24 49 50 to 71 72 73 to 96 97 to 120 121 to 144 145 to 168 Bank Select 2 1 2 to 23 24 73 74 to 95 96 97 to 120 121 to 144 145 to 168...

Страница 33: ...mode The receiver may either operate in Mode 1 All channels of Midi data accepted This is set following a Super User Reset Mode 3 Only a single channel of Midi data accepted Transmitted Note On Note O...

Страница 34: ...s to proceed despite the fault and those that prevent the desk working completely Faults that allow desk operations to continue Display Page Step No Chaser frame memory recovery failed Faulty Eprom An...

Страница 35: ...ber indicates that a Midi Program Change has been received System Exclusive Status message shown in the Page Display Either a System Exclusive Command has been received and not accepted Or an attempt...

Страница 36: ...e from Radio Shack Tandy as their Cat No 23 168 00 293 00 Gooseneck Light 00 140 00 Mains Conditioning Unit MCU This prevents very noisy mains supplies from corrupting the Lightmaster XLS memories Lim...

Страница 37: ...User Notes p36 4 User Notes Page 36 7359700 p36 4...

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