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or “no”. If you press “yes” the scene will be erased. You can then select additional scenes to be
erased or you can press “record” to exit record mode.
PRESETS
A preset is a simple collection of channel settings for a single light fixture or group of fixtures.
Presets are used as building blocks for scenes and provide fast and easy programming by
giving you instant access to colors, beam settings, etc. Presets can save memory because many
scenes can reference the same preset. For example, if a preset defines a pan and tilt location
for several scenes, only the preset needs to be edited in order to modify the pan and tilt for all
of those scenes. If you want to use the same color or gobo for a group of fixtures, use a preset
instead of setting every channel for each individual fixture.
Show Designer 3 allows you to record up to 24 pages of 48 presets for a total of 1152 presets.
For your convenience the words “color”, “gobo”, “focus” and “effect” are printed next to the 4
rows of number switches. These types of presets can then be recorded on the corresponding
rows if desired. Unlike scenes, which save the look of the entire stage, presets are used to
record only several channels worth of information. This is useful for recording things like color,
gobo or beam position. Presets can then be recalled and layered to make a scene.
FACTORY PROGRAMMED PRESETS
In addition to the 24 pages available for the presets that you create yourself, there are 4 pages
labeled “F1” through “F4”. These pages are for factory presets. These are presets that are
already programmed for you when you install a fixture profile. They typically control colors,
gobos and effects and their functions will match the row labels along the left side of the
number switches. Some controllers refer to these as palettes. Refer to the chapter on fixture
profiles for more information on how to install and use them.
CREATING AND RECORDING PRESETS
Before recording a preset you must first do some preparation. In order to be able to view
certain moving light channels like color or gobo you will first need to raise the dimmer levels
and set the pan and tilt positions in order to see the color or gobo selections. Do this by
selecting the fixture or fixtures to be used and then position the beams and turn up the dimmer
levels. These things will not be recorded into the preset if they are done before pressing
“record”.
To begin recording a preset press “record”, its LED will flash. Next press “preset”, its LED will
also flash. The page display will show the current page and any number locations that already
contain presets will be lit. Adjust the channel or channels that you want to include in the
preset. These adjustments will be recorded into the preset so take care not to change any
channels that you don’t want included. You can use the flex faders in channel mode, the
joystick or the channel wheels to select the channel levels to be included. Press the fixture
switch to enable the channel wheels and to select the fixtures to include in the preset. Turn the
fixture switch LED off before saving the preset.
Note: When recalling a preset, if some channels are affected that weren’t intended to be part of
the preset, chances are that a fader or the joystick was bumped, accidentally adding them to
the preset being recorded.
At any time while recording the preset you can enter a preset name. Use the cursor switches to
move the cursor in the display under each character then use the + or - switch or the data
wheel to select characters. You can also use an external keyboard.