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RECORDING CHASES
Before recording a chase you must first do some preparation. In order to be able to view features such as
colors or gobos or to be able to see beam positions for moving lights, you will first need to set some
channel levels. Do this by selecting the fixture or fixtures to be used and then turn up the dimmer levels
or open the apertures as needed. These things will not be part of the chase if they are done before
recording.
To start recording a chase press “record”, its LED will flash. Next press “chase”, the chase LED will also
flash. The page display will show the current chase page and any number LEDs that already contain
chases will be lit. There are 24 pages of memory locations available. Page “FC” is reserved for factory
chases and can’t be recorded on. The display will show the current chase step, speed, fade and speed lock
status. To start recording the first chase step, move the channel or channels to the positions that you
want by either adjusting the faders or by using the joystick. If you want to use the data wheels to adjust
the channel levels, press “fixture”. These adjustments will be recorded into the step so take care not to
move any channels that you don’t want included. You can at any time press the fixture switch and turn
fixtures on or off while recording the step. You can also press the preset switch allowing you to include
presets in the chase step. When using presets, only the fixtures that are currently selected will be
included.
After you have finished adding channels or presets to the step, press “enter”. The “fixture” LED must be
off to enter the step. The step indicator on the display will automatically increment to the next step.
Repeat the previous actions to record up to 256 steps. You can enter empty steps as well by pressing
“enter” before changing any channels. On playback these empty steps will not playback anything but can
be used to lengthen the time between steps. You can record something into these empty steps later if
desired.
As you are recording steps you can at any time move from step to step by putting the display cursor under
the step number and use the + or - switches or use data wheel #1 to select a new step. You can change
or add more channels to each recorded step this way.
Pressing “enter” when at the last recorded step of the chase will always add an additional step to the end.
If you press “enter” while the step number is at a lower step you will advance to the next step number,
the same as when you increment data wheel #1.
If you make a mistake while recording a chase step, press “erase” and you will be prompted whether or
not to erase the contents of the chase step. Press “yes” to clear the step of all channel and preset data. If
you press “erase” a second time, you will be prompted whether or not to remove the empty step from the
chase. This will shorten the chase by one step.
At any time while recording the chase you can enter a speed value, a fade value and a name for the chase.
Use the cursor switches to move the cursor on the display under the item to be changed then use the + or
- switch or a data wheel to modify it. To get to the name, continue to move the cursor to the right, past
the speed lock setting and the screen will change to show the name. To edit the name, move the cursor
under each character then use the + and - switches or the data wheel to modify the letters.
The chase speed will be the default speed for the entire chase. This means that when you first call the
chase this is the speed that it will run at. You can change the speed while it is running and the new speed
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