Editing and Monitoring Scenes Scenes
2.
You can control the overall level of the scene by raising or lowering the
Scenes fader.
OR
1.
Press the ‘Fixtures / Scenes’ button above the Master fader to switch the 12 fixture faders switch to Scene mode
2.
Push one of the twelve Scene faders up. The led in the scene flash button flashs slowly to show that the scene is contributing to the console output – the look you see on stage.
OR
1.
Press one of the 12 flash buttons. The scene or chase will play until the button is released.
Stopping
(aka
releasing)
a
Scene
To stop playback of a scene you do this:
1.
Press the scene button you want to stop. The led in the scene button stops flashing and stays lit.
Editing
and
Monitoring
Scenes
To edit a scene or view it’s settings you do this:
1.
If the touchscreen is not already on the Home page, press the Home button, below the screen.
2.
Press the Scenes button on the touchscreen. Stage CL displays the Scenes window with the ‘Control’ tab selected:
.
The Control tab of the Scene window shows you a list of the Scenes that are playing.
You can touch on a Scene name to select it and then use the buttons at the bottom of this window to Release (fade out) or Replay the scene.
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Renaming
a
Scene
When you record a scene it is automatically given a name (i.e. ‘Scene 4). If you’d like to give it a name that’s easier to remember you do this:
1.
Press the middle button above the touchscreen or touch the ‘Scenes’ tab
2.
Stage CL displays the Scenes window with the ‘Scenes’ tab selected:
3.
Touch the name of the Scene you want to change or rotate the dial until the scene name is highlighted then press down on the touchscreen dial. Stage CL displays the on screen keyboard window:
4.
Type a name for the scene and click the OK button
Setting
the
Scene
Fade
time
When you record a scene it is automatically set to follow the fade time set by the
Stage CL Fade time dial. Scenes that show the icon in the fade time column are set this way. If you want to set a fixed fade time for a scene you do this:
1.
In the Scenes window press the ‘Scenes’ tab button . Stage CL displays the
Scenes list:
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Touch in the fade column of the Scene you want to change or hold shift and rotate the touchscreen dial until the scene fade setting is highlighted then press down on the touchscreen dial. The field changes colour to indicate that you are editing it.
3.
Rotate the touchscreen dial to set a fade time in seconds.
When you play this scene it will now fade in over the time you have set.
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To reset a scene to follow the setting of the fade time dial, rotate the touchscreen dial counter-clockwise until the fade time goes below 0 seconds and the clock icon reappears along with the current fade time.
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Scenes recorded to the 12 Channel / Scene f aders do not save fade times.
Instead they fade in as you raise the fader.
Deleting
a
Scene
If you don’t want to keep a scene you have recorded, you can delete it. To do
1.
Press the ‘Scenes’ tab button. Stage CL displays the Scenes list window.
2.
Touch the name of the Scen scene name is highlighted. e you want to delete or rotate the dial until the
3.
Touch the ‘Delete’ button at the b the clear confirmation window. ottom of the touchscreen. Stage CL displays
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4.
Touch the confirm button or press the touchscreen dial to clear the scene.
Previewing
the
contents
of
a
Scene
You can check what you have recorded into your scenes with the Preview tab. To do this
1.
Press the right hand button above the touchscreen or touch the ‘Preview’ tab.
Stage CL displays the Scenes window with the ‘Preview’ tab selected:
2.
If the scene you want to see is not visible use the touchscreen dial to scroll up or down the list of scenes.
The icons show the colour and intensity of each of the 12 fixtures for each scene that you have recorded. Fixtures with a ‘X’ icon are not included in the scene.
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