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MagicQ User Manual 98 Version 1.4.9.0
The console supports several additional options for recording Cues. These include recording all the
channels from heads regardless of whether they are active in the programmer and recording only heads
that are currently selected. Press the REC OPTIONS soft button and select an option.
Record options return to the defaults once a Cue is recorded.
10.9 Active
MagicQ has an Active function for loading attributes into the programmer at their current value. This can
be used to ensure that the programmer contains all the attributes of the selected heads, or to add in
individual attributes to the programmer.
To make individual attributes active in the programmer, hold SET and press the soft button associated
with the attribute in the Intensity, Position, Colour, Beam windows.
It is also possible to make active entire Intensity, Position, Colour or Beam attributes by holding Position,
Colour or Beam or Intensity and pressing SET.
To make all the attributes of a group of heads active, first select the heads you want to control, then hold *
and press SET. Alternatively in the Programmer Window press SHIFT and select ACTIVE.
10.10 Removing channels from the Programmer
10.10.1 Removing channels using the REMOVE button
To remove items from the programmer.
Select the heads you wish to remove attributes from. If no heads are selected then all active heads in
the programmer are affected.
Then choose one of the following methods
Hold REMOVE and press All, Position, Colour, Beam. This removes all attributes of these of
Intensity, Position, Colour or Beam.
Hold REMOVE and turn an encoder wheel or press the soft button in the Beam, Colour, Position or
Group windows – the specified attribute will be removed.
Hold All, Position, Colour or Beam and press REMOVE. This removes all attributes of these of
Intensity, Position, Colour or Beam.
Hold a soft button in the Beam, Colour, Position or Group windows and press REMOVE. The
specified attribute will be removed.
Hold * and press REMOVE to remove all attributes of the selected heads.
10.10.2 Removing channels using the Programmer Window
It is also possible to remove attributes from the programmer by editing the spread sheet view in the
Programmer Window.
Select the item (s) with the cursor that you wish to remove from the programmer and then press the
REMOVE soft button.
For example, to remove the iris attributes for all heads in the programmer:
Select VIEW LEVELS in the Prog View.