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Possible exclusions are parameters categories or individual channel parameters withheld by use
of filters (see About Filters (on page250) ). You can also select individual parameters of
individual channels (such as Cyan and Iris) and place them in a null state using the {Make Null}
button if the values are not needed in the cue you are recording. See Using {Make Null} (on
page257) for more information.
You could also use {Release}. Release is an extension of the {Make Null} command in Blind.
When Release is used, it behaves like Make Null, but it also releases the channel and parameter
data to its background state, if one is available, or fades out the intensity instead.
Release can be used to mask instructions in a cue after it has already been stored. The data is
not removed from the cue. See Release (on page258) for more information.
Element is a tracking console, meaning once something is recorded into the cue list, the cue list
will always contain information about that channel/ parameter unless it is nulled, by using the
{Make Null} command, released by using the {Release} command, or filtered using the
parameter filters.
When cues are recorded they are automatically played back and manual values are released,
unless auto playback on record has been disabled in setup. See Auto Playback (on page141) .
Upon playback, displayed parameter levels will be color coded for clarification of the record
action:
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Blue - intensity has increased from the previous cue or a non-intensity parameter has
changed.
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Green - intensity level has decreased from the previous cue or a non-intensity parameter
has marked.
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Magenta - level has tracked from a previous cue.
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White - level has been blocked (see Block (on page231) ).
Using Record in Live
When the [Record] button is pressed the keypad defaults to cue mode; use of the [Cue] button is
optional. The following are representative examples of recording cues in Live. Once the cue
record has been specified, cue attributes such as timing can be combined and entered in any
order you wish.
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[Record] <Cue> [5] [Enter] - records all parameters of any channels with non-default data
into the specified cue number 5.
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[Record] <Cue> [5] [Label] [name] [Enter] - records the specified cue and provides an
alphanumeric label.
Note: When using the console in tracking mode or when using track editing, it is
important to understand the concept of Blocking. A cue containing a Block flag will stop
edited levels from tracking through that cue. Blocks are often placed on the cue at the
top of an act or scene, or anywhere you want to protect cues from levels that may track
in from upstream cues. Block flags should also be set on cues that you want to have
behave as blackouts (see Block (page 1)).
Using Record Only in Live
[Record Only] is similar to [Record] except that it selectively stores only manually set values,
preventing unwanted levels (such as from a submaster), from being recorded into the cue.
Therefore, when used to record a cue, only the manual data for channels will be stored in the
cue. Any values in the previous cue that were unchanged will track into the new cue.
Double pressing [Record] will post Record Only to the command line.
All of the same commands used for [Record] may also be used for [Record Only].