170 Eos Family Operations Manual
About Basic Manual Control
Eos provides a variety of different ways to select and command control channels. This chapter iden-
tifies the many basic ways you can select channels and manipulate show data within Eos.
For additional methods, see About Advanced Manual Control (on page298).
Using Channel Faders On Element 2
One way to bring up channel levels with Element is using the channel faders. The fader position
switch is used to select between channels 1 through 40, channels 41 through 80, or channels 81
through 120. Element will ship with the fader position switch in channels 1 through 40 mode.
With the fader position switch in channels 1 through 40 mode, channel 1 will be controlled by the
leftmost fader in the first bank of faders. Channel 40 will be controlled by the rightmost fader in the
second bank. When the fader position switch is in channels 41 through 80 mode, channel 41 will be
controlled by the leftmost fader in the first bank of faders. Channel 80 will be controlled by the right-
most fader in the second bank.
Note: Channel faders will only control the first 120 channels. Channels 121 and above
must be controlled via the keypad. See Selecting Channels (below)
Raising a channel fader will bring up the corresponding channel’s level. This will be reflected on Ele-
ment’s live display. The channel intensity level will appear in red to indicate the level is being set manu-
ally. See Color Indicators (on page63)
Element’s fader status display will also show the channel’s level. For more information, see Indicators
in the Element Fader Status Display(on page89)
Element’s channel faders are LTP or Latest-Takes-Precedence, which means that you can take con-
trol of a channel simply by moving the fader to match the current output level. Channel faders, like
the keypad and level wheel, can then take levels above or below the current playback level. See HTP
vs. LTP (on page17).
Holding down [Shift] while moving the channel faders, will allow them to move without changing the
channel levels. This is helpful when you have used your channel faders to record a cue. This allows
you to restore your faders to zero, while leaving the cue values on stage. If you don’t do this, the LTP
behavior will drive the channels toward zero.
Selecting Channels
There are multiple ways to select channels including the control keypad, direct selects, and groups.
Selected channels are available for manual control through keypad commands, level wheel, and/or
ML controls.
Channels are deselected when any action is taken on the keypad that is unrelated to manual control,
such as recording groups and cues, or updating a record target, etc. You can also press [Clear] after
a terminated command line to clear the channel selection.
Note: When manual channels are used, there will be an advisory that says "Manual Chan-
nels" in red in the upper left hand corner of any Live display.
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