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11 Working with Chases
Chases are recorded in the same way as Memories.
11.1 Recording a Chase - Using the Menu
1. Press the Chase button.
2. Enter the Chase number (0 - 999) to be recorded.
3. Use the Preset faders, palettes and/or programmer to set up the lighting output
required for the first step of the Chase.
4. Press the Record button. The first step of the Chase is recorded and the Step
field automatically changes to the next step number.
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 until the desired number of chase steps have been
recorded, up to a maximum of 99 steps.
6. Press the Exit button if no more Chase steps are to be recorded.
11.2 The Chase menu
Press the Chase button to open the chase menu. There are 3 levels to this menu. Each
time the cursor moves to the more field an additional set of fields is displayed.
Chse C—-1 St Of Dr Bpm Xf Mask Time
C 1 ---- 1 12 >> 120 50 ---- ---- more
Chse Infade Outfade Next Delay
C 1 0:02.0 0:02.0 C 2 0:00.0 more
Chse Time Code
C 1 --:--:--:--
CHSE This field sets the Chase number to be recorded or adjusted
Label Type a label of up to eight characters using an external keyboard or the
Flash buttons. See section 3.3 for details on labelling)
St Sets the Chase Step number. This field automatically updates to the next
number after a Chase Step is recorded.
Of Displays the number of Steps recorded in this Chase.
Dir Sets the Chase direction. There are 4 possible settings
>> Forward << Reverse
<> Bounce Rn Random
Bpm Sets the Chase speed in Beats Per minute. At 0 the Chase is stopped (the
field displays HLT) and can be single stepped using the playback Flash
button. The setting represents the rate with the rotary master Rate control
in the centre detent position.
Xf Sets the crossfade characteristics. The value entered here sets the
percentage of the total crossfade time each step is fully on.
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