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CHAPTER 10:
Editing Cues and
Using Track Modes
When you record a cue, you can record the channel levels in two ways: as tracking
levels, or as non-tracking levels. You may want some channels to remain at the same
level that they had in the previous cue. These non-changing levels can be tracking
levels. Tracking levels have no real assigned value; they take on the same value that the
channel had in the previous cue. Tracking levels are called “soft” levels for this reason.
Changing a channel level in a cue may affect the same channel levels in later cues if
they are “soft” levels.
In some old theatre lighting systems, a bank of handles connected to resistance dimmers
existed for controlling electrical output for selected circuits. These control panels were
sometimes called “piano boards” because the original panels were built from upright
piano crates. When you wanted to change levels for a cue on a piano board, you moved
the handles that you needed to, and left the other handles alone. Those handles that you
didn’t move on a piano board are equivalent to channel levels that track through cues in
modern consoles that use tracking levels.
Non-tracking levels have a definite value assigned to them; they are unaffected by the
channel levels in all other cues. They are referred to as “hard” levels for this reason.
You can never affect a hard level in a cue by changing a channel level in an earlier cue.
You can determine whether channel levels are recorded as hard or soft levels by
selecting different Track Modes when you record and edit cues.
What is the Preview Cue?
The Preview cue is the cue that is currently selected in the Preview display. It
is the default cue for any “blind” editing commands that you might enter
without specifying a cue number. For instance, if you were in the Preview
display and entered the command, “[TIME] [5] [ENTER],” it would change the
time for the cue that was currently displayed as the Preview cue.
The Cuesheet and Tracksheet displays also allow blind editing of cues. When
you enter a cue editing command in either of these displays, it affects the
current Preview cue, just like in the Preview display. In these displays, the
Preview Cue is indicated by the caret symbol (>) immediately to the left of the
cue number.
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