ETC Eos v1.3 - Manual (Page 43)

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Opening Direct Selects
To open the direct selects on a touchscreen:
Step 1: Press Ctrl + 1, 2,or 3 to activate the three separate direct select areas available on
the touchscreens. Each number corresponds to a different area, detailed in the image
below. The direct selects will appear on the touchscreens.
Step 2: You can close the direct selects by pressing Ctrl + 4, 5,or 6.
For information on populating direct selects and using touchscreens see Organizing the Direct
Selects below.
Opening Virtual Faders
If you prefer to have more than 10 faders available to you at once, the touchscreens can be
populated with virtual faders. You can page to any of the 20 fader pages on each touchscreen bank.
To open virtual faders on a touchscreen:
Step 1: Press Alt + 1, 2,or 3 to activate the three separate direct select areas available on
the touchscreens. Each number corresponds to a different area, detailed in the image
below. The direct selects will appear on the touchscreens.
Step 2: You can close the virtual faders by pressing Ctrl + 4, 5,or 6.
Organizing the Direct Selects
You have considerable flexibility in how you organize the direct selects. They may be arranged to
display one of several different types of data.
To choose which information to view:
Step 1: Press the {Select} button for any block of direct selects. You will be offered the
following choices to view: Channels, Groups, Intensity Palettes, Focus Palettes,
Color Palettes, Beam Palettes, Presets, Macros, and Effects.
Step 2: Press the button for the data you wish to view and the associated direct selects will
populate with any recorded information of that type. If there is no recorded information
of that type the block of buttons will remain empty but will populate with data of that
type as associated record targets are stored.
Step 3: You may also press {Select} again, without choosing any option, to return to the
previous state.
You can increase/decrease the size of any set of direct selects by pressing the {20/50} button,
which will change the display between one set of 50 buttons and two sets of 20 buttons. Or you may
press the {100} button to expand LCD1 to a full set of 100 buttons. Press {100} again to switch back
to the previous view.
You may also press the {Expand} button (located beneath the {Select} button) to expand a set of
direct selects to full screen. Press {Expand} again to return the set to its previous size and
mapping.