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The timing mode can be changed, so that the Cues play back in a theatre style using the GO / STOP buttons. Select the VIEW
OPTIONS view and press the CUE TIMING and CHASE TIMING soft buttons to modify the timing mode.
6.18 Selecting and recording complete window layouts
The console enables complete window layouts to be recorded and selected. The console incorporates several standard window
layouts including Palettes and Cue Stacks.
There are physical buttons for Layout 1, 2 and 3. Layouts 1 to 12 can also be accessed by holding CTRL and selecting one of the
top soft buttons.
To select a Window layout press one of the Layout buttons, or hold down CTRL and select one of the top soft buttons.
To record a Window layout first close all windows (SHIFT + CLOSE). Then open the required Windows and size them appro-
priately. Press RECORD and then press a Layout button or hold down CTRL and select one of the top soft buttons.
To name the Window layout, press SET and then press a Layout button or hold down CTRL and select one of the top soft buttons.
Enter a name for the layout.
6.19 Saving the Show
When programming a show the show is stored in memory. In order to store your show on the disk you need to press the SAVE
SHOW soft button in the Setup Window.
Whilst programming, you should regularly save your show, so that if the power fails your show data is not lost. You can chose
any filename - MagicQ will automatically set the file extension to .shw.
By default, MagicQ periodically saves a backup of your show to disk. It uses the same show name but with the file extension
.sbk.
It is a good idea to save your show to different file names so that you have various points you can back-track to if things go
wrong. For example, save the show as myshow-patch.shw after you have patched and then as myshow-final.shw after you have
finished programming.
When you shut down MagicQ through the QUIT soft button in the Setup Window, MagicQ automatically saves a backup copy
of your show with a .sbk extension. When you subsequently restart MagicQ this file will be re-loaded. This ensures that MagicQ
starts up as it was when the QUIT soft button was pressed.
MagicQ show files are typically only a few megabytes in size so many different shows or versions of a show can be saved without
problem.
6.20 Playback
Now you have Cues and Cue Stacks recorded you can play back your show using the Playback faders and buttons. You can
control how each Cue Stack is played back using the Cue Stack options – for example you can set the fader to control LTP fades
or FX size and speed.