Leprecon LP-X24 Manual v3.2 - Manual (Page 116)

112 Chapter Five Advanced Programming and Editing Techniques
LP-X24 and LP-X48 Users Manual
Property 4 has a two-second Start Delay and a two-second Fade Time. If Property 4
were Focus, the look would be initiated and then two seconds later, the focus would
begin to change from its previous position to the new position. The transition (fade) to
the new position would take two seconds.
Thus, we would see:
• An instant change in the shape of the beam.
• Two seconds later, an instant change in the color.
• Beginning with the color change, a gradual change in intensity.
• Beginning with the color change, an even more gradual change in position.
For moving lights, start delays may be very logically applied to any property color,
beam, focus or intensity. Fades may be very logically applied to focus and intensity, with
occasional instances in which a beam or color fade makes sense.
It is important to note that automation is set at the scene level it does not apply to
individual instruments. You cannot set a focus fade time of 10 seconds for one group of
lights and 15 seconds for another group of lights. The last setting that you save will
apply to all lights.
Automated versus Manual Initiation of Scenes
By default, the Hold Time for a scene is set to Infinite. An infinite Hold Time setting
means that Start Delays and Fade Times will be executed and then the look will hold
infinitely long—in other words, until you initiate the next look. This is manual initiation of
cues.
If you set Hold Times for looks that have values other than Infinite—such as five
seconds or two minutes—you are creating a scene list that is fully automated.
Hold Time settings cannot be set independently as described above for Start Delay and
Fade Time. One Hold Time governs all properties of the look.
If the Start Delay plus the Fade Time for a property is greater than the Hold Time for the
look, the LP-X honors the Hold Time and initiates the next look. For example, if you set
the Start Delay for the Focus property to 2 seconds and the Fade Time to 3 seconds but
the Hold Time were only 4 seconds, the last second of the fade would be ignored and
the next look would be initiated.
You may override an automated Hold Time by pressing the playback's Select button or
Except + Select. Pressing the Select button initiates the next step and then the
automation for that step, if any, takes over. Pressing Except + Select stops the
automation, fades back to the beginning of the step and holds until you press Select or
Except + Select.
To Set Automation Timing Values
Default timing values are set on the Default Scene Timings screen. Default values are
applied to new scenes when the Programmer is cleared. For more information, please
see "To Modify Hold Time, Delay or Fade Defaults" beginning on page 198.
1. Record a series of looks to a playback.