Leprecon LP-X24 Manual v3.2 - Manual (Page 90)

86 Chapter Four Moving Light Programming
LP-X24 and LP-X48 Users Manual
2. The range of values available for each attribute, typically from 0 to 255.
3. A set of labels for the Color property for each fixture. A label may represent the value
of one attribute or the values of several attributes that—combined together—control
the appearance of a property. In the Intellabeam 8 Channel, the Color property is
controlled by one attribute—Color Wheel 1. The label for the attribute value “Color
Wheel 1=79” is “Pink”.
4. A set of labels for the Beam property for each fixture. In the Intellabeam 8 Channel,
the Beam property is controlled by four attributes—Shutter, Gobo Wheel 1, Iris and
Speed. The label for the attribute values “Gobo Wheel 1=119” and “Iris=128” might
be “Half Open Star”.
5. Settings for a "Default" label. Typically the Default label for Color is set to white, the
Default label for Beam is set to open and the Default label for Focus is set to 50/50.
You are not limited to using the labels that are included in the LP-X library. You can
create custom labels, as described in "Creating Labels" beginning on page 123.
Getting Started
Adding Moving Lights to the Instrument List
Before you can program moving lights, you must add them to the instrument list. This
procedure:
1. assigns the instrument to a DMX start address and to an ML Select,
2. makes the library information for the fixture available.
To do this, follow the steps given in "To Add a Moving Light Instrument into the System"
beginning on page 45.
You may also want to stripe the LP-X with masking tape under the manual faders and
then mark down which instrument corresponds with each ML Select button.
One way to streamline programming is to create groups of instruments. For example,
you may have a set of lights for the drummer, a set of lights for the right side of the stage
and a set of lights for the left side of the stage. By creating a group for each of these,
you provide yourself with a one-button selection/deselection mechanism for each set of
instruments. You create groups by following the procedure "To Create a Group"
beginning on page 193.
Note that you may find it more convenient to include only instruments of the same or
similar fixture types in a group
that is to say, instruments that have all or many labels in
common. This is because when two or more instruments are selected, the LP-X only
displays the labels that they share. Including vastly different instruments in a group
would reduce the number of labels that are displayed when you select the group for
programming.
Button and Fader Settings for Moving Light Recording
You put the LP-X into the following modes for moving light recording: