elektraLite P100 Manual Part Two - Manual (Page 35)

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only used when switching from cue to cue manually. The chase mode can be Forward, Reverse,
Seesaw (changing direction at the first and last step), Wander (changing direction at random),
Random (jumping around at random), Hold (holding forever on the last step), or Once (stopping after
the last step).
Chase Editor
The chase editor consists of a temporary chase object which can be played directly, edited by entering
commands, and stored when perfected. When the chase in the chase editor is started, it allocates a new
control source for resolving conflicts with the other control sources in the system. When the chase is
stopped, the control source it was using is freed for use elsewhere.
Color
Color is one of the features supported by many fixtures, and is called Color if there is only one color
wheel, or Colr1, Colr2, … if there is more than one. These features can be set like any others through
the rotaries, and the CP-100 makes it easier to select unmixed colors by stepping only through those
major values that represent properly aligned color wheel positions. (The in-between positions can still
be attained by turning Fine on.) The CP-100 also has a shortcut Color command that allows the user
to refer to color features by wheel and filter number. For instance, if a fixture has two color wheels,
each of which has eight filters in it, the user can set them using the Color command with wheel
numbers one and two and filter numbers one through eight, rather than the more obscure feature
numbers and values.
Control Source
A control source is a CP-100 manual control or automatic software process that applies the feature
values contained in a look to the actual fixtures. If multiple control sources conflict in their attempts
to control the same fixtures, the conflicts are resolved by using the HTP rule for brightness (the Dim
feature) and the LTP rule for most other features. The CP-100 has a limit of 127 control sources
active at a time, so it is important to know when control sources are active. The CP-100 has the
following control sources:
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Six dimmer faders, plus one virtual fader. Each dimmer fader controls the Dim feature of a set
of dimmers and fixtures. The look associated with each dimmer fader is a set of Dim features of
dimmers and fixtures. A dimmer fader is only counted as an active control source when it is
moved off the bottom or invoked with its Flash switch; the virtual fader is always on.
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Six submaster faders, plus one virtual fader. Each submaster is associated with one or more
cues, chases and/or macros. When the submaster is moved off the bottom, or invoked with its Go
or Flash switch, each cue counts as a single control source, each chase counts as a control source,
and each macro counts as multiple sources, depending upon what it's playing. The virtual fader is
always on.
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The cue editor. The user may use this to manually invoke a cue or crossfade between two cues. It
is permanently active as a control source.
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The chase editor. The user may use this to play a single chase. It only counts as an active control
source while it is playing.
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The macro editor. The user may use this to play a single macro. It counts as a pair of active
control sources, but only while it is playing.
Crossfade
A crossfade is a concurrent fade-out of one cue and fade-in of another. A crossfade may occur