About submasters, Recording a submaster – ETC Element v2.1.0 User Manual
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About Submasters
Submasters can store any parameter data for channels. You can copy cues or palettes to a
submaster as well. Channels running effects can also be loaded onto a submaster.
On submasters, the button beneath the fader acts as a bump button or a mark button depending on
the submaster type (Proportional or Intensity Master). When a submaster is defined as an effect
sub, the bump button is used to trigger an effect.
It is possible to program upfade, dwell, and downfade times in association with the submaster
bumps.
What Does a Blinking LED Mean?
When a submaster bump LED is blinking, it means that the submaster must be homed due to either
changes to its content or to its mode. In either case, reset the submaster by dropping it to zero and
the moving the fader back to the desired position. Inhibitive submasters that are blinking must be
homed to 100% rather than zero. The LED will also blink when the submaster is in a “Hold” state via
bump button timing.
Recording a Submaster
You can record current stage contents directly to a submaster. To do this, set levels in live as
needed then record them to the submaster. See the following examples:
• [Record] [Sub] [5] [Enter] - records all current values to submaster 5.
• [Record] [Sub] [5] {Mode} [Enter] - as above, and alters mode between inhibitive, effectsub,
or additive. Other submaster properties (HTP/LTP, Exclusive, and so on) can be assigned in
this way as well.
Pressing a submaster’s bump button with [Record] on the command line will record the data to that
submaster.
You can also record selected channel data to submasters as well. See below:
• [Channel List] [Record] [Sub] [5] [Enter] - records all data for the channel list to submaster 5.
Once a submaster has been recorded, it can be raised from either a fader or from the keypad. See
below:
• [Sub] [5] [At] [5] [Enter] - brings submaster 5 to 50% from the keypad.
Submasters can also be recorded using selective storing, which allows you to specify only the
channels that you want stored.
• [6] [Thru] [1][0] [Record] [Sub] [3] [Enter] - records only channels 6 through 10 to
submaster 3.
If a submaster already has data stored to it, selective store will act as a merge function. Using the
above example of channels 6 through 10 stored to submaster 3, if you were to then store channel
5 to submaster 3, that would be added to the current content so that channels 5 through 10 are now
stored.
Record only can be used when recording submasters, for more information see
N o t e :
If the fader is not at full when recording to a submaster, the contents you have just
stored will remain manual. If the fader is set to full, the content will be released to
the submaster.