LSC Lighting maXim MP - Manual (Page 49)

maXim MP L(P) XL(P) XXL(P) Fixture Playback
Operator Manual V3
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will not respond to any playback from scenes or
chases.
You determine which parameters are flashing by
using Filters and/or Hi-lights.
15.6 PALETTE PLAYBACK (E-MOD)
If HOLD [palette], it will lock on.
“E-Mod” is shown on the maXim display
You can now use the yellow [f/a] buttons for live
playback your palettes.
This effectively doubles the number of available
playbacks.
Press [palette] again to de-select E-Mod mode.
See “ADVANCED FIXTURE PROGRAMMING”
for more details on Palettes.
15.7 PRESET PLAYBACK (P-MOD)
If HOLD [preset], it will lock on.
“P-Mod” is shown on the maXim display
You can now use the yellow [f/a] buttons for live
playback your presets.
This effectively doubles the number of available
playbacks.
Press [preset] again to de-select P-Mod mode.
See “ADVANCED FIXTURE PROGRAMMING”
for more details on Presets.
15.8 CHASE PLAYBACK
Chases are recorded and played back in the
normal way as described in the “CHASES”
section.
As with scenes, if the chase steps were created
using the [store] button, the chase will not contain
any intensity information. To control the intensity
use either the fixture faders and yellow master or
fade up a scene that contains only the fixture
intensities.
15.8.1 COMBINING AND VARYING
CHASES
When you playback a chase that consists of steps
only containing “filtered” parameters it is easy to
vary the look of the chase whilst it is being played.
For example;
Record a three step chase with different focus
(pan and tilt) positions for each step using filters to
store only focus parameters.
Record three scenes with a different colour (red,
blue, yellow) in each scene using filters to store
only colour parameters.
Playback the chase. The fixtures move.
Raise the fader of the red scene and the chase
turns red.
Raise the fader of the yellow scene and the chase
turns yellow.
Raise the fader of the blue scene and the chase
turns blue.
The chase changes to the latest colour (LTP) to
be faded up from zero.
Press the [f/a] buttons of the red, blue or yellow
scenes and the chase momentarily changes to
the selected colour.
The same techniques can be used to change
other parameters in the chase such as gobo or
shutter by storing scenes that are Filtered to only
contain those parameters.
You can also use P-MOD or E-MOD (above) to
vary the chase
15.8.2 Chase Times
The chase rate can be varied, which changes the
time between steps.
The times taken for Fixture parameters to move
when their step is triggered, is dependent upon
the “As Chase” flags for each parameter. The
default settings for these flags depends upon the
type of parameter.
• Colour and beam parameters have their
“As Chase” flag set to “No” by default.
They therefore use the times that are in
the scenes that make up the steps. They
ignore the chase crossfade setting.
• Focus parameter have their “As Chase”
flag set to “Yes” by default. Their times
are therefore under the control of the
chase crossfade setting. This allows the
speed of Fixture movement (focus) to be
easily controlled without the need to edit
the times in every step. If the chase is
snapping from step to step, the focus
parameters also snap. If the chase has a
crossfade setting, the focus parameters
will slowly move from step to step as
determined by the chase rate and
percentage crossfade.
By default, only the focus parameters are affected
by the chase crossfade. Therefore, parameters
such as gobo or colour wheels will not make slow
movements from step to step. Typically they will
be set to zero time so that they snap change.
If your fixtures have colour mixing features, simply
set the colour parameter “As-Chase” flag to “yes”
and the colour mixing will be under control of the
chase crossfade.
See the “CHASES” section for more details.