Elation Professional 1.15 manual Working with Memories, Scenes, Record, Clear ALL Channels

WORKING WITH MEMORIES

The SD3 provides four types of memories: presets, chases, scenes and shows. Presets and chases are used as building blocks along with static channel levels to create scenes. Shows are simply scene lists. All four memory types can be assigned to playback faders or called up directly by selecting their memory page and number.

RECORD

To the far right of the six function switches is the record switch. This is used to start the record process for all of the memories as well as playbacks. The LED above the record switch will flash whenever you are in record mode.

SOLO

To the left of the record switch is the solo switch. This switch’s function can vary depending on what you are doing. For memory playback, this switch only affects scenes as explained in the scene chapter below.

CLEAR ALL CHANNELS

Before creating a new scene it is usually a good idea to clear out the scene edit memory and zero all of the channels. To do this press the blackout switch and hold it down for about a second until the LED goes out. Use this function often when you are programming new scenes in order to start with a clean slate. If you have programmed a home scene, it will be loaded into the scene buffer automatically after the clear all procedure has taken place. A home scene is useful for creating a default starting point for new scenes. Refer to the Menu chapter for more information on how to select a home scene.

SCENES

A scene is a recording or snapshot of the entire stage. Show Designer keeps track of all the actions you perform to make the stage appear as it does. All of the actions that affect the look of the stage such as changing channel levels, calling a chase or calling a preset, are saved in the scene buffer so that you can later record these actions as a scene. This method of programming also allows you to recall a recorded scene, modify it and then resave it as a new scene or resave it to the same location allowing quick edits. There is no special edit mode on the SD3, you are always in edit mode for scenes.

Once you have a look on stage that you want to save as a scene, press “record”, its LED will flash. Next press “scene”, its LED will also flash. The page display will light and any number locations that already contain scenes will also light. You can enter a name for the scene as well as a crossfade time. Use the cursor switches to move the cursor under each character of the name, then use the + or - switch or data wheel 1 or 2 to modify the name characters. You can also use an external keyboard to enter the scene name. Move the cursor under the fade time or use data wheel 3 to change the crossfade time for this scene. You can also use a keyboard to enter the fade time. Fade times are in minutes, seconds, and tenths of a second, displayed as MM:SS.T, where MM is minutes, SS is seconds and T is tenths of a second. The maximum fade time is 99:50:9 or just under 100 minutes.

To record the scene, select the page and scene number. You can use the page switches to select pages 1 to 99 and the number switches 1 to 48. This will give you up to 4752 scenes. If you select a scene number that is already lit, a message will appear asking if you want to write over the existing scene. Press “yes” or “no”.

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