User Guide

Page 150 - 6. Memories
Pearl 2004 Manual v1 - 27th August 2004
or use the “Off” function to achieve this effect.
6.1.5 Viewing the programmer contents
You can view the contents of the programmer on the VDU screen by
pressing View then G [VDU Views] (unless already in the VDU views
screen) then D [Programmer].
Down the left hand side of the window, a list of fixtures in the
programmer are displayed. Select the fixture you want to view using
the up and down arrow buttons.
In the right hand window, the attributes in the programmer for the
selected fixture are shown. A “P” indicates that a palette is in the
programmer rather than a DMX value set from the wheels.
6.2 Playback
6.2.1 HTP and LTP channels
The Pearl can treat control channels in two ways:
• Dimmer or intensity channels work on the principle of “highest
takes precedence” (HTP). If an HTP channel is turned on at
different levels in several memories, the highest level will be
output. When you fade a memory, the HTP channels fade out with
it.
• Moving light channels work on the principle of “latest takes
precedence” (LTP). The latest change takes over from any other
values, so the most recent memory to be turned on is the one
which is output. When you fade a memory, LTP channels do not
normally fade (though you can make them if you want, except for
channels set to Instant). They set their full values when the
memory starts to fade in, and stay there until another value is set.
(You can set the value this happens at using the User settings
menu).
The fixture personality file tells the Pearl which channels of a fixture are
HTP and which are LTP. Normally, only dimmer attributes are HTP, and