User Guide

6. Memories - Page 29
Pearl 2004 Manual v1 - 27th August 2004
gobo, you don’t want the fixtures moving and changing colour (though
you can do this if you need to).
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
everything else is LTP.
6.2 How the Pearl works when programming
When you start setting dimmers and moving fixtures, the Pearl
remembers what you have changed. Fixtures and dimmers you have
changed are stored in “the programmer” which is a special area of
memory. When you record a memory, only the settings in the
programmer (i.e. the things you have changed) are stored in the
memory.
When you press Clear (by the numeric keypad), all fixtures are cleared
from the programmer. You should get into the habit of pressing Clear
before you start to program a memory, or you can end up recording
fixtures you don’t want. You also need to press Clear when you finish
programming, because any functions in the programmer will override
playbacks.
Channels in the programmer are shown by an
“m” (modified by Preset), “w” (modified by
Wheel) or “P” (modified by Palette) on the
console Channel Output display, and are
shown in light blue on the VDU screen.
Note: Turning on a memory does not place
the values from the memory in the
programmer (the Include function lets
you do this, see page 32). The Locate
Fixture function does not place any
values in the programmer either.
In the screen shown here, the Locate Fixture
function has been used on fixtures 1 to 8, then
the pan value has been changed on fixtures 3
to 6. Only the changed pan value is in the programmer.
6.3 Recording a memory
So now that is all out in the open, let’s record a memory. The Pearl has
30 pages of 15 memories, which are controlled using the 15 faders
across the bottom of the console. The page is selected using the Roller.
Recording a memory
Î Press Clear to clear the programmer. This ensures that you are
starting with a clean slate.
Î Set up a nice effect using the fixtures and
dimmers. You can include shapes in a memory if
you want. Remember! Only the fixtures/dimmers
you have changed will be recorded in the
memory.
Î Press Memory.
Î Roll the Roller to the segment you want to use.
The active segment is the one nearest the
playback faders. “A” is a good one to start on.
Memory button