User Guide

Page 30 - 6. Memories
Pearl 2004 Manual v1 - 27th August 2004
Î Empty playbacks flash.
Î Press the Swop button of an empty playback fader you want to
use.
Î The Swop button above the fader will light up to show that you
have saved a memory there.
Î You can write a description of the memory onto the roller surface
using marker pen on a strip of tape to help you remember what’s
in it.
Î Press Clear to clear the programmer.
6.4 Playing back a memory
Playing back a memory is very simple. Just raise the fader. (Make sure
there are no values in the programmer by pressing the Clear button,
because anything in the programmer will override the playback).
Playing back a memory
Î Raise the playback fader.
Î To stop the memory, lower the fader.
All the HTP (intensity) channels in the memory will fade up with the
fader. The LTP (movement) channels will be set as soon as the fader
leaves the zero position.
When you’re running your show with the key set to “Run”, you can
preload the LTP channels (pre-position the fixtures) by pressing the
playback Flash button with the Master Add/Flash slider at zero. This can
be useful if you want to position the fixtures in blackout and have them
ready to turn on, rather than seeing them snap into position if you put
the fader up quickly.
6.5 Changing playback pages
You can change pages to select another 15 memories simply by rolling
the roller to a new segment.
If any playbacks are turned on when you change page, they remain
turned on. The Swop button above the playback flashes.
If you want to use the same playback fader on a new page, you need to
lower it to zero to turn off the first playback, then raise it again to turn
on the new playback on the new page.
The roller has 10 segments. There are 3 buttons next to the roller
allowing 3 pages of roller.
6.6 Labelling the roller & naming memories
The idea of the roller is that it gives you a handy location for writing the
name of each memory you’ve saved. Stick a strip of tape across the
roller and every time you save a memory, write a brief description of it
on the roller segment above. You will then have a handy quick
reference to what is in each memory.
In addition to the simple but effective technique of writing the memory
name on the roller, if you’re using a VDU screen the Pearl allows you to
enter a legend for each memory and also for each page.