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4.2.5 Using the "TAKE" buttons

We will now see how to use the "Take" buttons and what we can do with them. They are easy to use

and very useful for "Live" applications or to create a new scene without movement. They are made

with the "LiveControl" rack which is located in the editor screen. There is one Take switch for each

fixture of the page.

They allow to control the Pan/Tilt channels in real time while a scene is running. Imagine one scene

is running with our 6 fixtures and that you want to use one of them as a follow spot. As you can see,

each fixture has its own shortcut (a or q for the 1st one, z or w for the 2nd one, e for the 3rd

one...depending on the keyboard). So, if we want to call the 3rd fixture we must press and hold the

"e" key and move the mouse. The fixture is now following our mouse...You should have an icon like

below showing the mouse position while you are moving.

The fixture moves while you are holding the "e" key pressed. When you release the key, the fixture

stops moving and stays at its last position. If you press the key again, the take button is released

and the fixtures goes back to the scene program.