Specifications

Avolites Rolacue Operators Manual - page 47
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User Setting 13 selects the display to show Beats Per Minute or time in
Seconds. See Section 11.13 Setting 13. SPEED IN SECONDS / BPM.
A 0% crossfade means the steps will snap and FF% means the steps will
Crossfade, such that at the end of the fade the next step will immediately
start.
7.5 Stopping and Starting your Chase
The STOP and GO buttons stop and start a Connected Chase.
7.6 Stepping through a Chase
The STOP button also steps on through a stopped Connected Chase.
Stepping through a Chase does not replay any Timings recorded in the
Chase.
7.7 Changing the direction of a Chase
You can change the direction of a Connected Chase by using the three
Arrow Keys at the bottom of the Sequence Control area. The Right and
Left Arrows send the Chase Forwards and Backwards respectively, and
the Double-Ended Arrow makes the Chase Bounce backwards and
forwards, with the Right or Left Arrow indicating which direction it is currently
going in.
7.8 Automatically connecting to a Chase
It may be useful to always have the Chase controls connected to the most
recently replayed Chase. User Setting 9 gives you this option and is set or
cleared as follows :
Turn the Key to Program.
Puts you in Live Program Mode menu.
Use the Up and Down Cursor Keys to move up and down the Menu to
Autoconnect option (Setting 9).
Use the Left and Right Cursor Keys to toggle between YES and NO
(ENABLE AND DISABLE on the Sapphire).
Enabling the Chase Autoconnect means that the most recently replayed
Chase will automatically be Connected to the Wheel(s).
As you change pages on the Roller, the most recently Connected Chase on
each page will Autoconnect.
Use this Mode for fast access to Chases as they are replayed.
7.9 Putting Times into Chases
You may want your Chase to have Fade Time information programmed into
it. There are two ways of doing this.
7.9.1 Global times Chases
Global times set Fade and Wait parameters which are applied to steps in a
Chase. Chase steps which use Global times are called Simple Steps.
Press Softbutton B [USER SETTINGS].
Puts you in the User Settings Menu.