User`s manual

VARI❋LITE® - VIRTUOSO™ / VIRTUOSO™ DX CONSOLE USER’S MANUAL
152 23-Sep-02 02.9651.0001 C
Overview
Timing/Filter Features
Another way to expand your control of console operations is by using the timing/filter
features. These features, which also include dynamic state and sneak controls, can be
used alone or in conjunction with the command-line keypad to apply parameter timing
values and filters during store and playback operations, and to manually control
luminaires.
The timing/filter feature has four modes:
• Timing Mode - used to apply timing, delay, and speed values to any and all
combinations of parameters.
• Filter Mode - used to withhold (or mask) information from a preset or a cue, and
to control what is recalled in a submaster or select display.
• Dynamic State Mode - used to apply pre-packaged effects (states of motion) to
channels or groups of channels to be stored as cues.
• Sneak Mode - used to graphically display command-line entries and to create
manual control moves “on-the-fly.”
All four modes can be accessed at the console touch screen and/or Timing window.
General Touch Screen/Window Operations
Operation of the timing/filter feature from the touch screen (available at the console
front panel) or the Timing window (available from the Panels menu) operate nearly
identically.
Selecting Modes
The mode (or function) is selected by pressing one of four buttons at the left of the
touch screen or by clicking the appropriate tab at the top of the Timing window. Only
one mode is visible at a time, although in the case of the filter mode, it does not have to
be visible for selected filters to affect console operation.
Setting Parameters
Once a mode has been selected, you can select parameters by touching the appropriate
location on the screen itself or by clicking their boxes in the window and when
necessary, enter values using the command-line keypad.
Depending on the mode, or must be pressed before settings will be
applied to store or playback operations.
Enter To Cue