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VARI❋LITE® - VIRTUOSO™ / VIRTUOSO™ DX CONSOLE USER’S MANUAL REFERENCE FOLD-OUTS
02.9651.0001 C 23-Sep-02
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Virtuoso Effects
Quick Reference
• Effects are made up of sets and sequences.
•A set consists of one or more parts..
•A sequence consists of one or more steps.
Create a set:
Step 1. Press [Set], then press [Set Select Button] of set number you wish to create.
Step 2. Press [Edit]. (Display switches to Parts bank for set number selected in previous step.)
Step 3. Load channels into individual parts:
a. At Channel Select panel or keypad, select channels you wish store in part.
b. At Effects panel, press [Store] / [Part Select Button]. (Channels will appear in display.)
c. Repeat Steps a and b to store channels into parts 2, 3, 4, etc. as required. (Channels can
only be used once in a set.)
Load channels across a range of parts:
a. At Channel Select panel or keypad, select channels you wish store into set.
b. At Effects panel press [Int/Seq] to load sequentially or leave unselected to load interlaced.
c. Press [Store] / [Part 1 Select Button], then while continuing to hold [Store], press [Part 2
Select Button] etc. to specify a range of parts which will contain the channels. Channels
will load across parts when [Store] is released.
Step 4. Press [Edit] again to return to Sets bank.
Create a sequence:
Step 1. Press [Seq], then press [Sequence Select Button] of sequence number you wish to create.
Step 2. Press [Edit]. (Display switches to Steps bank for sequence number selected in previous step.)
Step 3. Do one of the following or a combination:
a. At keypad, press [Step] [1] [Cue*] [n] [Enter].
* Preset, Color, Beam, etc. can be used instead of Cue.
b. At keypad, press [Step] [1] [Cue] [n] [Thru] [x] [Enter].
c. At Effects panel, press [Step 1 Select Button]. Press [Store] along with [Preset* Select
Button] or [Stop Flag].
* Color, Beam, etc. can be used instead of Preset.
Step 4. Repeat Step 4 to store steps 2, 3, 4 ...
Step 5. Press [Edit] again to return to Sequences bank.
Timing Encoder -
Sets timing for overall
effect or individual steps
Direction Attribute -
Determines which direction
sequence steps will run
Distribution Attribute -
Determines how sequence
steps run in relationship
to each other
Start Attribute -
Determines how sequence
steps enter the effect
Selects corresponding
time attribute in window
for modification
Starts an effect
Stops or steps
when in AutoLoad
through an effect
when in AutoLoad
Effect Control
Display -
Displays effect
and timing info.
Effects Select Display -
Provides access to effects,
sets, and sequences
Select Display -
Provides access to Preset,
Color, Beam, Group, Macro,
Snapshot, and Effect selects.
(Operates like Manual Control
panel select displays.)
Page Select Buttons (5) -
Selects one of five pages
[Bank/Function] -
Allows bank and mode
selections when pressed
Select Buttons (20) -
Applies data to
selected channels
effect times
fIn fOut dur step
00:00 00:00 00:00 00:00
EFFECTS
1
Bank 1 Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
GROUPS
1
Bank 1 Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Selects Effects,
Sets, or Seq. in
display
Select Buttons (10) -
Selects effect, set,
sequence, part, or
step as available
in display
Assigns Effect Display
to a submaster for AutoLoad
Stores effect changes
(press along with
required select)
When pressed
with Set or Seq
also selected,
provides access
to set or sequence
editing
Effect 1 Chase1
Set 5 VL5’s
Sequence 2 Colors
Loads channels
interlaced (not
selected) or
sequentially (when
selected)