User`s manual
VARI❋LITE® - VIRTUOSO™ / VIRTUOSO™ DX CONSOLE USER’S MANUAL REFERENCE FOLD-OUTS
02.9651.0001 C 23-Sep-02
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Virtuoso DX Submasters
Quick Reference
Common operations and guidelines for using submasters:
Play a cue or effect:
Step 1. At keypad, press [Cue] [n] [Enter] or scroll through cue list to recall a cue, or
press [Effect] [n] [Enter] or select effect at an Effect select display.
Step 2. At desired submaster, press [Select] to select submaster for playback function.
Step 3. Press [Load] to place cue/effect in submaster’s pending file.
Step 4. Ensure Grand Master and submaster faders are set at full.
Step 5. Press [Go] to play.
Play next cue or effect:
• Press [Go] to play back pending event.
Play previous cue or effect:
• Press [Back] to play previous event.
Stop/Step:
Step 1. Press [Stop/Step] to stop a running autofollow.
Step 2. Press [Stop/Step] repeatedly to step through cues without autofollows.
Step 3. Press [Run] to resume playback with autofollows.
[Choose] and [Clear] buttons:
• [Choose], when pressed with any of the submaster mode buttons, allows the submaster to be placed into one
of the following modes: Rate, Freeze, Function Filter, Channel Filter, Dynamic Disable, Time Disable,
Independent, and Manual Assign.
• [Clear] releases a submaster from an applied mode, returning it to its default state. To release a submaster
from a mode, press [Clear] along with the [Choose] button for the required submaster.
Intensity:
Final playback intensity is determined by following combination (in order):
1. Intensity value stored in the cue or effect being played back.
2. Fader setting of the submaster being used to playback the event.
3. Setting of the Grand Master fader or associated [Black Out] button.
GoGo
Back Back
Stop/
Step
Run
Stop/
Step
Run
GoGo GoGo GoGo
BackBack Back
Stop/
Step
Run
Stop/
Step
Run
Stop/
Step
Run
BackBack Back
Stop/
Step
Run
Stop/
Step
Run
Stop/
Step
Run
GoGo
BackBack
Stop/
Step
Run
Stop/
Step
Run
Load
Select
Load
Select
1 2
1
Choose Choose
2
Rate Control
Load
Select
Load
Select
Load
Select
43 5
Load
Select
Load
Select
Load
Select
6 7 8
Load
Select
Load
Select
109
Choose
4
Choose
3
Choose
5
Disable
Timing
Disable Filter
ChooseChoose
6 7
Choose
8
dentFilter Assign
Clear
Rate
Bump
Disable
Freeze
Choose
10
Choose
9
21-30
Go
Back
Board Control
Black
1-10
11-20
Submasters
out
Grand Master
Takes all
Selects
Submaster
intensity fader
Starts a
board cue
Applies a submaster
mode when pressed
along with a mode
Prohibits a submaster from
having its content modified
by any other submaster
Loads selected
Stop or steps
through a board cue
Applies filter settings
to a submaster for
modification of playback
button
submaster
for playback
intensity levels
to zero
channels and their
current parameter
settings into a
submaster for
playback
F
rate 100
52
Blwash
Rate Value
Modes (if any)
Filter Grid
Pending Cue
Active Cue
F
I
F
G
E
CB
C T
51
Rdwash
01
Shows auto-
follow time, or
cue execution
time if no auto-
follow
rate 100
52
Blwash
F
I F
G
E
CB
C T
51
Rdwash
01
Plays back
a cue/effect
Plays previous
active cue/effect
Loads selected
Resumes a
stopped cue/effect
Stops or steps
through a cue/effect
cue or effect
Chooses Submaster
banks (3 total)
Causes timing data to
be ignored in a submaster
Sets rate
Takes intensity
to 100%
Clears submaster
modes and events
Withholds selected
channels from playback
Disables playback of macros
or snapshots linked to a cue
Halts an event in
mid-transaction
Speed up or slows down
playback of an event
Prohibits dynamic states
from playback
Grand Master Fader -
Controls overall console
intensity level