Event V3 Operating Manual - Jands

© Jands Electronics July 1995
12.00 Stacks
Section 10 explained how to control Memories and Chases using the Assign faders.
Many shows are run this way, with the operator manually fading Memories and
Chases in and out to suit whatever is happening on stage.
An alternate approach, commonly used in the theatre, is to automate this process by
setting infade and outfade times for each Memory and Chase and then simply
pressing a Go button which fades in a new lighting ‘look’, and at the same time fades
out whatever lights were on previously.
The Event offers this theatrical method through the use of Stacks. The name comes
from the idea of a Stack of Memories that can be played back one after another.
Sometimes operators plan to use Stacks and record each of the lighting looks they
want to use in order. However, with the Event it is not necessary to do this and
Memories and Chases can be linked together in any order. However any Memory
or Chase can only be used once in a Stack.
Usually the operator instigates the start of each new lighting look by pressing the
Go button. However, sometimes it is useful to have several Memories follow each
other at a preset time, fading in and out automatically. Some industrial shows which
run to an exact schedule are fully programmed this way. The Event also includes
this feature.
12.10 Control fields
Both the Memory and the Chase menus include fields which control how they
behave when used in Stacks:
M em : NEXT
M 1 0 M 1 1
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Me m:
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M 10
M 10
▼
12A Next field
12B Infade field
Me m:
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M 10
M 10
De l aỵ
0 : 00
0
INFADE
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t fde
0:
00.
0 0:
00.
0 More
Inf
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OUTFDE
0:
00.
0 0:
00.
0 Mo r e
12.11 NEXT fields
Diagram 12A
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This field sets which item follows the Memory or Chase. The field is factory set in
numeric order, i.e. The NEXT field in Memory 10 is set to Memory 11.
12.12 INFADE / OUTFDE (Outfade) fields
Diagram 12B, 12C
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The INFADE field sets the time the Memory or Chase will take to fade from 0% to
100%, i.e. if set to 0:10.5, it will take this Memory or Chase 10.5 seconds to fade
up to full output.
The OUTFDE (Outfade) field sets the time the Memory or Chase will take to fade
from 100% to 0%, i.e. if set to 0:08.2, it will take this Memory or Chase 8.2 seconds
to fade out completely.
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12C Outfade field
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