Timing with Palettes

Palettes may be saved with timing information, or you can manually override the timing when recalling the palette.

Palettes with Saved Times

If you have saved time information in a palette, it will normally recall with this timing information. So if you programmed a 2 second fade, the palette will recall with a 2 second fade.

You can turn this off (which can be useful during programming) using the key profile setting for palette keys. You can set Palette Is Fired With Its Times or Palette Is Fired Ignoring Its Times.

Manually Overriding Palette Times

Video covering Palette Times

Being able to recall palettes with a manual fade allows easy \"busking\" of shows. When a palette is recalled in this way, a time is added and the palette fades in over that time.

1. Select some fixtures

2. Type in the fade time for the palette on the numeric keypad

3. Press a palette button to recall the palette

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• This overrides any timing stored in the palette itself.

• You have to re-enter the time each time you recall a palette. To use the same fade every time, set a Master Time: Press Palette, Master Time. To disable Master Time set to 0.

• Palette fading can be very useful when recalling a palette live during a show, as you can smoothly move fixtures to a new position or change colour slowly (on colour mixing fixtures).

Manual Fixture Overlap when Recalling Palettes

You can set a Fixture Overlap when recalling a palette, which means that the palette will be applied in sequence to each fixture in the group. This is a very quick way to busk some amazing effects.

Fixture Overlap = 100% means that all fixtures will change together.

Fixture Overlap = 0% means that each fixture must complete its fade before the next will start its fade.

1. Type in the overlap time for the palette on the numeric keypad

2. Press Set Overlap

3. Type in the fade time if fade is also required

4. Press a palette button to recall the palette

• You have to re-enter the overlap each time you recall a palette. To use the same overlap every time, set a Master Overlap: PressPalette, Master Overlap. To disable Master Overlap set to 100%.

Master Time for Palettes

Option Master Time on the Palette menu (press the Palette button above the numeric keypad) allows you to set a default fade time. This fade time will be used for all palettes unless you manually type in a different time. This can be useful when "busking" a show with palettes.

The Master Overlap option similarly sets the default Overlap for palette recall.

You can create macro buttons to set different palette fade times. Press

Macro, Record, press a button to store your macro on. Then pressPalette, Master Time, 3 (for 3 sec), Exit, Macro. Repeat these steps to create a Palette Snap button (0 sec), or a 1 sec fade button, and so on.