Now that we have these channels patched let's see how they work in Live.
So to start bringing up channels on stage the first thing we'll want to do is go into [Live]
If you're not already there.
and to get Channel 1 up at full it's as simple as saying [1] [At] [Full] [Enter]
and that will bring that channel up.
And once you have a channel on the command line you don't have to re-select the channel to change levels
to regrab that you can just say [At] [50] [Enter]
that's going to re-grab Channel 1 and put it at 50
and you can grab multiple channels together with use of the +
So, [2] [+] [3] [At] [5] [Enter]
and what that's going to give you is 50%
By default, when you put just a single number on the command line
we assume the 10% value of that
if you wanted to go to 5%, you would have to type [O] [5] on the command line
so that the board could get you there.
Also, you'll notice in the top left-hand corner of the Live screen you'll now see manual channels
and that shows us that we have channels that we've modified, but haven't yet stored.
And those will always show up in red.
Moving on, let's go ahead and take [31] [Thru] [50] [-] [34] [-] [35] [At] [65] [Enter]
And you'll notice that if we want to subtract more than one channel we have to say 'minus' twice.
If we were to say [-] [34] [+] [35], it would just re-add 35 into that channel selection.
Let's go ahead and say [59] [Thru] [62] [Full] [Enter]
You will notice that the board filled in the [At] command for me
so that's a great way to drop some keystrokes.
And similarly, if I say [55] [Thru] [58] [Full] [Full]
I can get my Full level as well.
If I type [51] [Thru] [54] [Level]
what's nice about Level is it's going to take me to my default level which is 80.
So if I'm going to 80% fairly regularly I can just use my level key
but I can also define that in Settings.
So if I want my level to be something different like 60% or 50%
I can set that up and one key will get me to that level at all times
The other thing to note about Level is that it's self-terminating,
meaning that I don't have to press the Enter key in order to complete the command.
We can also do proportional control, so I'm going to say [51] [Thru] [62]
and I'm going to start to roll my level wheel
and you'll notice the 51 through 54
are staying lower than the rest of my selection because they started lower.
You'll also notice as I roll up that those channels that hit Full first will stay there.
We'll roll to the top, and then as I roll down
the proportions between those channels remain.
And those proportions will stay in place until I clear my channel selection.
I'm going to say [8] [At] [50] [Enter]
and then I'm going to use my Plus and Minus Percentage keys
and by hitting [+ %] and [- %] they default to 10%
and you can also define the percentage of those in Setup.
Next, I'm going to say a [5] [At] [50]
and I'm going to say now [At] (which we grabs Channel 5) [+] [3] [Enter]
and you'll notice that's going to put 30 points on the command line
but it adds it to whatever the selection is, so I was at 50% before, and now I'm at 80%.
Again, I can say at [-] [40]
and that's going to take 40 points away, so my Channel 5 is now at 40%.
If I want to adjust the level with true percentages, I can say [At] [/] [50]
and that's going to take that level to 50% of its value.
So the slash denotes percentage. And you'll notice that it took it from 40% down to 20%.
I can also do above 100 percent.
so I can say [At ] [/] [400]
and that's going to multiply that by 400%, or 4 times 20 is 80.
Next, I can say [1] [Thru] [35] [Out]
and you'll notice that the Out key is auto-terminating, I don't have to hit Enter after that.
And finally, a fun little trick: I can say [31] [Thru] [35] [At] [10] [Thru] [Full] [Enter]
and you can see that I get a nice proportion across those fixtures.
And again, as I roll the level wheel up and down,
they'll maintain proportion to one another so I can adjust those together.