ColorSource consoles have a feature that allow you to edit cues
and sequences very easily.
Edits in the system are all done Live,
meaning that you have to see your lights on the stage to know what it is you're recording.
Sometimes however you end up with a mix of Playbacks and Cues
on the stage at the same time.
So I'll just get us into that state so you can see what I mean.
So here I have the yellow down lights which are a combination of my Playbacks number 1 and 2.
And my moving lights which are coming from Cue 11.
If I want to edit Cue 11 right now.
I don't want those down lights included because they're separately recorded for a reason.
Same thing is true if I'm running a Sequence on a Playback
with Cues running at the same time.
If my chase is coming from a Playback
and my Cue List is active I might want to make changes to the steps of my chase
without also including the contents of the Cue that’s live on stage.
So these edit functions work basically the same way.
Just depends whether I'm editing a Cue or editing a step in a Sequence.
To get here I use the {Record/Edit} key
and you can see in the center of that menu there's an edit section
with {Cue List} and {Sequence List} as the options.
We’ll start with the Cue List.
When I enter this view, I see the Cue List at the top.
I see a bit of my stage map below.
And my soft keys have changed to functions related to
making new Cues, copying Cues, deleting Cues, and our new Edit Cue button.
Now I can choose the Cue that I wish to edit.
In this case {Cue 11}
and right now I can change the text name of that Cue
or the timings of that Cue using the cells at the top of the screen.
If I want to edit the contents of this Cue,
I need to press the {Edit Cue} button.
If you look at the visualization you'll see that the
down lights are no longer live on stage.
I'm only seeing the contents of Cue 11 right now.
The Playbacks are still live in the Live state but in this Edit Cue stage
they're being suppressed so that I can be very specific about what I'm editing.
Now I can select lights and make changes
like turn a light blue for example.
And I can choose to store just that single edit.
Or if I need to make changes across a number of cues in a Sequence
or in a sequential fashion rather
I can use the {Store & Next} key
to both store Cue 11 with its changes
and automatically select Cue 12 for editing without leaving this mode.
I'm just going to change the one Cue right now so I'll hit {Store.}
It's asking me to confirm that I want to make this change. {Yes}.
And now I can carry on editing other Cues if I wish.
Or I can {Exit} this mode.
And now Cue 11 has been updated with our single blue light in it.
The same is true if I want to work on a chase Sequence.
So I'm going to clear everything right now.
And bring up a chase Sequence.
You can see this is a simple three color chase.
{Edit} {Sequence List}.
Pick the one you wish to edit.
And now I can say I want to choose the first step and edit just that step.
If there were cues playing at the same time right now those would be suppressed.
And just this single step would be shown so that I can make the adjustments I need to make.
The same rules apply if I want to just store this single step.
And then manually to choose another step to edit.
I can hit the {Store} key and if I want to move sequentially through this list
I can use the {Store & Next} key.
If I don't mean to keep any of the changes that I've made I can use the {Cancel} key
or I can just {Exit} the mode.