Sliders are used for two distinct purposes: Bus speed setting (Bus slider mode) and Fixture channel level setting (Level slider mode). Every slider can operate on either of these modes and each mode has its own configuration options.
Essentially, the slider sets directly the value for a bus or a collection of channels picked from fixtures in the workspace when the application is in Operate Mode.
When the slider has been set to operate on Bus mode, an additional tap button appears at the bottom of the slider; this button can be used to set the bus time by tapping the button in time with the beat of the currently playing song. The bus value is taken from the time between taps.
Sliders can be configured with the properties
button found in the toolbar or
with the Edit -> Properties menu item.
The General tab holds all of the sliders properties that are shared between Bus and Level modes.
Slider name | Set the slider's name. NOTE: In level mode this name is replaced with the name of the bus that the slider is currently controlling. |
Value display style |
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Slider movement |
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External input |
You can attach an external input channel from an input device (like a slider
board) to sliders so that you don't always have to use the mouse or touch
to move sliders.
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If the slider is not currently in Bus mode, all you see is a button telling you to click it to switch the slider to Bus mode. Clicking it will also show the actual Bus mode properties.
Value range |
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Bus | Select the Bus that the slider should be controlling. |
If the slider is not currently in Level mode, all you see is a button telling you to click it to switch the slider to Level mode. Clicking it will also show the actual Level mode properties.
Value Range |
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Fixture list | You can select individual channels from this list that contains all channels from all of your fixtures. Those channels that you have placed the tick mark on, will be controlled by this slider. |
All | Clicking this button will select ALL channels from ALL fixtures. |
None | Clicking this button will clear ALL channel selections concerning ALL fixtures. |
Invert | Invert the current selection. If you have channels 1, 3 and 5 selected from all fixtures, clicking this button will de-select channels 1, 3 and 5 and instead select channels 2, 4 and 6 from those fixtures. |
By group... | If you wish to control a specific channel group from ALL fixtures, you can click this button and select the channel group to control. Accepting the dialog will select ALL channels that belong to the selected group from ALL fixtures. This is particularly useful if you wish to have common control over, for example, all of your scanners' intensity channels. |