SD7 Operation Manual Appendix 2: SD7T Operation
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3. Bea ma n BEL EE is Lae BE CEE nan Ban pan man ERE rien TASHE BARE PATRA oT PERE penn EE Re EE ne EE aE When entering PC messages with the Ripple Down Function enabled the same PC message is written to the subsequent Cues untila change of state a different PC message is reached Appendix 2 SD7T Operation Cue Control By MIDI The fring of Cues can be controlled from incoming MIDI messages and the console can send the same controller messages when a cue is fired The range of messages available are MIDI Channel 16 Controllers 16 to 19 with data values 0 to 127 NOTE Controller 19 Values 126 and 127 are reserved for Fire Previous and Fire Next functions By default the messages associated with each Cue will count from Controller 16 Value 0 upwards through the Cue List but these messages can be edited at any time Pressing the MIDI Control button at the bottom of the Cue List panel will open the Cue Control by MIDI panel where these messages can be viewed on alist and changed as required To change a message press the Change button and select any available controller value from the drop down list Buttons at the bottom of this panel activate the sending and or receiving of these messages MIDI Control Message Press Change and select new MIDI Control Value Cue Control by MIDI Cue Control by MIDI Change Controller Value Clear Controller Value Send MIDI Control Receive
4. parner fio gound ovos In the above example we can see that the Live mode scope restricts access to all the Input devices The Matrix output Channels changing the session structure the audio I O devices the Audio Sync settings and stops the user Quitting to Windows A2 4 DIGICO Appendix 2 SD7T Operation A2 2 4 Additional MIDI Functionality ccccsssseeseeeseeseeenees MIDI Devices panel MIDI Devices port ehan name pe ferra Lis ee Ee pe pa PC Column Sets range of MIDI Program Change messages A value of 1 sends PC messages in the range 1 128 A value of 0 sends PC messages in the range 0 127 chng Column If a Y is entered into this column Program Change messages will only be transmitted if the value to be sent is different to the last value sent on that MIDI channel Leaving the chng column blank will ensure that PC messages are always sent for that channel regardless of the last transmitted value Clear PC Under normal circumstances Program Change Messages are only transmitted when a value changes By pressing the Clear PC button it ensures that all Program Change messages will be sent on the firing of the next cue even if the value has not changed from the firing of the previous cue MIDI Program Panel Now includes a Ripple Down Function pum ove name act at a2 as aa as as ar as Jas Jnana ede tof vob Tt tt i 200 C2 E zero zi Fann Bras na Leese mnri
5. changes to a setting on achannel in more that one cue at atime There are conditions and rules to this automatic update which will be explained later Auto Update is switched on amp off using the Auto Update button in the Cues Panel or in the snapshot control section on the Upper Master Worksurface to the right of the Master Screen On abasic level as an example with Auto Update ON making a change to the EQ on Channel 1 in a Cue will update the same EQ in all the Cues in the show that have a matching EQ This automatic update rule works along side the Aliases system see separate explanation of Aliases So if a channel uses more than one alias then changes to a module EQ for example will only be updated to cues that have a matching alias Since it may not suit to ripple certain classes of controls to all cues in this way there is provision for an opt out For instance Channel Delay may want to be restricted only to the Cue in which it s changed in order to track actors around a stage cue by cue Achannel s routing may change cue by cue between a number of different groups Achannel s soft Mute state would almost certainly never want to ripple to all cues The Auto Update across cues is also affected by the Auto Update Exclusions found in the Theatre Options Tab If a module is set as an exclusion to Auto Update then changes to the excluded module will only occur in the single cue being modified By default Mutes are excluded fr
6. for that cue Changes made to CG Assignments are only shown on the worksurface become active once a Cue has been fired For example adda Channel 1 to a CG 1 in Cue 3 Channel 1 will not show as a member of CG1 until cue 3 is fired For clarity only input channels are shown in the assign panel Output channels can be viewed by switching off the Inputs Only function The channels are displayed as you would find them on the surface left and right worksurfaces arranged in banks and layers Clearing Assignments To clear an assignment press the Clear button at the bottom of the Panel then touch the cell to clear Assign ments can also be cleared using the Right Click on the Keyboard NOTE When assigning and clearing assignments make sure that the Ripple Down function is correctly set There is no Undo Function Renaming Select a cell then press the Rename button Enter anew name Contol Group Name Colour Coding The colour of the CG name indicates where cahnges have taken place in the Cue List Black entry Original selection of a single channel bank or set of channels Green entry A Rippled entry which is the same as the CG in the previous Cue Blue entry A variation on the original selection normally created by holding the keyboard SHIFT key and adding or removing selections A2 8 DIGICO Appendix 2 SD7T Operation Control Group Cues num cuename scope cor co2 ces cosa cos cos cor a e
7. list that are using the same channel or module settings Ripple Open Open Assignment Global Scope Group amp Auto Update Update Down to next Panel Scope Panel Single Cue existing change Open Assign Rename Update Update Recall Scope Mode Mode All Cues in Group All Cues in List Panel using the same using the same Alias Alias EA A211 Appendix 2 SD7T Operation Replacing Channel Settings in a Cue Select the Channel Name Cell in a Cue then press the Assign Button The Channel Settings Assign Panel will open Select Channel Settings for Ch1 Harry in Cue 4 00 This Channel a The Assign Panel lists all of the Channel Settings Aliases for the given channel In this example Channel 1 has two sets of settings Two Aliases Bob and Harry By selecting Harry can replace all of the channel settings for Ch 1 in the given Cue Cue 4 in this example with Harry s settings the 11 modules that make up Harry s settings Options are available for selecting Channel Settings from this channel or any other channel Expanded View Touching the Channel Number at the top of the column expands the Channel to show the module components of the channel for each cue The modules will be referred to as Module Snapshots Module snapshots can be assigned in the same way as Channel Settings by touching the appropriate cell in the grid and pressing the Assign Button This allows the selection of settings from a module of
8. the same type eg EQ from the same channel in another cue or from another channel in another cue Cue Name Channnel Name Expanded Modules of Channel Channel Cues A2 3 6 Creating Aliases cccccccssseeeeeceesneeeecnessseeeeeeenseeseeeneeees Aliases are created from an Aliases Panel accessed from Input Channel Setup Panels NOTE Only unused Aliases can be deleted Cpu Satis Prone perea maind wr main input alt input Channel Aliases aux pan fradimute inserts buss directs copy from copy to lt t presets gt l Solo i Solo 2 J auto solo A2 12 DIGICO Appendix 2 SD7T Operation Pressing the aliases button opens the Channel Aliases Panel The current alias will be highlighted other aliases that are used somewhere within the session are listed in black text and aliases that exist but are not used are listed in red text There are options for displaying the aliases of either the selected channel or all channels and showing and hiding unused aliases New Aliases Creates an Alias and prompts for a name Enter a Name The new Alias is created and if Auto Update is On used in the Current cue The new Alias will take on all the settings from the original Alias but will then be isolated from inheriting changes in all modules This means that changes made to the original alias will not affect the new alias and changes made to the new alias will not affect the original ali
9. Appendix 2 SD7T Operation SD7 Operation Manual Appendix 2 SD7T Operation For Software Versions 2 1 223 Appendix 2 SD7T Operation A2 1 Overview A2 2 New General Features Not SD7T Specific A2 2 1 LOR BUSSCS scrissenu a ik w n wo a ws bn e a A2 3 A2 2 2 Global Set To Defaults ccsccceeseeeeesseeseeneeeees annnnnn A2 3 AZ2 2 3 OY fie new ana aa one n w cece n kt ca e e eden at left m a a ea n A2 4 A2 2 4 Additional MIDI Functionality ccccecceeseeeeeeeee annnnnn A2 5 A2 2 5 OPUON Sct au vott nm eto sr ik al ak at nm ak aa alan A2 6 A2 3 Features Specific to SD7T ccsscecceseecceseeseeneeseeneesennees sannnn A2 3 1 Auto Update Explained cccccssseessseeseeseeeeseeee mannan A2 7 A2 3 2 Options Additional Theatre Tab cccceseees mannens A2 7 A2 3 3 Channel Sets oue ee n e n kk an n e e n Se mi ae A2 8 A2 3 4 Control Group Cues cccccecseseecseseeesesseeseeseesees annnnnn A2 8 A2 3 5 Channel Cues ve ie it li en ni n mot n n kl in kk sl l ei m A2 9 A2 3 6 Creating Aliases c cssccssssseeesseecenseseeneeseennees nnne A2 12 A2 3 7 Module Cues iiss te acre kato kre e ik pe a in snes mannna A2 13 A2 3 8 Cue List Text Style amp Colour ccccceseseeeeseeeeeee nanannn A2 14 A2 3 9 Matrix Nodal Delays ccccssseeseseeeeeseeeeneeeenee annannn A2 15 A2 2 Contents DIGICO Appendix 2 SD7T Operation
10. MIDI Control A225 OD MON S ei tie ia ei eee een seen een e a a cence ae na ko ik ka kk Additional User Options Include Surface Tab Round to Whole dB s Ali fractional dB readouts are rounded to the nearestinteger value Auto Cancel 2 Function Automatically cancels the 2 Function after he predetermined time Adjusts 1 15 seconds Faders Tab OdB Detent Switches the electronic OdB detent on or off Now available on All channels just Graphic EQ s or None Fader Mode Switches faders between Free and Protected modes In protected mode fader must recognize a touch before it allows movement Disable Tab The following worksurface buttons can be disabled It does not affect on screen operation of the functions Snapshot Previous Next Snapshot Auto Update Joystick Hard Mute Alt Input Meters Tab Overview Meters Choice of Large or Small independently for Inout and Output Meters Session Tab Default Positions at Next Startup If set to YES then all window positions will be reset to default positions at next launch A2 6 DIGICO Appendix 2 SD7T Operation A2 3 Features Specific to SD7T With special thanks to Andrew Bruce of Autograph UK for his invaluable contibution to the design and explanation of these features A2 3 1 Auto Update Explained ccccccsssseessesseesceeseesseeneeseoees The Auto Update System Previously referred to as Live Update in D5T Software allows users to apply
11. Recut Recrater Recrtert Reraert MUTED Recois Renter mm mf m Recratr Recruter Recruter Fecruter Recuter Recrtert MUTED __ Recue Recratr frece mm mm mz a tecri Spera a a e e ke en MUTED Recruter Recruiter Recruiter Alias changes Alias inheritance Cue 37 Sargon Shows that Sargon Cue 41 Recruiter Recruiter amp Sergeant Cue 54 Sergeant all share the same input settings Display Filters Two display filters have been incorporated to make it easier to navigate and manage the potentially huge display of settings and data As an alternative to the Show Names display above you can choose to show a marker only where settings change Colour Coding As the key on the panel shows there are different colour codes to represent different things Grey entry no changes Black entry changes have been made Red entry no controls in this module will inherit changes Purple entry some controls in this module will inherit changes Changes Only button Hides all repeated entries Channel Cues ho changes prem le pa ce ch 4 mute A2 10 DIGICO Appendix 2 SD7T Operation Other controls in the Channel Cues Panel Choose Channels The Grid of Channels contains all Input Channels To reduce the selection of channels shown in this panel open the Channel Selection Panel by pressing Choose Channels Ticks and crosses show which channels will be shown and which channels will be hidden In
12. as Custom Alias Custom aliases allow users to decide at the point of creation how an alias interacts with other aliases and what the initial settings of the alias will be Choose to flatten module settings when creating the Alias Sets the inheritance state of the module Independent Selection for each of the 11 Modules m m m a son son a sou t All button presses all 11 buttons in the column above Keep Settings Column When Alias is created a tick indicates the new Alias will keep the current channel settings for the given module Update Changes A tick indicates that the module will be updated by changes to the original alias and changes to this alias will update the settings on the original alias A red cross indicates that module will be isolated from changes made to the original alias NOTE The Default settings for Custom Aliasare shown above All current Channel Settings are kept All modules will be isolated from changes in the original Alias except the Input Trim module which includes Input route digital trim phase and digitube controls A2 3 7 Module CUES cccceeeeeceeeneeeeenneeeceeseeseenseeseaneeesoenseesooaees The Module Cues panel is located in the master screen Layout menu and has very similar functions to the Channel Cues panel This panel lists information about the Channel settings and Module Cu
13. closed changes cannot be undone R Global Set to Defaults input channels send level Ode sends off _faders 008 _mutes off EA As Appendix 2 SD7T Operation A2 2 3 SOC UY Satela spes fisik im aaa da ki an Security modes are now implemented with a choice of three modes of operation Setup Users have full access to every function on the console Live Access to elements of the console can be limited and password protected Unattended The console is locked and cannot be operated Console Security an E e E User passwords can be defined for the Live and Unattended modes To set a password press the Set Password button Enter the old password then enter the new password twice By default the passwords are blank If you should forget your password call your Distributor to obtain a reset password Entering the master override password will delete all of the user set passwords allowing new passwords to be set Change Live Password To modify restrictions in Live mode press the Set Live Restrictions button in the Security Panel A range of options are provided and the channel list can be expanded with a scope per controller per channel A Tick indicates access allowed A Cross indicates the item will be locked when the console is place in Live mode Live Security Restrictions erent name mmm des mers oa onemo sete sons racer mute
14. e ee Lt Assign CG Cues Panel Assign Button Assignment Panel Sets Lett layer 2 bn on montan vrevi vre Channels Aliases Aux amp Group Masters can also be assigned to CG s from here Colour Key Black The Channel s current name Blue An Alias that has been used elsewhere Red An Alias that has been created but not yet used A2 3 5 Channel CU S a anannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn l e en a m Locatedinthe master screen Layout menu The Channel Cues panel shows the Channel Settings usedin each channelin each cue and allows the selection of alternative settings Channel Settings and Aliases A key feature of SD7 is the ability to manipulate channel settings If you consider the settings that make up a single channel there are 11 key modules thatwhen combined make a single channel orachannel setting These are Input The routed input digital trim phase digitube Delay The Delay setting Filters High and Low Pass Filters Input Channels only EQ 4 Band EQ on Input Channels 8 Band EQ on Output Channels Dynamics Single MultiBand Compressor amp Gate Inserts Settings of both insert points Pre and Post Processing Auxes Aux Send settings Fader The Fader Mute and CG Membership settings Pan Channel Pan Group Routing to Groups Output Any direct out routing and associated properties It is possible for each channel to contain more than 1 set of cha
15. e Current Cue 2U DU text goes BLACK whereas the Selected Cue The Cue text can be given a custom colour which is chosen from the Style palette in Notes When you do this only the Cue number remains Green to indicate that it is the Selected Cue The Cue text always shows in the custom colour The text style of the Cue names can be edited by changing the text style of the individual cue s notes Select a Cue press the Notes button and then select STYLE from the Cue Notes panel Text can be Normal Bold Italic or Underlined and the text and background colours can also be changed Notes Style t duration fire at timecode This Style has been edited A2 14 DIGICO Appendix 2 SD7T Operation then the worksurface Touch Turn controls are used to adjust settings Each node can be selected by touching and To adjust delay times press the Delays button at the bottom of the Matrix panel touch the required nodes and use the worksurface Touch To Select Touch Turn controls to adjust the settings and On Off status Pressing the Delays button again will return the display to Matrix levels SD7T provides up to 1 3 seconds of delay on each Matrix node A2 3 9 Matrix Nodal DelayS cccccsssseseesseeeeesseeseeneesseeeseesoens touch level controls to assign to touch turn rotary k touch level controls to assign to touch turn rotary A Faoina TE Panis a Paolsoleoisc Paolsolsol so
16. es for multiple channels within one cue The cues are listed and can be selected by touching the list on the left of the panel and the channels with their Module Cues are listed on the right Channel settings and Module Cues can be assigned and renamed using exactly the same procedure as in the Channel Cues panel see previous section Cue Name Channnel Name Expanded Modules of Channel Module Cues E a Ez EN oo Ee Ee Ee Ee Ee A2 13 Appendix 2 SD7T Operation A2 3 8 Cue List Text Style amp Colour cccccesssesseeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeneees There are 2 significant selections of Cue displayed in the SD7T Cuelist at any one time The Current Cue is the last one that was fired The Selecetd Cue allows you to make changes to certain programmed parameters without actually having to be in the cue For instance it allows you to change a MIDI value before you have fired the Cue that contains it The Current Cue has a 14 00 white ish background with black text The Selected Cue has a 16 00 dark blue grey background with green text Normally the Current Cue and the Selected Cue track together and the Current Cue background colour takes precedence So 18 00 green text on a white b g shows that the Current Cue and Selected Cue are the same Ona PC the two are separated unlocked by using the keyboard arrows On the console use the worksurface Cue scroll buttons in the Upper Master section Once separated th
17. nnel settings the channel may be shared between two or more different performers Alternatively a single performer may have different roles or costumes that require a change in settings Each channel setting is also known as an ALIAS The Aliases may have some common elements but each Alias contains the 11 modules that make it up ay As Appendix 2 SD7T Operation At first sight this window can look quite daunting but it does provide you with an invaluable way to examine manage and fix programming changes or errors that would otherwise remain unseen until a cue is fired Channel Cues will show you where a channel s Aliases change in the Cue list It will also show you which Cues have unique settings stored and in which of the 11 sections of the channel it has been made It won t display actual values but it will show you that something was done and if the unique setting is no longer required in a Cue allow you to pick a default or known state from another Cue as a substitute Initially channels are displayed in their condensed mode but each one can be expanded to show the full range of parameters Cue Name Channnel Name Expanded Modules of Channel Channel 4 is shown Shows Module Cue names including in expanded mode the number of the cue in which they were created Channel Cues ni changes fea refs I ferrer fReratefRecre Recut Recrater Reartert Resraert _epen_ Rerater Recrutr rete Reet i crater fReraterfRecre
18. om Auto Update It is also possible to protect controllers and channels from being Auto Updated The Cues Scope Group amp Auto Update Scope allows the protection of controller types on an individual channel basis Items marked with a red cross in this scope panel will not be updated by the auto update system A2 3 2 Options Additional Theatre Tab cccccsssssseeeeeeeeseees Options Surface Faders Solo Disable Brightness Meters Session Status Theatre i ney a at tae fe ane S mi no Option All Function Switch between Channel Gangs and Cue Auto Update Channel Gangs Standard SD7 Live style function where the Option All function is used to perform operations on Entire Banks of controllers or to defeat Ganging to make relative adjustments between ganged channels Cue Auto Update No longer performs Gang functions as above but inverts the Auto Update function see separate explanation of Theatre Mode Auto Update Excluded Controls Scope Selection of controller types that will be excluded from the Auto Update function Note that the use of the Option All button on an excluded control will write to all cues as opposed to the current cue as the Option All control inverts the Auto Update rule Fader Off LCD Colour Choose the colour of channel LCD Buttons when a channel is off Fader down or channel is muted If None is selected the LCD button colour will remain the same regardles
19. s of the channel being open or closed Display Cues Overview Option to have a duplicate Cues list displayed on the Overview Screen sy A2 Appendix 2 SD7T Operation A2 3 3 CHann l SOUS zi e keksoz ian kaa knn ik m Locatedinthe master screen Layout menu Asetisagroup of channels 32 Sets are available and each set can contain any combination of Input channels and an input channel can be a member of any number of sets Sets are used as a tool in the assigning of members to Control Groups allowing the quick selection of pre defined groups or sets of input channels To assign channels to a set touch the set name to highlight it and then from the list touch the names of the channels that you want to include in the sets Channels can belong to as many sets as you wish and sets can be updated if roles change NOTE If a Set has already been used to assign a group of channels changing the membership will not retrospectively change any assignments that have already been made they need to be deleted and reassigned in order to reflect the revised membership The Name and colour of each set can be edited press the edit names amp colours button and then select the name or colour to be edited Channel Sets 04 Dolly 05 Fiona 06 Sarah 07 Rebecca A2 3 4 Control Group Cues ccccscceeecccssseeesecesseeeseeneseeeseeeeeeees Located in the master screen Layout menu this is a panel for assigning members to Con
20. the example below only Input channels 1 and 2 will appear in the grid Choose Channels Global Scope Recall Scope Group amp Auto Update Scope Shortcut buttons to the appropriate scope in the Cues Panel Assign Opens the Assign Panel allowing the selection of different settings either Channel Settings or individual module settings This function is dependant on the current Update Type that is selected by default Update Single is pressed and only the current cue s channel or module settings will be updated Rename Allows the renaming of the selected cell either Channel Settings or individual module settings This function is also dependant on the current Update Type that is selected by default Update Single is selected and only the current cue s channel or module settings will be renamed Update Single This Update Type is the default setting and if pressed will apply any assignment or name changes to the selected cue only Update Group This Update Type if pressed will apply any assignment or name changes to all the cues in the same group as the selected cue that are using the same channel or module settings Ripple Down This Update Type if pressed will apply any assignment or name changes to all the cues after the selected cue until there is an existing change of channel setting or module setting in the list Update All This Update Type if pressed will apply any assignment or name changes to all the cues in the
21. trol Groups for each Cue in the session Central to the programming of a Theatre show is the ability to control the membership of Control Groups throughout the Cue List The Control Group Cues panel allows easy assignment of members to the Control Groups The Panel shows a list of Cues down the left column then a grid of Control Groups with their membership The Scope column can contain either a tick or across A tick indicates that any changes in CG membership will be recalled when the cue is fired A Cross indicates that any changes will not be recalled The Ripple Down Function If ripple down is off not highlighted then assignments made or cleared will only happen to the one cell being edited If Ripple Down is on then changes made are duplcated in the following cues until a change of state is met Then the change of assignment stops Assigning Members Press the Assign button then touch the cell to assign The Assign panel will open Select the channel or set to assign Custom assignments can be made by touching the first channel to assign then holding the shift key on the physical keyboard and selecting more cells When a Set is touched it s members are automatically selected This selection can then be adjusted by holding the shift key and selecting cells Ifa channel has Aliases they will be listed below the channel number Selecting an Alias assigns the Alias to the Control Group and also makes that Alias active in the given channel
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