Recording a Cue

Fast Description

Select Fixtures and set levels.
Press [REC] [ENTER] or [REC] [SELECT] on the Playback you want to use.
A cue with the next available number will be appended to the cue list. This cue will use the default timing as determined in Default Cue List Options

Note:

If you want to keep the Record Cue dialog box open to add label or change the record options, hold down [SHIFT] before pressing [SELECT]. (i.e., [REC] [SHIFT]+[SELECT])
If the Blue Box is resting on the last cue of the cue list, the Record dialog box will be automatically stuffed with a sensible new cue number.)

Detailed Description

Set the levels you want to record in a cue. The levels can be set by any method (using the mouse, the keypad, Looks, Groups, etc.)
Press [REC] or [R] or click the Record button on the Tool Bar.
The Record dialog box appears:

Enter a cue Number. (The number in the [S2] box should be the next available cue at the end of your cue list or it will be cue number highlighted by the Blue Box.) The Cue Number box is active by default, so you can just enter a number and press [ENTER]. (Also see note below about recording ranges of cues.)

The following properties are optional:

[S1] - If needed, select the Cue List to record to. The default is the cue list you currently have selected.

[S3] - Change the Record option if needed. The default option is to record your Changed Attributes or those marked by the delta symbol: . Read what the other Record Options are and when to use them here. Read about other fixture states here.

[S4] - Enter a Cue Label. This label will appear in the Cue List next to the cue. (optional)

[S5] - Change the Default Cue Time. This box will automatically be stuffed with the value from the Default Cue List Options.

[S6] - If you don't enter a Down Time, the Down Time will be the Cue time. If you do enter a Down Time, the Cue Time is equivalent to the Up Time. If you need the cue to wait a specified amount of time before it starts to fade (either Up or Down), use the Wait/Fade syntax in the time field.

[S7] - If you are recording to an existing cue and want to Update in the changes, select Update. Updating means that the new data will be overlaid on the existing cue, not destroying data that is currently there. If you are recording to an existing cue and don't select Update, you will see the dialog box shown below after you press [ENTER].

[S8] - Check Exclude Look Masters if you don't want to suck in levels from recorded Looks that are active on stage.

[S9] - Opens the Attribute dialog box to allow you to filter what will be recorded in this cue:

Note:

If you double tap [S5] (or any other softkey), it will 'solo' Position. That is, all other check marks will clear and Position will remain checked. These softkeys are also mapped to the Moving Light buttons to the left of the encoders.
You don't necessarily have to open this box to change the attribute filtering. While in the main Record dialog box, press [SHIFT] and the Attribute button will change to this and the softkeys will change to the following:

Again, these softkeys are also mapped to the Moving Light buttons to the left of the encoders. Pressing any of these changes the attribute masking without the need to open the Attribute dialog box. You can also double tap any attribute family to solo it.

[S10] - De-select Edits Track Forward if you are updating a cue which is not the last cue in the cue list and you don't want the changes you've just made to go past this cue. This option is ON by default. You can change the default in [S2] Show Options. This option is disabled if you are appending to the cue list.

Press [ENTER] to close the dialog box. If you are attempting to record over an existing cue and you have not selected Update as described in [S7] above, you will be presented with the following dialog box.

Update (see above) is the default. Pressing [ENTER] or [S2] will close this dialog box and update the existing cue, not losing old cue data.
Pressing [S1] Delete and Replace will delete the existing cue and record the new cue data to this cue number using the record options specified in [S3] and [S9]above.
Cancel will close this dialog box and return you back to the Record dialog box.

The recorded cue appears on the cue list.

Tips:

You can use the [WHEEL] to change many of the controls in this dialog box. Holding down [SHIFT] while using the Wheel changes numeric values by 0.1.
You can quickly append a cue to a cue list that is not currently selected by pressing [REC] [SELECT].

Using the Command Line to Record Cues

If you prefer, you can record cues without opening the Record dialog box by using the command line. To do this, you must press [CUE] first followed by the cue number then terminate the command line with [REC]:

[CUE] [5] [REC]

The Record and Exclude Look Masters options are taken from the Record dialog box (see [S3] and [S8] above), so whatever they were last set at will be used when using the command line to record cues.

Note that as soon as you start the command line with [CUE], the softkeys will change to:

This allows you to specify some other options before committing a record operation:

[CUE] [5] [S9 - TIME] [4] [REC]

[CUE] [5] [S9 - TIME] [2] [/] [4] [REC]

[CUE] [5] [S2 - Follow] [3] [REC]

Recording a Ranges of Cues:

If you want to record values through a range of cues, either type [CUE] [X] [THRU] [Y] [REC] or, by pressing [REC] first to open the Record Dialog box, enter the range using the X/Y syntax in the [S2] field:

As soon as you type the "/" symbol for Thru, the Label, Cue Timing and Update control become inactive. When recording through a range of cues, new cues will never be created as this type of recording is necessarily an Update operation. When you press OK, you will be presented with this dialog box:

If you select Block new values into cue range, each cue in the range will get the new values as determined by the Record Options you selected with [S3] in the Record dialog box. This may result in Redundant Data which may or may not be desirable (normally only desirable in multiple cue list environments where you want to be sure each cue will be in total control of those lights, regardless of what other cue lists are doing). By default, [S2] Track new values through cue range is selected (so pressing [ENTER] will close this dialog box using this option). If you select this option, the values will be recorded in the first cue in the range and they will track until the end of the range. You can still un-check [S10] Edit Track Forward in the Record dialog box to not track beyond the end of the range, even when using the [S2] Confirmation option.