At the bottom of the screen there are eight pink 'Status Bubbles'. These bubbles tell you about different states or modes the console is in and other general information.
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The Tool bubble shows what Tool is currently active or which tool will be active if you press the [TOOLS] button (QWERTY equivalent [T] button). When you first start your session, this bubble will display [---] because no Tool has been selected yet. Hold the [TOOLS] button and select the tool using the softkeys. When a tool is active, the bubble will be red and the LED on the Tools button on the console will illuminate.
If you have external Look Master faders the Fader bubble will tell you which fader has been moved last, what it was assigned to and what its current level is. This is useful to set up the 'blind' side of a two-scene scene from notes without having to Display|Look Masters.
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Movements of the Grandmaster and Playback Master faders are not displayed here. See GM below or the topics Playback Bubbles and Uber Status.
The SMPTE Time display shares this bubble
Marquee is capable of an unlimited number of Fades (or cues running). These fades may be initiated from a single cue list running overlapping fades, complex parts, independent attribute timing or cues running from multiple cue lists. It's handy to know how many fades are currently running so you can report to stage management that things are still going on.
After you save the current show, this bubble marks the time at which you did that. A timer also shows you how long it has been since you last saved. The Uber Status marks a horizontal line where the save occurred. If checkpoint files or mirrored saving is enabled, their success or failure is also noted in the Uber Status box. [S8] Save Show is directly above this bubble when the default softkeys are displayed.
The Time of Day and date is displayed in this bubble. You can set the date and time of your console through the Control Panel.
This bubble will tell you if your Marquee hardware is either On-Line or Off-Line or whether or not the outputs are enabled. Click on this bubble to open the Hardware Status dialog box to view your Hardware type, serial number, and what type of processor and what amount of memory your system has. The total number of channels your system is authorized for and other additional options, such as Remote Focus Unit or Remote Video authorization, is also shown here.
When you are in Blind the Loaded Bubble becomes very important. It is your best indicator of what you are working on. It also works in Live mode if you use the [LOAD] button. You can load more than one item (cue or look) at once. The first one you load is displayed in this bubble. If you pile on addition items, then press Update, the first one gets updated with the entire state of everything that was loaded. If you exhaust the multi-stage release, the final press of [REL] will clear what is loaded and the Loaded Bubble will be empty.
The Grandmaster display shows in red if the level is not 100%. In addition, levels that have been affected by the Grandmaster will be displayed with a red hat, a hollow pipe and a broken arrow:
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File Menu (checkpoint files and mirrored saving)