American DJ Show Designer, Instruction Manual

Page 1: ...American DJ Show Designer Software Revision 2 08 American DJ 4295 Charter Street Los Angeles CA 90058 USA E mail support ameriandj com Web www americandj com...

Page 2: ...ure settings and Shows are timed sequences of scenes Programming is quick and simple Fixture selection channel changes Presets and Chases are used to achieve a look on stage This can then be saved as...

Page 3: ...e Add switch while selecting the last items from the menu list This is a safety feature for the benefit of installers who wish to protect the memory from unauthorized tampering The various menu items...

Page 4: ...using the 4 banks of 8 faders When using the pan and tilt wheel or the trackball all of the fixtures within the group will respond if they have a pan and tilt feature Set individual pan and tilt leve...

Page 5: ...the channel used by the fixture for pan This can also be set to none if the fixture does not have a pan feature This is also the pan coarse channel or pan high byte channel for those fixtures that us...

Page 6: ...can also enable extra MIDI channels by moving the cursor to the number and use the or switch to select from 0 9 Extra MIDI channels will allow you to use more than one MIDI channel to call additional...

Page 7: ...ms that are not hidden will also be locked out to protect the memory To lock or unlock the memory use the or switches to select the desired state then press enter ERASE ALL MEMORY This is another one...

Page 8: ...fixtures can be controlled at once If for example all fixtures are enabled moving channel fader 1 with bank 1 selected will change channel 1 on every fixture If you are using the multi fixture feature...

Page 9: ...art when creating scenes SCENES RECORDING SCENES A scene is a recording of the state of the entire stage Individual channel levels as well as presets and chases can make up a scene Show Designer keeps...

Page 10: ...d in addition provides 16 pre recorded presets of each type referred to as factory presets The words color and beam are for convenience only in actuality you can record any type of effect or channel s...

Page 11: ...additional presets To exit record mode press Record the LEDs will stop flashing ERASE PRESET To erase an existing preset press Record then Color or Beam then Erase As when recording a preset all LEDs...

Page 12: ...ides 16 pre recorded chases referred to as factory chases A chase is a sequence of steps that can be played back creating motion or quick repetitive changes on stage Each chase step is a recording of...

Page 13: ...the cursor on the LCD under the item to be changed then use the or switch or the data wheel to modify it To get to the name continue to move the cursor to the right past the fade value and the screen...

Page 14: ...You will be prompted whether or not to add an empty chase step here Press Yes to insert an empty chase step at the current step number All following chase steps will be moved up one number Once the e...

Page 15: ...eat unless the speed has been locked in for that chase Read the section on chases regarding how to lock the chase speed Pressing the beat switch will automatically turn off Audio To turn off the beat...

Page 16: ...an t have a scene If you press Enter without selecting a scene the step number will advance leaving the previous step empty The time setting for a new step will automatically be incremented by whateve...

Page 17: ...there When using real time display whenever you change the time for a show step all of the times for the following steps will be adjusted by the same amount The time intervals between scene steps will...

Page 18: ...l With Show Designer only 1 scene can be on at a time and only 1 show can be running at a time When a MIDI note is received it will call a scene or start a show that corresponds to the note number If...

Page 19: ...Name it Show Designer and pick any icon and click on OK Go to the bottom of the next dialog box and choose connect to Direct to COM 2 Ignore the telephone number and other settings in this box and cli...

Page 20: ...u created the file if it is not in the current window select the file and click on Open Hyper Terminal will begin to transmit the file The display in Show Designer will read receiving file When the fi...

Page 21: ...Elation Techno Flash Elation Syncro Tech Elation Barrel Tech Elation Syncro Spot Elation Joy 150 Elation X Calibur SC Elation Waterfall Elation FS 150SCI Elation MB 1500 Elation Color Spot 250 575 Ela...

Page 22: ...Pro NJD IQ 250 and 500 Infinity Prince Scan 575 Scan 200 MSD KLS SE 204 205 TAS Mini Ultra Scan 2 TAS Symbol 700 TAS Ultra Scan 700 Coef 200 MSD Coef P200 Show Meteor Clublight 250 Varyscan III Speci...