Expression 3 - ETC

Channel modes
The color and behavior of channels depends upon their modes.
Selected channels
Selected channels are channels over which you have immediate control
with the keypad or level wheel. Their channel numbers are displayed in
yellow and their levels displayed in red. You can select channels in all
display modes. Press [Rel] once to release selected channels.
Captured channels
Captured channels have levels set in the Stage or Fader displays by any
source except faded cues or submasters and take precedence over levels
set by faded cues or submasters. For example, if you capture a channel at
50 that was faded to 100 percent, you set it to 50 percent. When one or
more channels are captured, the message “Captured Channels” appears
in red near the top right corner of the display.
Captured channels may be released in a particular order. If no channels are
selected and you press [Rel], all dependent channels are released. If you
press [Rel] a second time, all independent channels are released. If you
had selected one or more channels before pressing [Rel], the first time,
only those selected channels would have been released, and further
presses of [Rel] would be in the same order as explained above. 28
Captured channels in fixtures are released essentially the same way. If no
fixtures are selected and you press [Rel], all dependent channels are
released, including the dependent channels in all fixtures. If you press
[Rel] again, all independent channels are released, including the
independent channels in all fixtures. If you select a fixture first before you
press [Rel], only the dependent channels of that selected fixture are
released. Pressing [Rel] a second time releases all independent channels
of that selected fixture. Pressing [Rel] on or two times again releases
remaining dependent and independent channels as explained above.
Recorded channels
Recorded channels have been recorded in a cue, group, focus point or
submaster. Recorded channels may be either moving or tracked in Blind
mode (see below). Channel levels controlled by effects are in white in
Stage or Fader displays. Channel levels controlled by submasters other
than effect submasters are in yellow in Stage displays.
Moving channels
Moving channels are channel levels that change from one cue to the next.
In Stage mode, all moving channels are displayed in green. In Blind and
Tracksheet, moving channels are displayed in green if they are moving
down or blue if they are moving up.
Tracked channels
A tracked channel is a channel whose level is unchanged from the
preceding cue. Tracked channels are displayed in purple.
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See Channel Attributes display, page 57, for a discussion of
independent and dependent channels.
56 Chapter 5 Setting channel levels