ISIS® Software for PHOENIX XT and MENTOR

Working Fields2 WORKING FIELDS2.1 IntroductionALL PHOENIX and VISION 10 consoles use a system of working fields.Some other desks use a system of “editors” where work is carried out, and then sent (or assigned)either automatically or manually to the required part of the desk; such as a submaster.PHOENIX and VISION 10 (and also other ADB desks such as TENOR) require the desired workingfield to be selected first: all work carried out on the keypads is automatically sent to the selected field.To select a field, simply press its white selector key.The LED in the key lights up when the field is selected.For example, select submaster 15 by pressing the key above the fader.All subsequent operations of the channels and memories keypad, special functions panel, and motioncontroller will be sent to submaster 15; until a different field is selected.Working fields are easily identified by their white selector keys:Submasters 1 to 48 (17 to 48 or 25 to 48 by turning submaster pages)P1 Preset 1S1 Stage 1P2 Preset 2(Not Phoenix2)S2 Stage 2(Not Phoenix2)LIVE LiveEDMEM Edit MemoryWhichever field is selected, it “receives” the commands made on other parts of the control surface.If channels are allocated intensities when a submaster is selected, the submaster now contains thosechannels with their intensities.All the basic functions such as channel selection, intensity allocation, recording and loading memories(or cues), colour and motion control can be carried out in all of the working fields, but some of thedifferent fields have other functions associated to them.For example, submasters can be used for special effects, Live for capturing channels, and theplaybacks (Stage and Preset fields) for complex memory sequences.Any memory created in any field can be loaded into any other field for playback or modificationpurposes, and field contents or memories can be copied from one area or list to another.So, simply select the desired working field before commencing other commands. Selecting either S1or S2 will make subsequent channel manipulations visible at the output of the desk, and appear onstage.The Live field is, as its name implies, also concerned with the output of the desk; but in this instanceany channels modified will be captured, so that further manipulations of those channels in other fieldswill not alter the live output of the desk.If a submaster is selected, the fader must be raised to see its contents on stage (and these channelswill be shown in the live field), although keeping the fader down is a useful way of creating scenes“blind”.Using the Preset side of a playback, rather than the Stage/Studio side, is also an easy way of plottingblind, particularly if the newly created blind state is to be played back as the next operation.To empty the contents of a working field, press twice while it is selected.www.adblighting.comPage:5Issue 1.01