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MagicQ User Manual 71 Version 1.3.0.0
The top right encoder is used to select which Page of playbacks is displayed. This is completely
separate from the Page used for the physical playbacks. Thus you can have the physical playbacks set
to one page whilst you view and modify playbacks on a different page.
Cues can be recorded onto any of the playbacks in the same way as they are recorded onto a real
playback. After pressing RECORD, instead of selecting a playback SELECT button, just press the
appropriate button in the Playbacks Window.
10.5.1 Testing playbacks
Any playback can be tested, by pressing the appropriate button in the Playbacks Window. This has the
same effect as raising the physical fader from zero to full. Pressing the button again sets the fader back
to zero. We will refer to this as a virtual playback.
You can use physical playbacks and virtual playbacks simultaneously - however if you activate a virtual
playback for an active physical playback then the result will depend on whether the physical playback
and the virtual playback are on the same page. If they are, then the effect will be that the playback will
be activated and set to the highest level of the physical playback and the virtual playback. If not, then
the physical playback will not be affected and the virtual playback will be ignored. This is because only
one Cue Stack can be run on a playback.
Use the View Faders soft button to change the view in the Playbacks Window into faders rather than
buttons. Faders can then be moved up and down using the touch screen / mouse. This enables full
control of virtual playbacks. The GO, PAUSE and RELEASE soft buttons enable immediate control of
virtual playbacks.
You can select a virtual playback as the currently selected playback by pressing the SELECT button
and then pressing the required virtual playback in the Playbacks Window. This enables the Cue Stack
from the virtual playback to be controlled, including the modification of Cues and Cue Stack
parameters.
10.5.2 Naming playbacks
Playbacks can be named in the Playbacks Window as per naming of any Windows item.
10.5.3 Copying and moving playbacks
Playbacks can be moved and copied in the Playbacks Window just like any Window item. You can
also change the Playback Window page between selecting the source and destination, so that you can
copy or move between pages.
When a Playback is copied to another Playback, the Cue Stack on the source playback is copied (i.e. a
new Cue Stack is generated) to the destination Playback. By default, the Cues that make up the Cue
Stack are not copied - both Cue Stacks reference the same Cues. This means, for example, that you can
generate several copies of a chase, each with the same Cues but with different chase speeds.
You can force an unlinked copy of Cue Stacks by holding SHIFT down when you press the COPY
button. This forces both the Cue Stack and its Cues to be copied.
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