ETC Element v2.1.0 User Manual

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Creating and Using Effects

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adjusted for step-based effects, or the time/dwell will be adjusted for absolute effects.

The BPM rate will display on the right side of the effect editor beside the effect number/label. Editing
the cycle time, the step time for a step-based effect, or the time/dwell for an absolute effect will
remove the BPM.

Learning BPM
If you don't know the BPM value, you can set the console to learn the BPM rate.

• [Effect] [1] [Learn] [Time] - posts Effect 1 Learn Time Sample BPM to the command line, and

opens the effect editor display.

While in this mode, press [Enter] to establish the BPM. The console will use an average of the last
four times you press [Enter] in this mode to calculate the BPM. Pressing [Learn] again will stop this
mode.

In this mode, every time the BPM changes, a live running effect will be modified accordingly without
stopping.

Learning Discrete Step Time
In learning discrete step time mode, every time you press [Enter], the time since the last press of
[Enter] is used to set the next step's step time for a step-based effect, or the next step's fade/dwell
time of an absolute effect.

• [Effect] [1] [Learn] [Time] [Time] - posts Effect 1 Learn Time Discrete Steps to the command

line, and opens the effect editor display.

Pressing [Learn] again will stop this mode.

Instead of pressing [Enter], you can press [At] while in this mode to add new steps to the end of the
effect. Pressing [Enter] will send you back to the first step in the effect.