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PRG Mbox Director User Manual v3.8a User Manual

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DIRECTOR USER MANUAL

Creating Shows

About Show Files........................................................................................................................................................................ 38

Changing Between Servers ........................................................................................................................................................ 39

Adjusting Master Control Settings.............................................................................................................................................. 39

Adding Content to Layers........................................................................................................................................................... 40

Creating and Editing Scenes ...................................................................................................................................................... 42

Adding or Deleting Scenes .................................................................................................................................................. 43

Editing Scenes..................................................................................................................................................................... 44

Editing Multiple Scenes ....................................................................................................................................................... 46

Separators ........................................................................................................................................................................... 47

Searching the Scene List (Find)........................................................................................................................................... 47

Editing Layers Using Drag and Drop .......................................................................................................................................... 48

Creating Duplicate Layers ................................................................................................................................................... 48

Applying Parameter Settings............................................................................................................................................... 48

Adding Layers to Scenes .................................................................................................................................................... 49

Selectively Store into a Scene............................................................................................................................................. 50

Editing Multiple Layers ............................................................................................................................................................... 51

Selecting Multiple Layers .................................................................................................................................................... 51

Setting/Resetting All Layer Parameters to Same Value ...................................................................................................... 51

Adjusting Relative Offset Across Layers ............................................................................................................................. 52

Fanning Layers .................................................................................................................................................................... 53

Copying Multiple Layers From One Server to Another........................................................................................................ 54

Playback

Overview ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 55

Playback Using Manual Control ................................................................................................................................................. 55

Playback Using Autofollows ....................................................................................................................................................... 55

Playback Using Loops ................................................................................................................................................................ 56

Playback Using Timecode .......................................................................................................................................................... 58

Timeline Overview ............................................................................................................................................................... 58

Important! Zoom Controls ................................................................................................................................................... 58

Timecode Playback ............................................................................................................................................................. 59

24-Hour Clock ..................................................................................................................................................................... 62

Scrub ................................................................................................................................................................................... 63

Sync Stream ........................................................................................................................................................................ 63

Timecode Editing................................................................................................................................................................. 64

Timeline Pop-up Menu ........................................................................................................................................................ 64

Overlapping Scenes ............................................................................................................................................................ 65

Audio Volume Control ................................................................................................................................................................. 65

MIDI Operation

Playback Using Triggers ............................................................................................................................................................. 66

Setting MIDI Preferences ............................................................................................................................................................ 67

External Control Setup ............................................................................................................................................................... 69

Controlling Director with a Lighting Console....................................................................................................................... 69

Controlling Director with a MIDI Device .............................................................................................................................. 70

Parameter Store and Recall

Palettes ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 71