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Viewing and editing the Cue data
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If the show contains several channels to which you are going to apply the same data,
you may find it useful to arrange the channels as sets and then apply the changes
collectively. This may be the case if, for instance, you have a large choir on stage split
into a male and a female part, further divided into baritones, tenors, sopranos and
altos. By assigning a number of channels to a set, you will save time when applying
data and also make sure that the same data will be applied throughout the set. To
this end, the Sound Automation Manager software features the option Channel Sets.
Enabling and Naming of the sets is performed in the Module Name List View. One
way to access this view is to click Open Module Name List view. You can also click
Consoles in the View menu of SAM. This will open the Console View, from which you
then select Module Frame View. Remember that the menu options vary with the dif-
ferent views, so when you click View in SAM’s menubar while in Module Frame View,
you will get access to the menu option Module Text.
Having used one of the above methods, the Module Name List window opens, see
figure 7-7 above. Next, tick the box “Enable Channel Sets” - each set can then be
enabled so that SAM only displays the sets you need. To enable a set, tick the box
next to the chosen set. You also can edit the names of a set by clicking in the text box
for the set and type in a suitable name.
The selected sets are indicated below the faders in the Fader frame View -
see
).
The members of a set are displayed as coloured tiles - see figure 7-10 above, which
contains eight sets. Each set has its own designated colour. To assign a channel to a
set, click on the tile of the appropriate set below the channel (or clicking it again to
cancel).
Once you have set up membership of the sets, you can quickly select the faders/
modules you want to work on. Right-clicking with the mouse on a set brings up a
menu, from which you can access further parameters, Select Set, Remove All from
Set and Show Key. The latter shows the colour and name for each set and is super-
imposed on other windows to assist your memory when using the sets.
NOTE: If the check box Disable Edit of Channel Sets in the Channel Sets dialog box
is ticked, the click selection will not have any effect.
Set names can be assigned to VCA Masters just like Module Names (see
), further automating the process of setting the channel fad-
ers VCA groupings.
FIG 7-9. The
Module Name
List
Click to open Module Name List View
FIG 7-10. Selected sets.