DiGiCo Appendix 2 - SD Theatre - Manual (Page 3)

Appendix 2 - SD Theatre Operation
A2-3
A2.1 Features Specific to Theatre Option Software
(With special thanks to Andrew Bruce of Autograph UK for his invaluable contribution to the design
and explanation of these features)
A2.1.1 Auto Update Explained .....................................................
The Auto Update System (Previously referred to as Live Update in D5T Software) allows users to apply changes to a setting on a channel
in more that one cue at a time. There are conditions and rules to this automatic update, which will be explained later. Auto Update is
switched on & off using the Auto Update button in the Cues Panel, or in the snapshot control section on the Upper Master Worksurface
(SD7T only) to the right of the Master Screen
On a basic level, as an example, with Auto Update ON, making a change to the EQ on Channel 1 in a Cue will update the same EQ in all
the Cues in the show that have a matching EQ.
This automatic update rule works along side the Aliases system (see separate explanation of Aliases). So if a channel uses more than one
alias, then changes to a module (EQ for example) will only be updated to cues that have a matching alias.
Since it may not suit to ripple certain classes of controls to all cues in this way, there is provision for an opt-out. For instance :
- Channel Delay may want to be restricted only to the Cue in which it’s changed in order to track actors around a stage cue-by-cue.
- A channel’s routing may change cue-by-cue between a number of different groups.
- A channel’s soft Mute state would almost certainly never want to ripple to all cues.
The Auto Update across cues is also affected by the Auto Update Exclusions, found in the Theatre Options Tab. If a module is set as an
exclusion to Auto Update, then changes to the excluded module will only occur in the single cue being modified. By default, Mutes are
excluded from Auto Update.
In addition, there is an Option to create settings that apply to different "Players" of the same role in the show.
If several people are playing the same role in different performances, the individual settings for any of them can be recalled according to
who is playing the role on that day.
The settings for these Players can optionally be Auto Updated by changes to other Players or can remain isolated from these updates and
thus provide each Player with settings that are individual to them.
It is also possible to protect controllers and channels from being Auto Updated. The Cues / Scope / Group & Auto Update Scope allows
the protection of controller types on an individual channel basis. Items marked with a red cross in this scope panel will not be updated by
the auto update system.
A2.1.2 Options - Theatre Tab .......................................................
Option/All Function. Switch between Channel Gangs and Cue Auto Update
Channel Gangs : Standard SD Live style function, where the Option/All function is used to perform operations on Entire Banks of
controllers, or to defeat Ganging to make relative adjustments between ganged channels.
Cue Auto-Update : No longer performs Gang functions (as above) but inverts the Auto-Update function. (see separate explanation of
Theatre Mode Auto-Update)