Preset Pools

There is a preset pool for each of the Feature Groups in the show. A show with no custom feature groups will have nine preset pools named after the feature group. For instance, Dimmer. These pools have the option to have a feature group filter besides the standard input filter (read more below).

Besides the feature group preset pools, there are five "All" preset pools. These do not filter based on feature groups. The "All" preset pools can be labeled to match the needs. For instance one of the pools could be used for storing multistep presets or different parts of the show.

There is a special preset pool called "Dynamic". This is not a preset pool in itself. It automatically changes between the feature group preset pools based on the selected feature group in the Feature Group Control Bar.

The preset pools are created like any other windows, in the user-defined areas, using the Add window pop-up. They are all under the Presets tab:

 The preset pools look and behave like many other pools but there are small differences. Read more about pools in general in the Pool Windows topics.

There is a colored bar at the top of each pool object. If nothing is selected then it is colored like the pool color. If there is a selection but none of the currently selected fixtures can use a preset then the pool object is dimmed. If a preset can be used by all the fixtures currently selected, then the colored bar is green. If the preset is only valid for some of the selected fixtures then it is yellow. 

The light blue number below the pool number is the number of fixtures currently using the preset. See preset 1 in the example image above.

Preset Pool Settings

Many of the preset pool settings are described in the general Window Settings topic.

There are however some settings that are special for the preset pools.

Enter the settings by tapping the MA logo in the pool title field.

This is an example of the preset pool settings.

These are the special settings for presets:

• Name:
  The five All preset pools can be named. The other pools are named from the feature group.
• Input Filter:
  This can be used to select an input filter for the entire pool. Worlds and Filters can be used. An input filter blocks some elements. The blocked elements cannot be stored in the pool. Tap this to open an Assignment Editor. Here filters or worlds can be selected.
• Preset Mode:
  This sets the default preset mode for the entire pool. A different mode can always be specified when storing. Learn more about preset modes in the Presets topic.
• Static Part:
  Static presets are the ones with only one step. By default, static presets call their values into programmer part 0. Use this setting to specify a different programmer part for static presets for this pool. This setting can also be changed for individual presets in the pool. Learn more about programmer parts in the What is the Programmer topic.
• Dynamic Part From:
  Each multistep preset is put into a programmer part. This makes it easy to see the different elements and if it is stored in a cue, then the parts are stored in the cue. This setting specifies a start number for the preset pools range of multistep part numbers. Calling a multistep preset into the programmer will put it in the first available part in the dynamic range. This has nothing to do with the Dynamic preset pool.
• Dynamic Part To:
  This is the end number of the range for this preset pools multistep part numbers.

The settings described above (except the preset mode) can also be set for individual presets. The individual preset settings have a higher priority than the preset pool setting.