How exactly (if at all) does tracking of non-intensity presets interact with intensity changes (from 0) for fixtures? Also, what's the best way to get rid of live fades in a safe way?

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To put it another way, here's an example: 
 Here's my cue list, with one moving light in it: 
 Cue 1: Intens = FL, Pan = 65 
 Cue 2: Intens = 00, Pan = 83 
 Cue 3: Intens = 00, Pan = 83 
 Cue 4: Intens = 50, Pan = 83 
 Now, let's say I go into blind on cue 2. I'm in tracking mode, and I just do: (this light) [AllNps] [@] [enter] . 
 Now is the fact that my light is fading up from 0 in cue 4, going to stop the new pan value from tracking into cue 4? 
 If not, is there an easy way to fix live fades like this without having to worry about ruining later cues (besides just kicking a dark move flag down the list, one cue at a time)? 
 Thanks for the help.

ueliriegg · Answer

LandGod said: 
 Now is the fact that my light is fading up from 0 in cue 4, going to stop the new pan value from tracking into cue 4? 
 
 No. When it comes to tracking parameters are "blind" of what other parameters do in a cue. To help you predict what happens when you use tracking mode: look at the font colors. stuff that is written in magenta is unchanged compared to the cue before. we call those "tracked values". think of them as "continue doing what you already are doing" or as "dito". tracking only has an influence on those magenta values, everything spelt in any other color is safe. 
 Pan 83 in cues 3 and 4 is written in magenta. if you get rid of the (blue) Pan 83 in cue 2, you will also get rid of the two magenta instances. 
 you have two ways of making sure that the magenta Pan 83 in cue 4 is safe: - a) either tell the console that when removing the blue Pan 83 from cue 2 that it shouldn't affect cue 4 - b) or make sure that the Pan 83 in cue 4 isn't written in a magenta color. 
 for a) instead of using (Chan) 1 {AllNps} [@] [Enter] you would say [Cue] 2 [Thru] 3 [Enter], (Chan) 1 {AllNps} [@] [QOnly] [Enter]. this will protect the values of the next cue, i.e. cue 4. or do it in two steps, both of them using Cue-Only logic: in cue 3: (Chan) 1 {AllNps} [@] [QOnly] [Enter], in cue 4: (Chan) 1 {AllNps} [@] [QOnly] [Enter]. 
 for b) the method of leaving the value unchanged but still have it in a color other than magenta is called Block. Block will change everything that is written in magenta and write it in white font and thus protecting it from tracking. you can either block a whole cue ( [Cue] 4 [Block] [Enter] ), a whole channel ( [Cue] 4 [Enter], (Chan) 1 [Block] [Enter] ) or specific parameters of a channel ( [Cue] 4 [Enter], (Chan) 1 {Pan} [Block] [Enter] ).