ION record vs record only

Where I use Record Only most often is with Beam Palettes. I have a beam palette that does nothing but put Zoom at minimum, then another one that only puts a fixture in Gobo 1, and so on. If I used [Record] [Beam Palette] when making my individual gobo palettes, then I would record all of the beam parameters into the palette. But if I use [Record Only], then only the red data that I've manually changed (the gobo select) will be recorded. This way, I can use both my Gobo 1 palette and my Zoom minimum palette on the same fixture, and neither palette will replace the data provided by the other. Does that help?

One bit of clarification... pan and tilt (like CMY, HS, RBG) are dependent parameters.  Therefore, if you move the pan encoder, the tilt value is automatically "made manual."  The only way to store just the pan or tilt into a record target is to use selective storing or filtering.  

Speaking of which.... selective storing and filtering are good topics for you to become familiar with, as they are additional tools to help control what gets stored.

:-)

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One bit of clarification... pan and tilt (like CMY, HS, RBG) are dependent parameters.  Therefore, if you move the pan encoder, the tilt value is automatically "made manual."  The only way to store just the pan or tilt into a record target is to use selective storing or filtering.  

Speaking of which.... selective storing and filtering are good topics for you to become familiar with, as they are additional tools to help control what gets stored.

:-)

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