Bulk Edit Cues

This facility allows you to bulk change the value of a field on all or selected cues. For Level (volume) fields the change is entered as the the required increase or decrease in dB. Changing 'Play Length' is only available for Image cues, and only for those that are not marked as 'Continuous Play'.

Field to be changed: Select the field you want to change. When you have done this, a list of cues or sub-cues will be displayed in the main table in this window, and the current value of the 'field to be changed' will be displayed under Old Value (or Old dB Level).

Audio Device: This drop-down list is only displayed if it is relevant to the Field to be changed, eg Audio Levels. The first entry in the drop-down list is All Devices, and this is followed by the devices you have listed in your Production Properties Sound Devices. If you have at least one video cue then Default will be added to the end of the list, as video cues currently play audio to the Windows Default sound device. The purpose of this drop-down list is to enable you to be more selective in the information displayed in the main table. For example, if you have a device named 'Rear' and you select 'Rear' as the Audio Device then only those sub-cues that use 'Rear' will be displayed.

New value for this field / Exclusive Cue: This combination is displayed if you select Exclusive Cue as the Field to be changed. Tick the checkbox if you want to set the Exclusive Cue property on the selected cues. Leave the checkbox clear to clear the property on selected cues.

New value for this field / Hide Auto-Start Cue: This combination is displayed if you select Hide Auto-Start Cue as the Field to be changed. Tick the checkbox if you want to set the Hide this Auto-Start Cue in the Main Window property on the selected cues. Leave the checkbox clear to clear the property on selected cues.

New value for this field for Fade In Type, Fade Out Type and Level Change Type: Choose from the drop-down list to modify the fade or level change type for the selected sub-cues.

Change in dB Level (+/-): This field is displayed for Audio Level field changes, instead of the 'New value' field. Enter the required dB change starting with + or -. For example, enter +3 to increase levels 3dB, or -4.5 to decrease levels 4.5dB. You must enter + or - at the start of the field. The adjustment will be made to the levels of the selected sub-cues. Note that listed sub-cues include Audio File sub-cues, Video sub-cues, Level Change sub-cues and Playlist sub-cues. If an Audio Level change would cause the New dB Level to by out of range for an SCS dB setting, then the new level will be capped. The dB range used in SCS is -75dB (displayed as -INF or the infinity symbol) up to 0dB.

View Changes: This button is only displayed if the New Value is displayed as a text field, as the button is not required for changes to other field types. This is because changes made by changing the state of a checkbox or selecting an entry in a drop-down list can be immediately used to populate the 'New' value in the main table. Changes to a text field like that used for Audio Levels should only populate the 'New" values when you have completed entering a value in the text field. Clicking the View Changes button is a convenient way to indicate that you have completed entering your change, although SCS will actually regard the entry as completed if you click (or tab) anywhere out of the text field.

Total play length of enabled Audio File cues: This display-only field is displayed if you select Cue Enabled as the Field to be changed. If you are using SCS for backing tracks for a band then this can help you in deciding which tracks (cues) to include for a show. As you enable/disable cues, this field will be adjusted to show the total playing length of enabled Audio File cues. Since the field is specifically designed for this purpose, the calculation of the total play length is somewhat simplified but should be accurate enough for it's intended purpose. The calculation only considers cues containing Audio File sub-cues, and ignores Video/Image cues, Playlists, etc. Only manual-start cues and "start after end of..." cues are considered. Hot key cues and time-based cues are ignored. For each cue that is considered, SCS examines the Audio File sub-cues and calculates the maximum (cue length + sub-cue relative start time). That is considered to be the length of this cue, and SCS totals these values for all enabled cues to determine the Total play length of enabled Audio File cues.

Changes will affect only those cues or sub-cues that have the Select checkbox ticked. The Select All and Clear All buttons enable you tick or clear the checkboxes on all displayed cues or sub-cues.

Tip: Changes to your cues are not made until you click the Apply button or the OK button. This means you can see the effect of our changes before applying them, and change your selection or new values as much as you like until you are ready to apply the changes (or to Cancel and discard the changes).

Color Key: In the main table in this window, colors are used to clearly show you what will be changed when you click the Apply button or the OK button. The colors used are as follows:

No change	This color indicates the item will not be changed, or is not selected.
Change	This color indicates the item will be changed.
Capped change	This color indicates the item will be changed but the amount of the change will be capped to prevent the new value being out of range.