1. In one minute

Three LED crosses in the shape of pharmacy signs hang side by side. One Resolume Arena composition drives all three. You play five kinds of content on them: Graphics, Visuals, Panorama, Outlines and Strobes. All content is white; you choose the colour per category.

You control it with:

• APC40 mkII: colour, levels, strobes and tempo. Press Clip mode (the Sends button) to launch clips with it, Color mode (the Pan button) to go back to colour, Preset mode (the User button) to recall a saved look.
• Companion: shows what is on the crosses right now and lets you change it. The app ADE Crosses Remote is installed on the venue’s lighting computer (icon on the desktop) and stays on top of Lightkey. Optionally also on an iPad.

One rule above all: these are pharmacy crosses, not screens. Keep it graphic and bold (see 2.2).

Something wrong? Go to the emergency procedure in 6.9. On site: Adriaan van de Polder (technical, Dick & Dick). Owner of the installation: Gijs Pouwels. Phone numbers: in the printed Quick Guide at the booth.

2. How the project works

2.1 The crosses

Each cross is 96 by 96 pixels, with the four corners (32 by 32) unused: that is what makes it a cross. The three crosses sit in a 320 by 180 composition, at x 0, 112 and 224 and from y 42 to 138. Left, Center and Right are called L, C and R throughout this handbook and in Arena.

2.2 Design intent: pharmacy crosses, not screens

The crosses follow the look of a real pharmacy sign: solid, graphic shapes, strong colour, clear rhythm. All content was made for that look, pixel by pixel. Treat the crosses as a light object, not as three small video screens.

• Use the material in the composition. Do not add or replace content (no footage, logos or VJ loops from elsewhere). The only text is the built-in temperature and ticker (2.9), in the same pixel style.
• Prefer one clear idea at a time over stacking everything.
• Colour per category, not a rainbow per clip.

If you need something that is not there, contact Gijs (see chapter 1).

2.3 Everything is white, colour is added

All content is white on black. Black means the LEDs are off. Colour is added live in Arena, per category, by a colour layer on top of it. No colour chosen means white (for Visuals: the original colours of the material).

The advantage: one set of clips, every colour available at any moment, and all categories stay consistent with each other.

2.4 The five categories

The composition also has an FX layer with master effects. FX are not used at ADE; should an FX clip be playing by accident, Stop all clips or fader 7 down removes it.

2.5 The layer stack

From top to bottom. Each category is a group with its own colour layer on top.

Why three identical layers for Graphics and Visuals: each cross can play its own clip. The three layers hold the same clips in the same columns.

Column 1 in L and R is Follow Center: that cross shows exactly what the center cross shows. Use it to make all three crosses move as one. In the companion, All 3 does the same by starting the same clip on all three crosses.

2.6 Columns and intensity

The own renders (G, O and P series) are numbered from subtle (low number) to intense (high number). The APC40 (Clip mode) shows 5 clips per layer at a time and scrolls through the rest; the companion shows them all.

2.7 Colour

Five colour rows, one per category: Graphics, Visuals, Panorama, Outlines, Strobes. Each has the same eight presets: Green, Cyan, Blue, Purple, Magenta, Red, Orange, Yellow.

• Choose a preset to colour that category. Choose “white” to remove the colour.
• The hue shift knob of a preset bends it towards the neighbouring colour. In the centre position you get the preset colour.
• Colour only affects its own category: colouring Outlines red leaves the Graphics untouched.
• Colour changes fade over the transition time of that layer (device knob 4, see 3.2).

2.8 Tempo

The renders are BPM synced and loop in whole bars. Use tap tempo and resync on the APC40 to lock them to the music. Generators and effects run on their own timeline and are not tied to the beat.

2.9 Text on the crosses: temperature and ticker

Like a real pharmacy sign, the crosses can show the temperature and a scrolling text (ticker). These are ordinary clips in existing layers, so colour, faders, Graphics/Visuals exclusivity and the APC40 work for them like for any other clip.

• Start and stop: the VJ, like any clip: in Clip mode scroll down with bank select until column 26 and 27 are in view (Shift + down jumps past them, to the end of Panorama), or tap the cross in the companion. The companion never starts them by itself. A column trigger in Arena does not start them either.
• Colour: the Graphics colour row (Ticker, Temperature) or the Panorama row (Ticker Wide).
• Which text: button Text in the title bar of the companion (Remote or iPad), or http://<companion>:8090/info.html. Per ticker: text, speed (slow, medium, fast), scroll or static, size. The temperature comes from a sensor; after 30 minutes without a value the cross shows --°C. A text of your own instead of the value is possible too.
• The texts are kept by the companion and come back after a restart.

3. Controls

3.1 Overview: what controls what

Faders, strobes and tempo do the same in all APC40 modes. The clip grid, the top knobs, the clip stop buttons, scene launch and the bank select arrows change.

3.2 APC40 mkII

The white stickers on the APC40 name the controls; this chapter gives the sticker text in quotes. The three buttons next to the top knobs switch the mode: “Color mode” (Pan button), “Clip mode” (Sends button) and “Preset mode” (User button); the lit one is active. After every restart of the bridge the APC40 is in Color mode.

Color mode

During a colour change (transition time, device knob 4) the new colour pad blinks, faster towards the end, and the old one stays lit until the fade is done. Fading to white: the scene launch button of that row blinks.

Clip mode

Preset mode (User button)

A preset is a saved look: which clip plays on Graphics L, C, R, Visuals L, C, R, Panorama, Outlines and FX, every colour with its hue fine-tuning, the strip faders, and the texts of the temperature and ticker (2.9). Not in a preset: strobes, Flash, tempo, fade times and the measured temperature. There are 40 places, the same on the APC40 and in the companion.

A recall fades with the fade times of the layers (device knobs 1-4). The faders take over again once you move them past their new position (fader catch). Presets are saved on the Arena PC with a picture of the output, and an update never overwrites them.

All modes

Strip 8: strobes

You first choose a strobe, then play it: briefly with S, or latched with the round button.

Letting go of S or Session always brings back what was playing before, also a strobe started from the companion. Strobes start and stop instantly: the bridge keeps the transition time of the Strobes layer at 0, also when it is changed in Arena.

3.3 Companion

The companion shows the three crosses as they are now (clip, colour, level) and lets you change them. Three ways to open it:

• Lighting computer (default): the app ADE Crosses Remote, already installed: double-click its icon on the desktop. Always on top, so it stays visible over Lightkey. It finds the companion on the network by itself; the last connection is remembered. − and + zoom in and out. Disconnect (title bar, or ⇧⌘D) shows the list of companions again, to connect to another one.
• iPad (optional): the venue iPad, open the address or scan the QR code from the status page, then “Add to Home Screen”.
• Status page on the Arena PC: http://localhost:8090/status. Arena connection, APC40, APC mini (optional), the iPad address with QR code, log, buttons Stop, Restart, Bridge on/off.

Screen layout, annotated screenshot:

• The three crosses, each with Graphics and Visuals: active clip, preview in the active colour, fader.
• Panorama and Outlines across the crosses; Strobes.
• Colour presets per category.
• Status bar: connected / reconnecting, BPM, button Text (temperature and ticker, 2.9).
• Still / Motion / Live: still images, moving previews (not in sync with Arena), or Arena’s real output (a few frames per second).

Controlling:

• Tap a cross or a card: a clip grid opens; tap a clip to start it.
• All 3: the same clip on L, C and R.
• Faders respond to dragging only, not to tapping, so nothing jumps by accident.
• A dotted marker means: playing on some of the crosses.
• Presets (title bar): the 40 presets with a picture each. Recall, Save, Rename, Delete; drag a preset onto another place to move it (if that place is taken, the two swap).
• View only: View > View Only in the Remote, or ?view=1 after the address.

3.4 Two modes: with bridge and backup

Bridge (normal): the companion talks to the APC40. Everything in 3.2 works. Backup (safety net): the companion is off or the bridge is off; Arena reads the APC40 itself with the MIDI preset “ADE Backup”. The layout is the same as far as Arena can do it.

How you can tell: on the status page, “Bridge” on and the APC40 listed as connected (a missing APC40 is shown in orange; the APC mini is optional: grey is fine). On the APC40, the Pan or Sends button (Color mode / Clip mode) is lit only with the bridge.

Switching to backup: 1. Status page: Bridge off (or Stop if the companion itself misbehaves). 2. Arena: Preferences > MIDI, APC40 mkII on (input and output). 3. Arena: Shortcuts > MIDI preset ADE Backup.

Back to bridge: APC40 off in Arena (input and output), preset ADE Bridge, Bridge on on the status page. The bridge picks up the APC40 within a few seconds.

3.5 Playing a set

Short and practical: building from calm to peak with these tools, within the design intent of 2.2. Low Graphics numbers in one colour, adding Outlines, Panorama for transitions, strobes and flash for peaks. A starting point, not a script.

4. Starting up at Dick & Dick

Installation is done. This chapter is about getting the show running each night.

4.1 The setup on site

• Diagram and photo.
• Arena PC (Windows): Resolume Arena, companion with bridge, NovaLCT. APC40 connected by USB.
• Lighting computer (Mac): Lightkey and ADE Crosses Remote (installed, icon on the desktop). Wired to the Arena PC.
• iPad (optional, venue): via wifi.
• Novastar TB2-4G, three crosses.

4.2 Show checklist

Tick list, also as a separate printable page: 1. Crosses and Novastar on. 2. Arena PC on, Arena open with the composition, output active. 3. Companion running (desktop shortcut ADE Crosses Companion); status page shows Arena online and the APC40 connected. 4. Lighting computer: open ADE Crosses Remote from the desktop; it connects by itself. 5. Test: one clip and one colour on each cross; tap tempo.

4.3 Arena

• Composition C:\ADE Crosses\Arena\Pharmacy Sign ADE.avc; check for missing media.
• Webserver on (Preferences > Webserver). The companion finds the port itself.
• OSC input on, port 7000 (Preferences > OSC). Without it clip starts still work, a bit slower.
• MIDI: APC40 off in Arena with the bridge, on in backup. Preset “ADE Bridge” or “ADE Backup”.
• Ableton Live must not be running.

4.4 APC40

• APC40 in Alternate Ableton Live Mode: how to check.
• Unplugging and replugging is fine: the bridge picks it up again within 2 seconds, with LEDs.

4.5 Output and mapping

• Advanced Output preset ADE Pharmacy Crosses: Screen 1, fullscreen on Display 2 (the HDMI output to the Novastar), 1024 x 768.
• Three slices, Cross Left / Center / Right. Each takes its 96 x 96 cross from the composition (x 0, 112, 224; y 42) and puts it unscaled in the top-left corner of the output, side by side without a gap: x 0, 96 and 192, y 0. A cross-shaped mask hides the corners. The rest of the output stays black.
• Screen 2 in the same preset is switched off and hidden (old mapping, not used).
• Why 1024 x 768 and not 1920 x 1080: at 1080 the Novastar scales and lines become blurry. 1024 x 768 keeps every pixel exact.
• How to check that L, C and R end up on the right cross (test pattern).
• Screenshots: Input Selection and Output Transformation.
• If the mapping is changed on site: save it in Advanced Output; updates leave it alone.

4.6 Network

• Arena PC and lighting computer: cable, same network (192.168.10.x). The Remote finds the companion by itself; otherwise type the address from the status page.
• iPad: venue wifi, address from the status page (http://<address>:8090/) or QR code.
• Windows firewall: allow node.exe on private networks; set the network to “Private”.

4.7 End of night

• Shutdown order.
• Saving the composition (and the output mapping) is fine: what is saved on the PC is never overwritten by an update (4.8).

4.8 Updates

For the operator: only when Gijs asks for it. - With internet: desktop shortcut Update ADE Crosses, or Update on the status page (checks first, then asks). - If the companion itself changed, it restarts by itself. - What was saved on the PC wins: a saved composition or mapping is not overwritten; the new version is placed next to it as <name> (update <date>).avc / .xml. Replaced files go to C:\ADE Crosses\_Backups (last ten). - New composition while Arena has it open: first reopen it in Arena (Composition > Open), only then save. Otherwise Arena saves the old one over the new one. The update says so too. - New media do not come via GitHub but via the USB stick: run Install on this PC.bat from the stick. The update reports missing media. - Without internet: run the installer again from an updated stick.

5. How it works

5.1 Signal chain

Arena (Advanced Output, 1024 x 768, 3 slices)
  → HDMI
    → Novastar TB2-4G
      → ethernet → cross L → loop through → cross C → loop through → cross R

• Per step: what happens, which settings matter.
• Novastar mapping in NovaLCT (on the Arena PC): which area of the HDMI input goes to which cross. Screenshots. ViPlex is installed but not used.
• Power and data cables, order of switching on.
• If a cable in the loop fails, everything after that point goes dark.

5.2 From composition to pixel

• 320 x 180 composition, slices into a 1024 x 768 output, NovaLCT picks the three 96 x 96 areas.
• No scaling anywhere in the chain: content at resize Original, output at the Novastar’s native input.

5.3 The bridge

• Part of the companion; switched on and off on the status page (remembered).
• Opens the APCs by name, reconnects automatically; the APC40 alone is enough (the APC mini is optional, appendix G).
• What it adds: see the table in 3.4.
• Clip starts go to Arena over OSC (port 7000), everything else over the REST API. If OSC does not arrive, it switches to REST by itself.
• Why the APCs are off in Arena while the bridge runs (one program per MIDI port on Windows).

5.4 The companion

• Node server on the Arena PC, port 8090. Keeps one connection to Arena and sends a small model (~90 KB) to the clients instead of Arena’s full composition (~20 MB per change).
• Clients: Remote app (Mac), browser (iPad), status page.
• Looks everything up by name, so it survives changes in the layer stack.
• Restarts itself after a crash (10 s). Log: logs\companion.log.
• Previews: own stills and moving previews per clip, Arena thumbnails for generators; colour applied in the client.

5.5 Colour system in detail

• Colour clip = Video Router “Layers Below” + Colorize + Hue Rotate.
• Why Colorize is set to the opposite hue; formula for the actual colour.

5.6 Content is fixed

• The content set is curated for the pharmacy-cross look (2.2) and is not meant to be extended on site.
• Formats for reference only (DXV with alpha, 96 x 96 and 320 x 180), so a VJ understands why outside material will not look right.
• Changes go through Gijs.

5.7 Files and locations

6. Troubleshooting

Organised by symptom. Each line: symptom → check → fix. Searchable list in HTML, tables per category in the PDF.

6.1 Nothing on the crosses

• Arena output off or on the wrong display
• No HDMI signal at the Novastar (TB2-4G status lights)
• Ethernet to cross L disconnected
• Master or group faders down, strip bypassed (round button)

6.2 One or two crosses dark

• Loop interrupted (everything after the faulty point goes dark)
• Slice or NovaLCT mapping shifted
• Fader for that cross down

6.3 Image looks wrong

• Lines blurry: output not at 1024 x 768
• Wrong cross (L/R swapped): slices or cable order
• Content stretched or squashed: resize setting
• White background around Outlines/Panorama: alpha issue
• Clip not on the beat: tap tempo, then Metronome (resync)
• An effect over everything that nobody chose: an FX clip is playing (the companion shows “FX …” in the status bar); Stop all clips or fader 7 down

6.4 Colour

• Everything white: no colour preset active (scene launch pressed), or colour layer stopped
• Wrong colour: hue shift not centred (clip stop in Color mode resets it)
• Colour changes slowly: transition time (device knob 4) turned up

6.5 Controllers

• No response with the bridge: status page shows the APC40 missing; APC40 still on in Arena (“in use by another program”)
• No response in backup: APC40 off in Arena, wrong preset, Ableton open, wrong mode on the APC40
• APC40 grid does colour instead of clips (or the other way around): press Clip mode or Color mode (Sends / Pan button)
• LEDs behave strangely: bridge and Arena both active on the APC40
• Fader does nothing: fader catch, move it past the current value

6.6 Companion

• Remote finds nothing: cable, network (192.168.10.x), firewall (node.exe, network set to Private), local network permission on the Mac, companion not running; type the address from the status page
• Remote connected to the wrong companion: Disconnect (⇧⌘D) and choose again
• iPad page does not load: same network, address and port 8090
• “Disconnected”: Arena closed or webserver off; reconnects automatically
• Previews empty or wrong: switch Still / Motion / Live

6.7 Update

• Arena shows the old composition after an update: reopen it (Composition > Open)
• Update reports missing media: install from the stick
• Update cannot reach GitHub: no internet, use the stick

6.8 Bridge

• APC not found: USB, name, in use by Arena
• Clip starts slow: OSC input off in Arena (log says “using REST”)
• Fall back to backup mode (3.4)

6.9 Emergency procedure

One box, also as a separate printable page: back to a working show in 60 seconds. Bridge off, APC40 on in Arena, preset ADE Backup; if Arena itself is the problem, restart Arena and open the composition. Then call Adriaan or Gijs.

Appendices

• B. Clip overview: all clips per layer with column, number, level, beats and still (below)
• D. Contacts on site: Adriaan van de Polder (technical, Dick & Dick) and Gijs Pouwels (owner of the installation). Their phone numbers are in the printed Quick Guide at the booth.
• G. APC mini mk1 (spare, not used by default): below

B. Clip overview

All clips per layer, in the order of the Arena columns. Col is the Arena column (the same on L, C and R). Level is the intended intensity, 1 (very subtle) to 5 (very intense): sort a set from low to high. Beats is the loop length. The still shows a few frames of the clip.

B.1 Graphics: 21 clips, per cross, on Graphics L, C and R

Col	No.	Name	Level	Beats	Role in set	What you see	Still
2	G01	Spiral Trace	1	8	Intro / Break	A single line draws ring after ring towards the core, then erases itself back outwards.
3	G02	Life	1	16	Ambient	Conway’s Game of Life inside the cross shape, one generation per eighth note; fades in on beat 1, fades out in the last beat.
4	G03	Breathe	1	8	Ambient / Break	Contours slide in and out per bar while the brightness breathes along.
5	G04	Heartbeat	1	8	Intro / Break	Heartbeat line (ECG) across the horizontal bar, peak on the beat; the outline flashes along.
6	G05	Dither Fill	2	8	Build-up / Riser	Bayer dither fills the cross from bottom to top (4 beats), then dissolves (4 beats).
7	G06	Draw On	2	8	Intro / Opener	A pen draws the outline (2 beats), fills ring by ring (2), holds with a pulse (2), drops out (2). Good opener.
8	G07	Pixel Rain	2	8	Break / Ambient	Matrix rain per column at three speeds, seamless over 2 bars.
9	G08	Scanner	2	8	Groove / Break	A horizontal and a vertical scan line swing back and forth; where they cross, the 32x32 square lights up.
10	G09	Closing Band	2	4	Break / Build-up	Rebuild of Stroke Alpha 2: a 4 px band moves from the edge to the core in 3 beats; the fourth beat is black.
11	G10	Halftone Wave	3	8	Groove / Ambient	Grid of dots (6 px) that grow and shrink in a wave from the centre, 1 wave per 2 beats.
12	G11	Inward Rings	3	8	Groove	Concentric contours move towards the core, with 4 chaser segments running around the edge.
13	G12	Outward Rings	3	8	Groove	Contours appear in the core and move to the edge, one per beat.
14	G13	Counter Rings	3	8	Groove	Four 2 px bands with dashes; alternate bands rotate in opposite directions, 1 dash per beat.
15	G14	Cross Tunnel	3	8	Build-up / Groove	Every beat a new small cross grows from the centre to the edge (tunnel), 4 visible at once.
16	G15	Fill and Drain	3	4	Groove / Build-up	Rebuild of Stroke Alpha 1: the cross fills from the edge to the core (2 beats), then drains from the edge inwards (2 beats).
17	G16	Rotate	4	8	Drop	Plus in the centre rotates 45 degrees per beat (plus, x, plus…), with a tick on the beat and a flash of the outline.
18	G17	Checkerboard	4	8	Drop	Checkerboard flips every beat in a wave from the centre; bar 1 with 12 px squares, bar 2 with 8 px.
19	G18	Stripes	4	16	Groove	Hatching moves 12 px per beat; a different angle every bar (/, , horizontal, vertical).
20	G19	Noise Focus	4	8	Build-up / Riser	Flickering noise comes into focus on the line cross over 4 beats, holds 2 beats with a pulse, falls back into noise over 2 beats.
21	G20	Pump	4	4	Drop	Rebuild of Stroke Alpha 3: from a 2 px outline the cross pumps full and back, twice per bar; full on beats 2 and 4.
22	G21	Five Blocks	5	16	Drop	4 bars: rotating per beat, centre against arms, heartbeat (lub-dub), filling on eighths.

B.2 Visuals: 25 clips, per cross, on Visuals L, C and R

Col	No.	Name	Level	Beats	Role in set	What you see	Still
2	V02	Cross Spin Alt	2	16	Intro / Groove	Green 3D outline cross spins around its vertical axis; 960x540 source with its own edge.
3	V03	Cross Spin	2	16	Groove	Green 3D cross spins and tilts in space.
4	V04	Cross Spin Zoom	3	32	Build-up	Spinning green 3D cross zooms in until its arms fill the whole cross.
5	V05	Cross Zoom	2	8	Build-up / Transition	Green outline cross zooms from small to large and flies through; briefly empty afterwards.
7	V07	Caduceus	1	8	Ambient / Intro	Caduceus (staff with snakes and wings) slowly rotates; grey-purple.
8	V08	Teeth	2	8	Groove / Humour	Small chattering false teeth in the centre of the cross; red and white.
9	V09	Teeth Zoom	3	8	Build-up	False teeth zoom in until the cross is full of teeth.
10	V10	Aspirin	2	8	Groove / Break	Effervescent tablet drops into water and fizzes; narrow vertical strip in the centre arm.
11	V11	Pills Fill	3	32	Build-up / Groove	The cross fills up with falling, colourful pills and empties again.
12	V12	Falling Pills	2	32	Groove / Break	Loose blue and white pills fall through the cross; often partly empty.
13	V13	Liquid Cross	3	24	Ambient / Groove	Completely filled green cross of rippling liquid; a lot of light, calm movement.
14	V14	Smileys Fill	3	40	Build-up / Groove	The cross fills up with green smileys and empties again.
16	V16	Chains Cross	2	8	Groove	Cross made of chain links; the links rotate around the axis.
17	V17	Chain DNA	2	8	Groove	Chain crossbar with a rotating DNA helix as the upright.
19	V19	Skeleton	1	8	Ambient / Intro	Standing skeleton with small movements (idle).
20	V20	Skeleton Salsa	2	16	Groove / Humour	Skeleton dancing salsa.
21	V21	Skeleton Macarena	2	16	Groove / Humour	Skeleton dancing the Macarena.
22	V22	Skeleton Flair	3	16	Groove / Drop	Skeleton breakdancing (flair), large fast movements in the lower part of the cross.
24	V24	Hygieia Snake Spin	1	8	Ambient / Intro	Bowl of Hygieia with snake slowly rotating; green and white.
25	V25	Hygieia Snake Zoom	3	8	Build-up	Bowl of Hygieia zooms in; the snake opens its mouth in close-up.
27	V27	DNA	1	8	Ambient / Groove	Vertical DNA helix rotating; blue with coloured bases.
28	V28	DNA Zoom	3	8	Build-up	DNA helix zooms in to a close-up of the strands.
29	V29	DNA Zoom 2	3	8	Build-up	Diagonal DNA helix zooms in to a close-up.
31	V31	Dolphin	1	8	Ambient / Break	Dolphin floats/swims through the cross in profile; grey.
32	V32	Dolphin Zoom	2	8	Build-up / Break	Dolphin swims from far away towards the camera until it fills the cross.

B.3 Panorama: 39 clips, across all three crosses

Col	No.	Name	Level	Beats	Role in set	What you see	Still
1	P01	Slow Tide	1	16	Ambient / Intro	Broad soft band of light (sine) moves across all three crosses over 4 bars; max 60%.
2	P02	Stardust	1	16	Ambient / Break	About 260 single pixels softly glowing up and down, spread over the three crosses.
3	P03	Canon Breath	2	8	Break / Build-up	The three crosses breathe one after another (left, centre, right), each one beat apart; one breath per bar.
4	P04	Horizon	2	8	Groove / Break	Horizontal line with afterglow moves from top to bottom and back over 2 bars, continuous across the three crosses.
5	P05	Sine Wave	3	8	Groove	Sine line (1.5 px) runs from left to right through the three crosses; the amplitude breathes per bar.
6	P06	Ping Pong	3	8	Groove	A 12 px block bounces through the horizontal bars; when it hits the outer side on the beat, that cross flashes.
7	P07	Ripple	3	8	Groove / Build-up	On every beat a ring expands from the centre cross out over the outer crosses.
8	P08	Diagonal Sweep	3	8	Groove	Broad diagonal bands move from left to right across the panorama, 1 band per beat.
9	P09	Cross Chase	4	8	Drop	Each beat one cross lights up fully and fades: bar 1 left to right, bar 2 right to left.
10	P10	Equalizer	4	8	Groove / Drop	Vertical 8 px bars (VU meter) across the full width; heights jump on every eighth.
11	P11	Bar Storm	4	8	Drop	Vertical bars of different widths race across the three crosses at different speeds.
12	P12	Random Strobe	5	8	Drop / Peak	On every sixteenth a random cross flashes (or all three on the beat).
13	P13	Strobe Sweep	5	8	Drop / Peak	Narrow vertical strip that jumps from left to right on sixteenths and strobes, with a flash on the beat.
14	P14	Cross Spin 1	2	16	Intro / Groove	Three green 3D outline crosses spin, exactly on the crosses. Same source as P15-P18; the variants differ in their Arena settings.
15	P15	Cross Spin 2	2	16	Intro / Groove	As P14, with different Arena settings (see the clip in Arena).
16	P16	Cross Spin 3	3	16	Groove / Build-up	As P14, with animated scale (approx. 27-350%) in Arena; the still shows the source without animation.
17	P17	Cross Spin Clones	4	16	Drop	As P14, with Linear Cloner (25 clones, 6 tails, rotation); the still shows the source without the effect.
18	P18	Cross Spin 5	3	16	Groove / Build-up	As P14, with animated scale (25-300%) in Arena; the still shows the source without animation.
19	P19	Cross Spin Zoom	3	32	Build-up	Large spinning green cross flies in; planes and edges sweep across the three crosses.
20	P20	Cross Zoom	2	8	Build-up / Transition	Green outline cross zooms through the centre cross; bars appear across the outer crosses.
21	P21	Caduceus Zoom	3	8	Build-up	Caduceus zooms in until wings and snakes fill all three crosses.
22	P22	Walker Zoom	2	8	Build-up / Humour	Walking frame (walker) zooms in from the centre; white and blue, a lot of black.
23	P23	Teeth Zoom	2	8	Build-up	False teeth zoom in until the teeth stretch across the crosses.
24	P24	Tunnel Straight	4	8	Drop / Build-up	Green cross tunnel: crosses shoot straight forward through the centre cross, short loop.
25	P25	Tunnel Spiral	5	8	Drop	Green cross tunnel that also rotates; arms sweep across all three crosses.
26	P26	Tunnel Long	4	32	Drop / Build-up	Long green cross tunnel over 8 bars; crosses shoot through the centre and across the outer crosses.
27	P27	Barbed Wire Zoom	2	16	Break / Transition	Barbed wire swings and zooms across the three crosses; white, a lot of black.
28	P28	Falling Smileys	2	64	Groove / Break	Green smileys fall across all three crosses; 16-bar loop.
29	P29	Falling Pills	2	32	Groove / Break	Colourful pills fall across all three crosses; often partly empty.
30	P30	Skeleton Zoom	3	8	Build-up	Skeleton zooms in until the ribcage fills the centre cross.
31	P31	Raptor Zoom	2	8	Build-up / Humour	Raptor (dinosaur) walks towards the camera until it fills the crosses; brown.
32	P32	Dolphin Zoom	2	8	Build-up / Break	Dolphin swims towards the camera until it fills the image.
33	P33	Sonic Zoom	2	8	Build-up / Humour	Sonic figure zooms in to a close-up; colourful.
34	P34	Hygieia Snake Zoom	2	8	Build-up	Bowl of Hygieia zooms in; the snake opens its mouth across the crosses.
35	P35	Floppy Zoom	2	8	Build-up / Humour	Green floppy disk (YP) zooms in until it fills the crosses with planes.
36	P36	DNA Zoom	2	8	Build-up	Vertical DNA helix zooms in to a close-up.
37	P37	DNA Zoom 2	2	8	Build-up	Diagonal DNA helix zooms in to a close-up.
38	P38	Memcard PS2 Zoom	2	8	Build-up / Humour	Red PS2 memory card zooms in; dark.
39	P39	Memcard GC Zoom	2	8	Build-up / Humour	Purple GameCube memory card zooms in; dark.

B.4 Outlines: 27 clips, along the edges of all three crosses

Col	No.	Name	Level	Beats	Role in set	What you see	Still
1	O01	Still Frame	1	16	Ambient / Intro	Single outer line breathing very slowly between 25% and 50% over 4 bars.
2	O02	Slow Comet	1	16	Ambient / Intro	One comet with a long tail (120 px) goes around once in 4 bars.
3	O03	Marching Dots	1	4	Ambient / Intro	Dotted line on the outer edge (a dot every 4 px) crawls smoothly and slowly clockwise, 2 dots per bar. Soft variant of Stroke Alpha 4.
4	O04	Outline Tide	1	16	Ambient / Intro	Outer line of all three crosses, with a soft wave of light moving across the crosses from left to right over 4 bars.
5	O05	Draw and Erase	2	16	Intro / Outro	The line draws itself from the top down both sides to the bottom (6 beats), holds (2), erases from the top (6), 2 beats black.
6	O06	Breathing Lines	2	8	Ambient / Break	Outer line and second line (2 px inwards) breathe alternately, per bar.
7	O07	Twin Comets	2	8	Groove / Break	Two comets opposite each other, one lap per 2 bars.
8	O08	Relay Comet	2	12	Groove / Break	One comet goes around once per bar, each time on the next cross (left, centre, right); the other crosses show a faint edge.
9	O09	Domino Draw	2	8	Intro / Build-up	The edge draws itself per cross from the top: left, centre, right (one beat per cross); in bar 2 it erases in the same order.
10	O10	Arm Chase	3	8	Groove	Each beat the outline of one arm lights up; bar 1 clockwise, bar 2 anticlockwise.
11	O11	Corners	3	8	Groove	The 12 corners of the cross light up one by one per eighth note; then all corners together for 4 eighths.
12	O12	Beat Pulse	3	8	Groove / Light drop	2 px edge flashes on every beat and fades out; beat 1 of each bar is stronger.
13	O13	Marquee	3	8	Groove	Theatre-marquee edge: 32 dashes on the outer line move smoothly one position per beat.
14	O14	Thick Pulse	3	4	Groove	Outer line jumps 1 px thicker per sixteenth (1 to 4 px inwards) and back, hard pixels without gradient; 2-beat cycle. Rebuild of Stroke Alpha 5.
15	O15	Marching Blocks	3	4	Groove	2x2 px blocks on the edge (2 on, 6 off, evenly spaced everywhere) jump 2 px further per sixteenth, clockwise; hard pixels without gradient. Rebuild of Stroke Alpha 4.
16	O16	Radar Trace	3	4	Groove	A radar arm rotates around the centre once per bar and lights up the edge as a thick line (3 px) with a long afterglow. Rebuild of Trace Round.
17	O17	Mirror Sweep	3	4	Groove	Two mirrored light paths run down both sides from top to bottom in one beat and back the next, as a thick line (3 px). Rebuild of Trace Up-Down.
18	O18	Sweep Line	3	4	Groove / Build-up	A vertical scan line crosses the three crosses from left to right once per bar; the edge lights up where it passes and then fades.
19	O19	Cross Hop	3	4	Groove	On every beat the edge of one cross flashes (left, centre, right, centre); the other crosses show a faint edge.
20	O20	Shockwave	4	8	Build-up / Drop	On every beat a line runs 7 px inwards from the edge and fades; the centre stays empty.
21	O21	Chaser	4	8	Drop	Classic 3-phase chaser (like neon signage) on two lines in opposite directions, a step every sixteenth.
22	O22	Counter Comets	4	8	Groove / Drop	Four comets clockwise on the outer line and four anticlockwise on the second line, one lap per 2 beats.
23	O23	Mixed Directions	4	4	Groove / Drop	Left: two comets clockwise; centre: three anticlockwise; right: a fast comet outside with a second line running against it. Each cross has its own rhythm.
24	O24	Glitch Edge	5	8	Drop / Peak	Edge split into 32 segments; every sixteenth a random selection turns on, the whole edge on every beat.
25	O25	Strobe Frame	5	8	Drop / Peak	2 px edge strobes on sixteenths; full on the beat, half on the off-beats.
26	O26	Cross Strobe	5	4	Drop / Peak	On every sixteenth the edge of a random cross strobes; all three together on the beat.
27	O27	Racer	5	8	Drop / Peak	Eight comets per line on three lines, one lap per beat, with a flash of the whole edge on every beat.

B.5 Other clips in the composition

Not in the clip sheet (checked in Arena on 20 Oct 2026):

Generators run on their own timeline and are not tied to the beat (2.8).

G. APC mini mk1 (spare, not used by default)

Everything can be done with the APC40. The APC mini is only a spare or an extra pair of hands. If it is connected, it is handled like the APC40: off in Arena with the bridge, on in backup mode (Preferences > MIDI, APC MINI).

Same layout as the APC40 in Clip mode, with 7 clips per column. Annotated photo (apcmini.yaml).

The APC mini mk1 has only green, red and yellow pads and no dim setting: that is why a playing clip blinks instead of lighting up brighter.

In backup mode (ADE Backup): no scrolling (clips 1-7 only), stop pads without LED, no Shift + scene 8, Graphics and Visuals do not exclude each other.