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Patch 配接（patch）
The mapping between a control channel and the thing it drives. On a lighting desk it is which DMX address a fixture answers to and which profile the desk applies to it. In audio and video it is which physical input arrives on which channel.
中文
控制通道和被控制對象之間的對應關係。在燈光控台上，是燈具用哪個 DMX 位址、控台套哪個燈庫檔。在音響和影像則是哪個實體輸入進到哪個通道。
Regional usage
| Where | Term | Note |
|---|---|---|
| HK / TW | Patch | 口語直接用英文，書面寫「配接」或「位址設定」。 |
Easy to get wrong
A soft patch lives in the desk's show file. A hard patch is physical cabling or a dimmer rack assignment. Changing one does not change the other.
「跳線」在中文通常指實體接線。燈光控台上的 patch 是軟體對應，兩者不要混用。
In audio a patchbay is a physical panel. Telling a sound engineer to "repatch it" may send someone to a rack rather than to a laptop.
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Sources
- Stage lighting — Wikipedia primary
- Glossary of theater terms — Wikipedia
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