Thanks for the very quick reply, Edward
I get your first sentence but the second one appears to contradict it? Or maybe not, after the 3rd sentence.
Say I've recorded several (10) cues with fader 1 set to dmx 1. Then I re-patch dmx 256 to fader 1 and record several more (10) cues.
I think your final sentence is saying that after the re-patch, all 20 cues now send fader 1 values to dmx 256, not dmx 1, but otherwise the output values aren't changed.
In all, I've got 18 dimmer pack dmx channels for old school lamps, 14x6 dmx channels for 14 LEDs and 3x17 dmx channels for 3 chauvet battens. Total 153 dmx channels max.
And 48 sliders to patch them to, but in any combination. For example I can patch all 14 LED master brightness dmx channels to one fader.
I've done all that in previous shows - just trying to get a bit more ambitious now, by controlling LED lamps individually - but they gobble up dmx channels and hence faders.
Seems like I can't do that by re-patching during the show programming. But is there any other way of doing it?
Submasters maybe? I've not even worked out what they are yet, but now could be the time.
thanks again for your help - I really appreciate the ability to learn and improve.
jimbo