phosphene

Thanks as ever Edward. I'll try that tomorrow when I get access again. Hope you are well. All the best. Cliff

A couple of years ago I set the master playback fader on local venue's FLX-S to be a master blackout. Someone has changed this (of course). Can anyone remind me how I did it?

Don't judge! I use FLX-S 48 exclusively as a busking desk using the faders as subgroups. The 2 pages of 48 faders can be limiting. It would be convenient to record some MFFs so the fader allowed manual control of the specific parameter of a fixture, (for example the DMX channel controlling a gobo wheel) rather than recording each gobo as a different subgroup. What's the trick to making the subgroup fader vary its output value with the fader movement once you've recorded just the one attribute into it? Can we turn the fader's LTP behaviour into HTP? Suggestions (apart from 'use cue-stacks') welcome.

Thanks Edward. That worked! Encyclopedic font of knowledge as ever! Cliff

As another inverterate busker can I jump into this discussion and ask a naiive question...(the answer may be staring me in the face, but I've missed it.)? If we set up faders for colour mixing on playbacks (FLX-S 48 in my case) is it possible to assign the channels that are controlled by those faders 'on the fly' live by using groups? (I've only found a way of programming specific channels to the colour controlling faders, which is really the same problem Finn has identified.. ie three or four faders used up by each 'group' of fixtures.) Came on here to ask a different but related question though: While tidying up our desk I've hit a snag with these colour mixing playbacks. Normally, (and on PhantomZerOS using exactly the same full showfile as the real desk) you select a channel and get RGBW above the encoders in the LCD display, and work from there. Our desk now gives 'CTemp 0' and CMacro 0 No Function' above the first two encoders and blank boxes above the remaining two. Anyone suggest a way to return this to normal? What have I inadvertently re-set? Cliff

Returning to the original query (RGB mixing) ... and preferably avoiding being told off for preferring manual group control for live 'one-nighter' work... is there any way of creating parameter fader control that can control selected groups on the fly, or do we have to specify the fixtures when programming, as seems to be indicated by the above tutorial? Using up faders for (for example) RGB and level, multiple times for each possible 'group' of fixtures in a rig seems very wasteful. Am I, probably, missing something here? Thanks Edward. Cliff

I constantly use colour picker and groups. But manual fader control of parameters gives much better 'feel' to a busked show. Just like a manual gearbox gives better control to a skilled driver than an automatic.

Thanks Edward. Bring back Sirius 250.... or XLS! Cliff

Thanks Edward. Yes fine, and hope you are well too. I've looked at the video. Will give it a go next time I get my hands on the desk and there's a few minutes of venue time available (!) Are there ways of globally and completely changing the way the desk records. (and retaining those preferences so they stay unless someone restores factory settings) I suspect that I never (that's never) want a default fade time on anything. I suspect I always (that's always) want fader control on everything (all parameters) We also never want smart tagging. I waste a lot of time doing the press and hold record and deselecting various things. I only ever drive the desk using the subs and we will never plot any show using the cue stack. I'm sure that you consider that a very old fashioned way of driving, but almost everything this desk has to do is on-the-fly , one night only, busking. All the best Cliff

This geriatric wants to use 3 faders (subs, playbacks, whatever you want to call them) on FLX-S to control RGB to allow colour mixing of currently live (or group selected fixtures desireably.) All fixtures are LED RGB or similar. As I have got the desk set starting to raise a fader with a colour allocated RGB snaps a fixture from it's default white to the colour (unsubtle... I'd like it to fade in the colour over the default) and when another colour fader is added similarly snaps that colour in and does not allow mixing the two, or more colours. Obviously theres some LTP going on here. By what trick.... specific button push sequence please... can I create three faders that will mix colour together, with smooth fader proportional action, and apply those mixed colours to selected fixtures??. Thanks Cliff

OK. Will have another go now that page gives an indication of the stripe colour codes. I assume by 'selected' fixtures it means those with a yellow light on... this is an FLX-S not an FLX.... so I'm not keen on the 'type the following' kind of instruction shown. As I never intend to use the cue stack type of operation, is there a way of getting rid of smart tag completely, so the LTP function of a playback stored parameter, or the HTP of an intensity one, can be brought up in any order?

I am fighting the FLX-S 48's tenedency to record all the parameters. Personally I am trying to put position, beam, colour and intensity in seperate playbacks to allow the sort of manual busking I used to enjoy with desks like Sirius 250 (OK I'm old) but am defeated. Yes I have the idea of press and hold record to give some options! Please can we have a clear indication of whether a red / green / or blue stripe means a parameter will or won't be recorded? Repeated attempts touching to change the indicator stripe colour don't seem result in consistant recordings. Is there a trick I'm missing here... or is it just not possible to make the playbacks be the equivalents of the old style banks of selectable position/beam/colour buttons and also have some playbacks as channel intensity only states to do the sort of thing I'm describing?

Hi, I'm going to post this as a new topic too... but it is a sort of reply to what appears above. I too am fighting the FLX-S 48's tenedency to record all the parameters . Yes I have the idea of press and hold record to give some options! Please can we have a clear indication of whether a red / green / or blue stripe means a parameter will or won't be recorded? Personally I am trying to put position, beam, colour and intensity in seperate playbacks to allow the sort of manual busking I used to enjoy with desks like Sirius 250 (OK I'm old) but am defeated.