FLX S24: Programming a single fader to fade from red over orange to green?

[Lena]

Hi guys,

we're having a show at work where they want me to mimic a battery which is charging from low (zero) to full (green) with orange in between.
I hooked up an M800 LED spot to my FLX S24 for that matter and used three faders, one for each color.
However, I wonder if there's an option to have a single fader which controls the color fade. Any ideas if this is possible and how? ♥ 

All the best

Lena

[kgallen]

Red and green mix to make yellow so this should be possible. 
 

I would programme three cues on a playback. 
 

Set light to red. Record to playback 1.

set light to orange. Record to playback 1 (answer yes to create cue 2).

Set light to green. Record to playback 1.

In cue 2 and 3 makes sure the colour fade time is set to a non-zero value, possibly quite long.

You can either step through these cues using the button or if you want the sequence to run on its own (after you start it), set cue 2and 3 to ‘auto after’.

 

You might not know how to do all of these actions in which case it will be a good opportunity to find out from the manual and learn a few new things about the console. 
 

Good luck!

[Lena]

Hey,

thank you so much for your help, this works perfectly. However, is there also a way to control the color fade depending on the fader position? Like if I have it one-third of the way up it's red and only turns green when it reaches the top?

Thanks

Lena

[kgallen]

You could try setting the fader as "Fader Controls Colour" (Setup+Fader Button). However for this to work I think you'd need to use a different approach rather than the cue-based one I gave above.

I'm not too sure because I'd have to try it (and I don't have access to my FLX at the moment) but you might have to do something like change the default for the light to "red" (rather than white which will be the default) then programme the fader to change the colour to green (and set "Fader Controls Colour"). You will probably need to assign another fader to the light as the intensity control.

Others on here do this sort of thing more so will probably have a better suggestion. Maybe I could have a play tomorrow, but no promises!

[Davidmk]

2 hours ago, kgallen said:

a different approach rather than the cue-based one I gave above

For a more "busker" approach (i.e. without cues) and only if you can accept Red->Yellow->Orange->Green...

Something to set the fixture(s) to red. This will depend on what else you are using the fixture(s) for but could be fixture default, a cue, another playback, possibly even RGB colour mixing playbacks) and an intensity only fader

OR

A playback that sets the colour red and controls intensity. Fader action is intensity only, NOT colour. This will switch to red  when the fader goes about 5% but you can change that to 1% if you like.

AND

A playback with fader action colour ONLY that fades to green.

I haven't time to actually try this but I think it should work.