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kraftfeld

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hi.
i am trying do do the following on FLXS24, any possibilities?:

> playback1 containing cuestack with a series of movement-effects and fader-effects of fixture-group.
> playback2-fader controls maximum-brightness of fader-effects on cue1. from 0-255.

>> i want fixture to always fade to black and then fade to maximum-brightness defined by playback2-fader.
>> so maximum-brightness of cue can be adjusted.
>> using grand-master-fader is not an option here, because i want to be able to adjust several fixture-groups separately, but function of grand-master seems to be what i need.
>> i am also confused on how the size-parameter of fader-effect cooperates with intensity-level of fixture. do i set intensity to 0 and adjust final-brightness with size-parameter? or whats best practice here?

thanks for help. thanks for the FLXS24.
julian

 

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Hi Julian,

17 minutes ago, kraftfeld said:

i am trying do do the following on FLXS24, any possibilities?:

> playback1 containing cuestack with a series of movement-effects and fader-effects of fixture-group.
> playback2-fader controls maximum-brightness of fader-effects on cue1. from 0-255.

>> i want fixture to always fade to black and then fade to maximum-brightness defined by playback2-fader.
>> so maximum-brightness of cue can be adjusted.
>> using grand-master-fader is not an option here, because i want to be able to adjust several fixture-groups separately, but function of grand-master seems to be what i need.

Just to confirm, what are you using Playback 1's fader for? By default, the playback's fader will scale the level of the intensity of the effects in the playback.

For playback 2 to control the intensity of playback 1, you will need to set up playback 2 as an inhibit fader. To do this, select your fixtures in the group contained in playback 1, and turn the fixtures on to full. Then tap RECORD, and tap playback 2 to store it their. Then, making sure you are in Playbacks fader function, hold SETUP and tap Playback 2's button. Then from the Intensity mixing options choose Inhibit, and click OK on the settings window. Now, Playback 2 will act as an intensity master across the whole console for these fixtures.

25 minutes ago, kraftfeld said:

>> i am also confused on how the size-parameter of fader-effect cooperates with intensity-level of fixture. do i set intensity to 0 and adjust final-brightness with size-parameter? or whats best practice here?

With Intensity Effects, the Size parameter defines how large the intensity range is on the fixtures. For example with a simple Fader effect, with Size at 100 the fixture will range from 0-100% - a range of 100%. If you then reduce the fixture's intensity to 25%, and the Size down to 50%, the fixture will then range from 0-50% - a range of 50%. If you then set a fixture's intensity at 50% for example, and set the intensity effect size to 50, the fixture with then be in the range of 25%-75% - still a range of 50%.

Hope this helps, if you have any queries let me know.

Edward

Edward Smith
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thanks.
worked with "inhibit".

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Just to confirm, what are you using Playback 1's fader for? By default, the playback's fader will scale the level of the intensity of the effects in the playback.

>> because i only have multiple other playbacks(=cue-stacks) triggered simultanously in the cues of playback1, fader1 doesn't behave as intensity-fader in my case.

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Hello,

14 hours ago, kraftfeld said:

>> because i only have multiple other playbacks(=cue-stacks) triggered simultanously in the cues of playback1, fader1 doesn't behave as intensity-fader in my case.

Ah that makes perfect sense. 

Glad that works for you. If you have any questions just let me know. 

Edward

Edward Smith
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