JackPott Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 Just programing some chases into MagicQ for some cheap LED PARs that only have RGB params and no overall intensity. I can set a cue stack containing several colours and the fader acts as an intensity master- great. Whats bugging me is I'm having to write a chase for each colour. Of course what I'd prefer to do is just chase intensity and add the colour in on the fly. Is that acheivable, am I missing something obvious? Can't imagine I'm the first to encounter this little query. Perhaps a way to set a 'fake' intensity channel for each fixture? Any help appricaited :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypersound Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 Hi, You can set up a virtual intensity by just patching a dimmer (into any universe and any channel) and giving it the same head number as the can you want it to apply to. Is that what you were after? Cheers.Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackPott Posted November 7, 2009 Author Share Posted November 7, 2009 This is exactly what I was looking for :blink: Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gyro_gearloose Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 Have you looked at using effects? There are a few colour chase effects, accessible through the 'FX' button. Use the 'Contrast' wheel to change from stepping to cross-fading between colours. Hope that helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvi675 Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 Hypersound is correct - you just need to patch a dimmer channel and set the head number to be the same as the head number of the LED PAR. One thing to watch for though - this only works if these are the only two fixtures with this head number. As soon as you have a third one then the virtual dimmer stops working. Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul28 Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 Very informative replies. I was searching for answers regarding this kind of problem as well. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themadhippy Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 Have you looked at using effects? There are a few colour chase effectswhich are rather nice,but get a bit boring. Also if youve mixed a nice shade of pink then want the whole rig to strobe the internal fx wont do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackPott Posted November 9, 2009 Author Share Posted November 9, 2009 After looking again, I found this in the manual. Looks like there are a lot of little gems in MagicQ that one might otherwise miss if you don't read the manual cover to cover. Added it to my bedtime reading list :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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