ledsu Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 Hi I am currently looking at using a Fat Frog and installing Led Multipar Zooms. Anyone know if you would place these in the moving light section of the desk.? Aswell as RGB they have a zoom function. 10 degree to 60 degree. The desk is currently running standard par and other genericss. It will be using both standard generic lights and leds. What is the best way to control them ? ledsu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianknight Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 You could define them as fixtures (Zero's Fixture editor is relatively easy to use to set up new fixtures) however, you may fall foul of intensity control if the MultiPar doesn't have a dedicated dimmer channel. A lot of LED PAR's 'dim' by controlling the RGB channels and don't have a master dim channel. Whilst you can define a 'phantom' dimmer channel for Zero88 fixtures they only work on Frog 2 or ORB (I think - if memory serves - Jon or Keith will leap in here!). It's not a major thing, you just have to think more about fades to black... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tivoli Phil Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 I actually did exactly this a while back, it works pretty well (using the fixture section of the desk). The only real downside I found with it was the palettes. They record fine, but there didn't seem to be any way to fade between them when busking live (feel free to correct if I'm wrong) Apart from that no problems at all. If those are the cans I'm thinking of though, keep any effects with the zoom speed fairly quick, or it goes all steppy and looks quite odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossmck Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 If this is the unit I'm thinking of DMX channel 4 should provide a master dimmer - I seem to remember it's a 6 channel as follows; 1 - RED2 - GREEN3 - BLUE4 - DIMMER5 - SHUTTER/STROBE (first few percent is open, after that it's strobe)6 - ZOOMIn which case I'd probably build a fixture profile for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicktaylor Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 We have an on going problem with installing fixtures on a BullFrog. Oddly the same fixtures will go onto my LeapFrog no problem. The reason I raise it here is the similarity with the batten fixture raised by the poster. http://support.zero88.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=6042&pid=24158&st=0entry24158 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ledsu Posted March 22, 2011 Author Share Posted March 22, 2011 Hi Everyone, This is great. Just the kind of advice I am looking for. Not yet in the venue to play with this. But taking it all on board ! Cheers Ledsu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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