I'm talking about doing this with Compu Live. I'm not sure what SD is?

I think he means SD3.. ShowDesigner 3

I want recreate this in Compu 1024.

ok since you want to make this effect on the software here is what you do. on your dled36 page create your scenes like you had specified and then make a "switch" it is the middle button on the top of the page in between scene and cycle. ok once you have your switch edit window up. (click on the switch and then go to buttons and then select edit) open the effects generator and on the dimmer channel make a sinus wave using efx gen. and if you had wanted to you can make all the other channels "off" leaving just the dimer channel linked to easy time after you create your effect. by doing this it will take any scene u created and apply the sinus wave to the dimmers in that scene regardless of color. make sense? if not ill be more than happy to post up some screen shots as a step by step. sincerely,

Is there a page that lists all the scenes that are programmed in which you can click on any scene and view it in the 3D visualizer?

I tried what you said but had some problems.

I created a scene with all my DLED 36's in red.

Then I opened the switch page and selected empty and link to easy step and click the ok+edit button. I then opened the FX generator and applied a dimmer effect. (All the while I am doing this I have 6 DLEDs with red beams showing in my 3D viz). So after I click on the dimmer chase I notice that it is not showing it in the 3D viz...I must be doing something wrong.

btw, I ordered the software today. Largely based on the customer support that I have received from you. Not being a lighting expert and this being my first software application in the lighting realm I can say your help and punctuality has been unrivaled. A special "thank you" to you!

OH No problem! its what i do. lol. ya you missed a step there. if you made a effect using just the dimmers and had all the other channels linked to easy step they will take over the channels in the scene you are overriding with your switch. so try it again this time do not link to easy step like i did in the video. this is something different. leave all the channels "OFF" adn then go into the efx gen then create just the dimmer sine wave, then save it close the switch, hit ur scene button with the red and then hit the switch u made and ill bet you it does a red sine wave! try it. oh BTW what version did you order? sincerely,

Should I see the dimmer effect when I am programming the switch? At this point I am still not seeing it.

I ordered the 1024 EC.

Is there a page that lists all the scenes?

umm you can turn on a color to see if that is what u want to but make sure you turn it off before saving other wise that color will be in the switch too. scene page list? i dont think so. master page perhaps but if you have numerous pages you will either have to save EVERYTHING to the master page or scroll you fixture pages.congratulation's on your purchase.
sincerely,

Question regarding the best way to organize scenes.

I will have 20 or so scenes.

I will have 20 or so switches that I can press at any given time to give my scenes a different look with gobos, prisms, dimmer fx editor chases, cmy fx editor chases, etc....

I see that when I save a scene it puts a button that set of fixtures.

If I make a scene that use three pages (say design wash 250, dled 36, and generic dimmer) where should I save that button for that scene. It shouldn't just go on the design wash page. Shouldn't there be a master page of scenes that one can quickly refrence the scenes that they have programmed and quickly view by selecting that scene? This would also be a great place to right+click on the scene and change the midi note address.

As you can tell I am struggling a bit to see how the hierarchy of scenes are located and recalled in Compu.

there is a master page. you cna make all the scenes u want spread out throughout all the fixture pages. then select them all or turn them all on and then go to the master page click on the red tab where it says "master" and then go to the top of the page and click on your new scene button and a RED box will open up and this is for the master page. click as you see now check box and then hit save. let me know if you run into any other problems. ill be away from my desk for the rest of the day but i can respond via emails. sincerely,

I am tring to create a rainbow effect using the effect editor for my design wash 250's. However, when I open the switch window I can't move any of the faders like I can when following the steps in your window. Should you be able to move the faders in the switch window. I need to be able to do that so I can open the shutters and see what the effect is doing. Thanks!

open the shutters then get efx gen going.

I keep trying but I am going to need more help creating a switch with a dimmer chase. No matter what I seem to do I can't see what I am doing in the Viz. I opened the shutters, then selected new switch and I still can't see what I am doing. I might need step by step instructions because this isn't going well.

Got it to work but I can't see what I am doing. If I press the "center" button to turn on the fixtures before going into create and save the switch it just shows up with white fixtures. I am sure there is something going on that I am not doing.