Tagged With "Color Presets"
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Color Chorus 72 Brightness Issue
We have 4 Color Chorus 72 fixtures. We have them addressed and assigned properly. One of the 4 is not as bright as the other three even when the fader is at 100%. Our lighting control system is Avolites Titan Mobile. Any suggestions on correcting this?
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FuzeWash Z350 & Z120 Color Presets
We are currently using ShowXpress software so I am having to build my own profiles for all my new Elation lights. I am looking for a list of all the 64 Color Presets to properly name them, as well as the 13 Color Macros. I've searched on here as well as Google and haven't been able to locate the information. Thanks
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SD3 Playbacks containing presets, selected fixtures question
Hello forum. My rock & roll venue system is 4 identical RGB fixtures (Opti RGB) with a SD3 console. 7 DMX channels per fixture. I'd like to have the Flex Faders control all 4 fixtures together, for a common "color scene" that I can change easily. Done already; just select all 4 Fixtures, and their 7 DMX channels appear automatically together on Flex Faders 1~7. Next I would like to have 4 separate Playback masters (in HTP mode!?) bring up "white" (R, G, B) for each respective fixture,...
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Need to reload factory settings after master reset
Hello, I just purchased a magic 260 and out of the box it had no preset fixtures. I am almost certain that if I can update it to the latest firmware that the preset fixtures will be available again. The only issue is that I use a macbook pro and I don't see any software for this controller that is compatible with OSX. How do I update the firmware on my magic 260 so that I can start programming. I have access to a windows computer if necessary, but prefer to use my macbook if possible.
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Midicon questions
I am switching from Show Designer 2 to Compushow with Midicon so I'm looking to set it up similar to SD2 but I'm having several issues. 1. I'm wanting to setup the separate wheels to control my pan/tilt speed and gobo rotation speed to be used on the fly. So far I have only been able to use them when that specific attribute is highlighted. I want to be able to use them simultaneously, is that a possibility? 2. After I assign the data wheels the only way to actually control them is with a...
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controlling scenes with faders?
Ok, I've learned basic DMX programming with a DMX operator. But I find it very difficult to try to run a live show with a band using this console. Here's what I want. After the scenes are set, is there a console that can repurpose the faders to be used as dimmers for the preset scenes? In other words, if scene 1 is an all red wash, I want fader 1 be a dimmer for this scene. So if scene 2 is blue wash, controlled by fader 2. Now I can manually crossfade between them, or add together as I...
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Preset patterns
When I have a preset pattern with a gobo and color and I switch to a different preset pattern the color goes to white and the gobo goes to the solid beam. This is with every fixture I have in my system. How do I keep the same color and gobo but be able to switch between patterns without having to create new switches or buttons for every pattern?
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Midi control with Behringer X32
Hi. I desperately need to get my emulation software controlled by my new Behringer X32. I dont know if there is a user way to program the midi funtions in the desk under the midi remote mode. It has preset midi patches for Mackie control, Hui, and midi CC. HELP!!!
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n00b Programming
Can anyone shed some light on programming an SD1 with 3 Chauvet LEDrain™ 64C and 4 ChauvetLED PAR 64 TRI-B lights. I can set a preset but how do I take a preset and turn it into an intelligent light show. Since I don't have any lights with pan and tilt there are no factory chases to use so I have to program everything from scratch. I tried programming a chase but it doesn't loop like i thought it would. Thoughts? I am overwhelmed and at a loss. I have watched the videos but they haven't...
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Scene Setter 24 - Factory default programs
All the programs that were installed on my Scene Setter 24 have been erased. Is there a download or a program sheet that I can get the factory preset programs back? I don't need the instructions on resetting the password, I have that information already.
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Using an Arena Q7 with an architectural control
My church recently purchased an Arena Q7 Zoom. The shutter/strobe channel has values that enable the LEDs and other values where the LEDs are off. The values 0 through 31 leave the LEDs off no matter what values are sent on the fader channel or any of the color channels. When we are using ShowXpress software to control the LEDs it's easy to always keep a value on the shutter/strobe channel so that the other channel values can set colors and intensities. We have a problem when we don't have...
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Programming mover preset buttons
I'm trying to become self sufficient and learn to write profiles since my software is aged out but still works. I'm in CompuLive 1024EC, fwiw, but the question might be of general interest to people using newer software as well. My question: ___________________________________________ When making the preset buttons, are you just picking a value on the DMX channel that controls presets? (ex: if Channel 11 has many programmed functions, pick a channel 11 value and make that the preset...
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stage setter 24 record fade myselft
good afternoon, I have a console elation stage setter 24, I would like to know how to record chases in 1x24 mode where the fade time can be set by myself. I can record them without problems, but pressing the tap sync button changes the scene fades in a time already preset by the console; I would like to be able to change that time to my liking, since I use it for plays where every change I have to make it by signals of each actor and changes should disappear in time different from those...
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LightJockey Future
Don´t forget LightJockey... LightJockey is the best DMX control software for Clubs and TimeCoded Shows i have used. And there is no alternative. All other DMX control software have the base layout like a Light console for Live use. LightJockey is different. I use LightJockey for the CueList, where i easily can program lights to video or audio tracks. LightJockey deserves future updates, a Mac version, unlock the stupid 100 fixture limit, change the preset limit from 100 to more, Change the...
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Design Spot 250 Parameters
I am a mobile dj and I just bought 2 design spot 250s and have the elation 192 dmx board. When I use the preset programs (using channel 16), the lights tend to point straight up most of the time as I usually just set them up high on their base. The problem is that I have no way to mount them upside down at gigs as they are usually at hotel ballrooms and it would be insane to do a full truss setup for 2 moving heads in order to get them upside down. Is there any way I can set parameters for...
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Newbie question
We just got a lighting set for our church, and I'm a bit confused. (being the resident computer geek, I got stuck with volunteered to set it up--I understand electronic equipment setup and programming, but have never done anything with DMX devices) We have a Scene Setter 24 with a pair of ED15 controllers. Initially what we want to do is just be able to manually control each of the channels from the sliders on the board, with no timing involved. The manual doesn't seem to cover this at all.
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Magic 260
1. My controller works with firmware version 1.02m. Is this the newest version? 2. All preset movements run too fast, so my moving heads can't follow. To increase fade time doesn't slow down the movements. The dmx values for pan/tilt channels still change too fast. Any help? 3. I'm not able to load up a new fixture file with the magic 260 software. After creating a new mff, i can't add it to the wcn list (format error message). The only way is to modify the standard NCWFIX.mff . Fixture Edit...
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SD2 Presets
I created a bunch of presets (color, gobo, pan, tilt, strobe, etc) for the Wizard Extreme and they worked out great. But when I added a second fixture, I noticed I can access the controls via the faders but not from the presets, why's that!!!?? Are the presets only attached to the fixtures that were on at the time of programming them (like a scene)? I was thinking as long as you are using the same fixture profile the presets would work. I can see the preset names coming up on the screen but...
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Compu: RGBMix colorwheels disappearing!!
after a few starts and exits, i lost the color pinwheel on my RGBmix buttons for some LED fixtures.... These fixtures are critical for my install, as they are the house and ceiling washes!! I need to be able to change their color and "regenerate preset buttons" is doing nothing! please help! nothing in the manual about creating your own buttons/switches with the color pinwheel.
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Transparatent Chases With The DMX Operater Pro
Hey guys, I have a question about how to program transparent chases with the DMX Operator Pro. I have 8 Led's Fixtures setup on 2 Fixture buttons on the DMX Operator Pro console. 8 Led's 4 DMX channels per LED.So 2 LED'S per bank per fixture (4 leds on fixture 1,and 4 on fixture 2). The Led Break down is Channel 1 Strobe/dimmer 2-4 is RGB Color's. With that configuration in mind, here's my question. While running a scene from the top panel, I want to use a chase as a transparent chase to...
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Focus/XY Presets
Back in August 2008, another user (Misebeam) requested a feature he called "Focus Presets". I would like to second this request, but in more detail. Below is just a suggestion for how this could work: 1. User creates new preset #1 from the "Controller" or "Windows" menu. Not the "Page" or "Button" menus because we want these presets to apply "across the board", not to only one page or button. 2. User selects the fixtures this preset will apply to. 3. For each fixture, user defines DMX values...
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Magic 260 scene fade issues when using recordable preset points
I just finished programming some 200+ scenes using my recordable preset positions (I created positions for all 18 presets) for the pan and tilt positions of my fixtures (accuscan 250's) putting together shows with them I noticed that When I playback the show i have no control over fade time yet when I program scenes without using the presets i can control fade times easily this is very frustrating as all I can get with these scenes is very jerky movements and unable to create slow sweeps as...
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Design Spot 250- 2 fixtures with individual problem
I searched through the forums and did not see a similar post so hope this is not a repeat. I have 2 DS250's which I bought about 2 years ago. I have only used them about 20 times, at about 4-5 hours each time so they have very little run time, yet they both have a separate issue. Fixture 1- The fixture was last used on 5/9/09 (yesterday) with no problems. On 5/10/09 (today) I turned onto check which of the 2 fixtures had a custom gobo, and during the initial setup when it was first plugged...
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noob questions
Hey, got some questions in trying to setup lighting for my band; I'm the drummer so I cannot run things during the show so as much automation as possible is good, or at least be easy enough to trigger scenes from the laptop My current setup: 1 Elation Compu 2048FC (Nov 4 2008) 4 Chauvet Intimidator 2.0 spots 4 Chauvet Minspots 1 Chauvet TecnoStrobeRGB 1 Chauvet ColorstripRGB 2 Chauvet Scorpion Scan LG60 lasers 1 Chauvet Scorpion Scan LRG55 laser Questions: how do I correlate Compulive...
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COMPULIVE: Quirks or bugs, and some recommended Enhancements.
Hello, Well I have spent about 90+ hrs getting familiar, and creating our shows in Compulive, and have come across some wired things. I have my first show using COMPULIVE on SAT hope all goes well, I am bring my SD2CF for backup... I also wanted to mention some enhancements? Here is the list: BUGS?? EDIT SCREEN WOULD RANDOMLY MINIMIZE: When I go to edit a scene (this happened randomly, could not figure out a pattern), after I would right click on a fixture to change the color, the edit...
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Stage Setter *
Hello, I just recently purchased a Stage 1 pak, (stage setter 8 and two DP 415). The two DP 415s have labels in the back which indicate that Pack 1 has been factory preset for channels 1-4 and Pack 2 has been factory preset for channels 5-8. All I want to do with the stage setter is to be able to dim in and out by using the eight channel strips available on the "X" section of the stage setter 8. Currently, I am able to ony use the first four channels from the stage sette 8 to dim in and out.
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MAGIC 260 - recording your own presets?
Hello all. I just picked up the Magic 260 controller and 2 elation design spots... I spent all day yesterday getting to know this controller and so far so good! I really like the idea of the presets! Is there a way to record my own? For instance - the figure 8, and the circle... I would like to leave the existing ones as is. But I would like to record a NEW preset to be the same but to be slower and save it as a NEW preset (leaving the old one intact). Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Magic 260 "file error" (no double channel names)
Hi there, i ve got a prob with my Magic 260(1.02). I made a preset for my RGB Laser. (8 channels, every channel got another name) When i send it from pc to the magic 260, i got a "file error" message. I only have the standard presets+the laser preset in the save file... greets, Sven
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Magic 260 Novice Questions
I've had a Magic 260 only for a few days, and actually have never used DMX before this, but have a fairly strong technical background in electronics and programming. I have a number of questions about the Magic 260. As with most of the equipment we purchased, the instructions are not verbose. I have four moving heads (2 DJSPOT250, 2 DJSPOT300), two COLORstrips, a Dynasty SCAN, two Followspot 400G, two DP-DMX20Ls, and two DP-415s. I have the 415s as switches running some gobo projectors and...
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Gotta learn it or return it soon!
Hello, I am a middle school drama teacher. I recently purchased the 1248 to program and run the cues in my small theater. I have 3 elation Joy-300 moving lights and 30 or so conventional fixtures. I have finally, after many hours, at least figured out how to control all my lights manually. But, I cannot begin to understand how to program the board to run my cues in sequence. The manual included in the box is a joke. Whoever is responsible for that ought to be embarrassed. At least the one...
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CMY Zoom 250 differences
I bought two used CMY250s and the CMY filters do not match between the two fixtures when they're at positions other than fully in or out. They colors match at the endpoints, but not in between. To get them to match, I have to go to a different DMX value on one of the fixtures. They look alike when using the preset color filters but not with partial CMY values. Any ideas?
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Combining Scenes in the Scene Setter 24
Hello! I'm new to lighting and only learning it in a volunteer capacity but I looked through the manual and couldn't find a way to do this so I thought I'd try here: Our setup in case it matters: We have a Scene Setter 24. We have white can lights on 4 dimmer packs (9 cans, channels 1-9) and some DMX lights (right now 4 DMX lights taking 4 channels, 2 on 15-18 and 2 on 19-22. This will soon be replaced by all 4 of those being on channels 21-24 and new lighting that takes 7 channels being on...
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Elation Stage 8 controller help
man I hate manuals! I cant seem to be able to get scenes created or program my own chase modes. the preset chases work ok, Im new to this so i need help, I have the stage 8 and 2 dimmer packs one set to 001 and the second to 005, connected together with dmx cable, has anyone got a video out there how to program the stage 8?? appreciate any help Frank
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Release one playback button when another one is fired
I had asked this when Emulation was first released and stopped using Emulation because of this issue, just installed the newest version and it still doesn't seem to have been addressed. Is there anyway when you fire a playback button that it will automatically release whatever other playback button may be active? The software does great for a production, but for a normal Sunday service I need to just jump from one preset to another, but they aren't sequential as a playlist would be. Thanks
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Presets not working
I have 2 problems. When I try to record presets (pan/tilt adjustment/ratio) the fade time will not be saved and stays on 2 sec. Also I have created a scene with a preset movement in it and it works fine. However I programmed this scene in a show and in the show the preset is not working. Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong?
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keep fixture edits while not in program mode
I use a DMX Operator to control a mix of LED pars, dimmer packs, and scanners. After I have programmed scenes, I sometimes want to temporarily modify them during a show. Example, change color sceme of LED pars and scanners. The problem is that after I change colors for the pars, I can't change fixture selection without the pars going back to the scene preset. In essence, I'm limited with on-the-fly fixture adjusting. Is there a way for the board to remember my changes even after I deselect...
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Dimmer Fader for Fixtures ( or Groups ) on SD3
Hello, sorry about my bad english... I'm trying to programm a simple Dimmerfader for single Mooving Spots or Fixturegroups that always works - whatever Preset, Scene etc. is recalled... How can I realise this on SD3?
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Various questions (SD2)
We are happy users of the Show Designer 2 console but I have some questions that would improve our user experience even more. 1. Are there any plans to update the SD monitor software? The current version is very bland, for lack of a better word. We would like options for things like changing the color scheme so that it's not a bright white background blinding us during a show/service; and rearranging the scene/preset/show readout to more closely resemble the buttons on the console...instead...
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Midi Setup
Hi, I'm having trouble setting up my midi controller presets. I've got Preset 1 setup and working great. The problem comes when I select Preset 2, or 3, etc. All preset pages control the exact same functions when I use the physical midi controller, even after I setup Presets 2,3,4 with different functions. Anybody know how to make each preset page work independently? Or what I might be doing wrong with my setup? Thanks for any help.
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Saving "looks" to a Fader in LED mode
Ive read thru the manual over and over, and still cant get a "look" or scene to save as a preset to a specific fader? Im in LED mode. what is a "swop" button, anyway?...
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Powerwash 250 Basic - colorwheel calibration
Hello All, I am having problems with the color wheels not matching on my powerwash250 fixtures. The FCOL setting is the same on both. I can manually adjust them depending on the type of controller I am using, but when I try to use the controllers presets the colors are not matching.IE if I chose a preset of white one will be white and the other blue. I am also getting a bit of color-bleeding on one of them. Basically a hint of red is showing while the fixture is on full white. There is a...
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changing dimmer setting of scenes
I am new at this. I use a DMX Operator and 8 adj propar56rgb par cans. I set up and recorded my scenes with the dimmer set to 100%. If I go with the manual macro mode of changing color with the scanner buttons on I can change the brightness of the lights by the dimmer fader. If I turn off my scanner buttons and go to a scene button. I just about blind my bandmates as the lighting returns to the 100% intensity as I preset it. How can I easily change the intensity of the lights to a lower...
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SD1 updated Vs
Hi, I just updated my SD1 with the latest Vs 3.18 is there anyway I can put back the previous Vs I believe it was 3.15 The reason that I want switch back is because with the new Vs it works in a different way when we need to record a chase and it’s very complicated when you try to record 50 to 100 steps of chase. in previous Vs I used to record presets, ex. 16 presets in one page. then when I record chase, I would recall those presets to create a chase with the following steps/order: Press...
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Show Designer 1 - Turning a scene or preset off turns ALL off
I'm in the process of programming my newly acquired SD1 so that as much as possible of what I want to do can be triggered via MIDI. Sadly the manual only suggests this can be Scenes, so I've put some things (e.g. colours for my LED strips) on Presets, which I used on the fly last weekend just fine. BUT when I turn any Preset off, it turns off ALL current running Scene too which is annoying me immensely. I was trying to use Presets for some things as I thought it was independent from what...
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MIDI mapping issue with APC40
I am having a small issue mapping my APC40. I have the Console window open and I have the APC40 profile loaded. When I start the 'Learn MIDI console preset' I hit the first button and it gets mapped to the MIDI 'on' value but then it maps the second button with the MIDI 'off' value of the first button. That means that I can only used every other button. I have also tried going into the Console Setings tab but i cant change the 'infos'. All I can do is zero out the 'infos'. Anyone have a...
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KAM Powerbar Profile
A profile for the KAM Powerbar is in the Compu Show library. But that profile does not have the functionality I need. The Powerbar is a bar with four RGB fixtures attached. With 15 channel DMX one can control Master Dim, Programs, Strobe (which affect all four fixtures) and the Red, Green and Blue of each of the four fixtures individually. The preset in the library allows me to control Master Dim, Programs and Strobe, but, as best I can tell, whatever RGB combination is picked applies to all...
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Magic 260 Recordable Preset Points for Effects Engine
Greetings All, I have just got a Magic 260 to control 4 Mac 250 Kryptons, 2 Mac 300 washes, and some LED pars for a band that I work for. It seems like it will serve my needs very well, there is just one thing I can't figure out. I must be missing something simple or be misunderstanding what this actually does because it seems no one else has posted about it. That said, where in heck do you record these preset points for the movement effects engine? From what the manual says, it seems like...
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Need help/advice on best way to assign fixtures
I have worked with thdmx operator pro and assigned 3 sets of led lights on addressed at 1, 17, 33 even though they each only use 7address. Now i need direction in trying to set up 14 chauvet intimidator spot led 150 moving heads in 11chhnl mode(6 or 11), in pairs of two. also 8 led american dj tri7 leds, 7chnnl mode(1,2,3,4,5,6,7 mode availble). im guessing that assigning in this order: dmx1= heads 2pair dmx17= same dmx33= same dmx49= same dmx65= same dmx81= same dmx97= same now would i have...
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MIDICon Profile Work-Around
You do not need a MIDICon Profile for the MIDICon to work. Open the console window by clicking the button on the top bar. Right Click the Header of the Console Window. Select "Behringer_BCF2000_big_10presets". Click on one of the Preset 3-10 Tabs at the bottom of the window. These handles should be unmapped. Right Click on any of them and move a fader/knob/button and it will be mapped to where you can use it on your switches, scenes, and page settings. (: This works for all MIDI Controllers...
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Re: Magic 260 Question
Hi! Thanks a bunch for your reply. I am not sure what I am reading wrong. Let me post the relevent manual section for reference: Ok, I understand why in Step 2 it says all fixtures should be of the same type, because you are setting values for all those fixtures, and their channels would conflict. But when I get to Step 5, I have only set one set of values for one group of like fixtures. A) Do I, before moving to step 5, turn off the fixtures I just set, turn some more on, and continue to...