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Figure 2: Dimmer title bar - Effect running.
The left most button is a small sine curve. This doesn't change because we change the effect type. The
Normal Value button will take you back to controlling the normal value. We will examine what this means later.
Tap where it says High Value and then change the value to 75% . Now we have limited the effect to only run
from 25% to 75%. That's the High and Low values. Now tap the Sinus Icon in the title bar. This takes us back to the
effect view.
We could also have set the Low and High Values using the left encoder.
Try to turn encoder number 2. This changes the speed of the effect.
The third encoder controls something called Phase. This is the name we use for spreading out the fixtures over the
time of the effect loop. Try to tap the encoder and set the value to 0. Now all ten fixtures are doing the same
output. They are in other words at the same time in the effect loop phase. Even if you now turn the encoder, then
nothing really seems to happen. This is because all the fixtures are still at the same point in the loop, we are just
mowing where they all are in the loop. If we want to remake the effect to what it was before, then we need to
spread the fixture throughout the loop. This loop is also often described as a circle. That's why the phase is a
degree. There are 360 degrees in a circle so if we want to spread all the fixtures evenly through the loop then they
need to have a phase from 0 to 360 degrees. Because of mathematics (a bit too complex to begin to explain here)
it needs to be o to -360 to look like it moves from left to right. Press the encoder and select the dark red button
called 0..-360 . And we are back to the sine effect.
Before moving on, please tap the Hard Dimmer . This gives us a chaser style dimmer effect. The right most encoder
Width Softness
have control over something called and . Try to turn it. A small width gives you less fixtures on at the
same time. The higher the number the more fixtures are on. With a width of something like 20%, try to press and
hold the key while you turn the encoder. This makes the values fade in and out or snap. Depending on the
percent number. Try to give softness 100% and width 50%. Recognize the effect?
Try the two ramp effects and play around with width.
Ok, let's try to use this. Choose the Hard Dimmer effect and set the width at 50%. Now press Shuffle Selection .
Press Store and then one of the keys associated with executor number 1 on page 1. Clear your programmer and
try to run the cue. If you have set a default cue time then the effect uses this to fade in the effect.
Let's make a cue number two where the effect fades to a stop. Select the 10 fixtures again and press the Effect
key. Now it might seem logic that you should press Off in the Effect view, but that takes the effect out of our
programmer and right now it's in the cue. The cue list is a tracking cue list, so we need to tell the fixtures to stop
the effect - we need to program a stop. This is called "Stomp" in MA. So press where it says Stomp . Now this stops
the effect. Let's store this as a cue 2 with a fade time of 5 seconds - you know how to do this.
Color effects
Let's try to make some color effects.
Select the X4's, turn them to full and tap Color in the Preset Type Bar and then the Sinus Icon in the title bar.
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