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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 button called
0..-360 . And we are back.
Before moving on, please tap the Hard Dimmer . This gives us a chaser style dimmer effect. The right most encoder
have control over something called
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 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
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 and tap Color in the Preset Type Bar and then the Sinus Icon in the title bar.
Tap the 2 Color Hard . Now that looks a lot like the chaser we did in the previous chapter!
Now the Low and High Value controls the two colors your effect changes between. Try to change them. Also play
around with width and softness.
Let's make an effect that moves from the outside and into the middle. Clear your programmer. Select all the X4
using the group and run the 2 Color Hard effect. Use the Low and High values to select the some colors you are
happy with. Press the Phase encoder and set the phase to 0 for all fixtures. Now tap the Align <> button and turn
the Phase encoder counter clockwise until the effects moves from the outside to the middle. If you turn it enough
then it starts to move the other way. Set the value at something you are happy with. Store the result as cue 1 on
executor number 2 on page 1.
There's one special color effect. The RGB Rainbow effect. Select all the X4's and try it. Store this as cue 2 with a
fade time, and try the transition from cue 1 to 2.
The "Colorwheel 2 Color" effect is used for color effects on color wheels. It's an effect between two colors on a color
wheel.
There really isn't a lot more to say about color effects. Let's do some motion.
Position effects
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Width Softness
and . Try to turn it. A small width gives you less fixtures on at the
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