Dear QLC+ Community,
my pre-exposure to this software is quite limited, so I'm very sorry if this is a weirdly phrased question.
What I'd like to do is have a set of intensitiy faders for different colors like a red, green, blue, magenta, cyan, amber etc. fader. The tricky thing is: I'd also like to have a set of buttons for each respective fader that i could press to tell the fader for which fixtures it should apply the color change.
For example I have the fixture group "all PARs" and the fixture group "all washers" and I have the faders red and blue - id like to press the washer button for the red fader and both buttons for the blue fader and that should produce that by moving the red fader upwards only the washers become red and by moving the blue fader all fixtures become blue.
These should work additionally, meaning that in this example with the buttons pressed as described i can mix red and blue for the washers in this example and both faders being at 100 produces blue LEDs and purple washers.
I hope my description is understandable. Thank you in advance for your suggestions!
Best,
eingereicht
Use Buttons to change the behaviour of a fader
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MichelSliepenbeek
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You can use the Submaster for that.
Create a Red scene for your "all PARs" and a Red Scene for your "all Washers".
Now create a standard frame, add two buttons for those two scenes and add a slider that you set to Submaster.
Now do the same for every other color you want to use: it is important to use a specific frame for each color (as the submaster is defined to work only on all the functions that are in the same Frame).
When creating color scenes it is common practice to "box" the RGB channels all 3 together (so for your Red scene you would set red to 255, green to 0 and Blue to 0), but for the Blending Effect you want to realise you should only "box" the Red channel for your Red scene (and leave Green and Blue unboxed) and only box the Green channel for your Green screen etc.
Be aware that for creating a "Yellow Scene" you need to box 2 channels, but it also possible to add your 2 Green buttons to your "Red Frame": the submaster will work on either Red (if you only activate the Red Scenes), Green (if you only activate the Green Scenes) or Yellow (if you activate both the Red and Green Scenes).
If your fixtures have a separate Level Channel, don't forget to create an extra slider for that.
Create a Red scene for your "all PARs" and a Red Scene for your "all Washers".
Now create a standard frame, add two buttons for those two scenes and add a slider that you set to Submaster.
Now do the same for every other color you want to use: it is important to use a specific frame for each color (as the submaster is defined to work only on all the functions that are in the same Frame).
When creating color scenes it is common practice to "box" the RGB channels all 3 together (so for your Red scene you would set red to 255, green to 0 and Blue to 0), but for the Blending Effect you want to realise you should only "box" the Red channel for your Red scene (and leave Green and Blue unboxed) and only box the Green channel for your Green screen etc.
Be aware that for creating a "Yellow Scene" you need to box 2 channels, but it also possible to add your 2 Green buttons to your "Red Frame": the submaster will work on either Red (if you only activate the Red Scenes), Green (if you only activate the Green Scenes) or Yellow (if you activate both the Red and Green Scenes).
If your fixtures have a separate Level Channel, don't forget to create an extra slider for that.
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eingereicht
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Oh thank you for that idea, that probably is the far easier solution.. I went down a different path yesterday and ended up in this thread:
viewtopic.php?t=15167
The solution provided there is heavily complicated but more widely usable. Thank you for the submaster idea though! Can I get going on this and send you my project later to confirm? I'm currently not able to test with hardware but I'd like to get the ground work of the configuration ready before getting access to lights and interfaces next week.
viewtopic.php?t=15167
The solution provided there is heavily complicated but more widely usable. Thank you for the submaster idea though! Can I get going on this and send you my project later to confirm? I'm currently not able to test with hardware but I'd like to get the ground work of the configuration ready before getting access to lights and interfaces next week.