Master Solo Frame with Sub Frames

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FrozenTundraDJ
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Joined: Fri Sep 28, 2018 11:09 pm
Real Name: Austin Arbour

I am working on programming my uplights and I created a frame that I can collapse when I don't need to modify the uplighting effect.

In that frame, I have a submaster slider to control the light intensity since they are RGBAW+UV with no dimmer channel.
Alongside that I have a "hidden" solo frame.
Inside this frame, I have 3 different frames.
  • Manual Group Control
  • Static Colors
  • Chases and Effects

At any one time, I only want 1 frame to be "active".
For example, say I have a static color selected for dinner and cocktails, but then for dancing I want to trigger the various effects.
When I press an effect button, then I want the other two frames to then be disabled just like when I have multiple buttons in a solo frame.

Workspace: https://gitlab.com/frozentundraentertai ... type=heads
MichelSliepenbeek
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Real Name: Michel Sliepenbeek

If you change the RGBWAUv channels of your uplights from HTP to LTP you will get the effect you want.
But you might get other unwanted effects instead: the LTP logic is different from what you are used with HTP.
I suggest you to make a copy of your workspace and give it a try. If you are not happy you can always restore the saved version.

Other options (based on HTP):
- put the Chases and Effects in the same solo frame as your Static Colors. This will trigger already a part of your problem (it will automatically deactivate the Static Colors, but not Manual Group Control).
- create a "Black Out button " for your Manual Group Control and use Collections (that also Black Out your Manual Group Control and Static Colors) to launch your Chases and Effects.

To create that "Black Out button " for your Manual Group Control you could add a Loop Back Channel (to the ones you are already using), create a scene that sets the value to zero and then select this Loop Back channel as External Controller for all of your sliders in your Manual group Control (do not use the "catch up with the external controller input value").
A QLC Workspace is like a Bob Ross painting: "it's your world, you can create whatever you want!"
FrozenTundraDJ
Posts: 20
Joined: Fri Sep 28, 2018 11:09 pm
Real Name: Austin Arbour

Thanks Michel,

I have updated my workspace accordingly with the Black Out button, kind of.
On my Manual Control frame, I added a button over the header labeled "Clear/Reset" to indicate that it will zero out all of the faders.
I did have to play around with it a bit, had to set the loopback channel to HTP rather than LTP.
I am not creating collections for all of my static colors and will rather opt to select a color/chase then click the reset button.
I did, however, move the chases into the static colors frame.

Thanks again for the help.
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