Brentgi
Active Member
We just purchased an ETC Element. We are very pleased with this board. I've gotten pretty familiar with it, but I am having an issue of sorts that I could use some help with.
The reason that we chose the Element is because our setup is pretty basic. Lots of Source Fours, a bunch of wash LEDs, and a set of ColorCommands.
With our previous board (Expression 24/48), we had all the color fixtures patched together (respectively) and controlled each aspect of our color fixtures separately. For the LEDs it was RGB, for the ColorCommands it was ICMYF. Because of this our lighting op was able to increase the intensity of the ColorCommands (usually during a high part of the song) without changing any other parameters using the channel fader.
However, with the Element, we have loaded profiles into the console for each of our fixtures and have all the channels separated. We switched over to using sub group faders instead of channel faders. I have recorded all of my ColorCommands at full intensity to a sub fader. However, when the submaster is activated, it not only changes the non-intensity values of the ColorCommands, but also those of the LED fixtures. (I can live with it changing the values of the ColorCommand, but not the LEDs)
I know I can make an intensity only sub, but I'm not a huge fan of having to mark levels every time I want to use the fader, specifically on the fly. What I would like to do is to record only a certain set of channels to the fader and I cannot figure out how. I've tried the following command with no success: Group 7 Record Sub 38
Any help is appreciated!
Thanks!
Brent
The reason that we chose the Element is because our setup is pretty basic. Lots of Source Fours, a bunch of wash LEDs, and a set of ColorCommands.
With our previous board (Expression 24/48), we had all the color fixtures patched together (respectively) and controlled each aspect of our color fixtures separately. For the LEDs it was RGB, for the ColorCommands it was ICMYF. Because of this our lighting op was able to increase the intensity of the ColorCommands (usually during a high part of the song) without changing any other parameters using the channel fader.
However, with the Element, we have loaded profiles into the console for each of our fixtures and have all the channels separated. We switched over to using sub group faders instead of channel faders. I have recorded all of my ColorCommands at full intensity to a sub fader. However, when the submaster is activated, it not only changes the non-intensity values of the ColorCommands, but also those of the LED fixtures. (I can live with it changing the values of the ColorCommand, but not the LEDs)
I know I can make an intensity only sub, but I'm not a huge fan of having to mark levels every time I want to use the fader, specifically on the fly. What I would like to do is to record only a certain set of channels to the fader and I cannot figure out how. I've tried the following command with no success: Group 7 Record Sub 38
Any help is appreciated!
Thanks!
Brent