Richard Maxwell
Member
Hi, All-
Very glad to be part of this group. I need to preface my questions here with the fact that I am a musician, so if you can, humor me... I feel I have a decent grasp of DMX and such - at least enough to get myself into sufficient trouble - but I also feel like my lack of experience with it is causing me some headaches that I am hoping one of you can help me with. Along with my sincere gratitude, I am also happy to help out with anyone's audio/MIDI/music related issues as that is something that I have some decent knowledge about. Anyway...
The manual (Stage-Designer-50_UM_Rev9_WO.pdf (559K)) says that it is possible to assign up to 48 DMX channels to each fader on p.9 ("Here is no limit to the amount of channels that can be assigned to a single fades. One can assign up to all 48 channels of DMX output to a single Fader. ") but only gives me the instructions for how to assign one. Can one of you tell me the exact sequence of buttons to push, sliders to move, chickens to sacrifice, or whatever, to make this happen?
The manual is a best poorly worded, very incomplete and while I cannot prove it, I suspect that it was originally in Chinese, translated into possibly German by someone who does not speak Chinese, German or English but had access to a Chinese to German dictionary and a German to English dictionary. (Sorry for all the sarcasm - just trying to at least formulate why the manual is so "odd.")
I am also trying to understand how to assign DMX channels 25-48 to fader 1-25 (or vise versa) as when in the Fader Assignment mode I cannot toggle between Page A and Page B of the console to follow the minimal directions the manual gives for this process.
Finally, I'm wondering if there is a way to set a range on a specific fader's output. With MIDI this is fairly easy and I am hoping that there is a similar DMX possibility. Is this what the "Park" button can be used for? Again, the manual is not specific, and I would really like the specific sequence of buttons and/or faders to make use of this feature if it is possible.
So, just to recap (sorry - I tend to ramble) I need the specific sequence of buttons/faders to:
1) assign multiple DMX channels to a single fader
2) assign DMX channels on the alternate page (B if I am on A, A if I am on B) to a fader
3) set a specific range for a fader's output.
Thanks much in advance! Best,
-Max
PS. I've done a good bit of web searching prior to posting here, and found several variations on this console by other companies, but none of the others' manuals, youtube videos, etc. cover my questions...
Very glad to be part of this group. I need to preface my questions here with the fact that I am a musician, so if you can, humor me... I feel I have a decent grasp of DMX and such - at least enough to get myself into sufficient trouble - but I also feel like my lack of experience with it is causing me some headaches that I am hoping one of you can help me with. Along with my sincere gratitude, I am also happy to help out with anyone's audio/MIDI/music related issues as that is something that I have some decent knowledge about. Anyway...
The manual (Stage-Designer-50_UM_Rev9_WO.pdf (559K)) says that it is possible to assign up to 48 DMX channels to each fader on p.9 ("Here is no limit to the amount of channels that can be assigned to a single fades. One can assign up to all 48 channels of DMX output to a single Fader. ") but only gives me the instructions for how to assign one. Can one of you tell me the exact sequence of buttons to push, sliders to move, chickens to sacrifice, or whatever, to make this happen?
The manual is a best poorly worded, very incomplete and while I cannot prove it, I suspect that it was originally in Chinese, translated into possibly German by someone who does not speak Chinese, German or English but had access to a Chinese to German dictionary and a German to English dictionary. (Sorry for all the sarcasm - just trying to at least formulate why the manual is so "odd.")
I am also trying to understand how to assign DMX channels 25-48 to fader 1-25 (or vise versa) as when in the Fader Assignment mode I cannot toggle between Page A and Page B of the console to follow the minimal directions the manual gives for this process.
Finally, I'm wondering if there is a way to set a range on a specific fader's output. With MIDI this is fairly easy and I am hoping that there is a similar DMX possibility. Is this what the "Park" button can be used for? Again, the manual is not specific, and I would really like the specific sequence of buttons and/or faders to make use of this feature if it is possible.
So, just to recap (sorry - I tend to ramble) I need the specific sequence of buttons/faders to:
1) assign multiple DMX channels to a single fader
2) assign DMX channels on the alternate page (B if I am on A, A if I am on B) to a fader
3) set a specific range for a fader's output.
Thanks much in advance! Best,
-Max
PS. I've done a good bit of web searching prior to posting here, and found several variations on this console by other companies, but none of the others' manuals, youtube videos, etc. cover my questions...