With Color Changers on the
Express, I generally find myself popping in to another
page of subs and using that
page to do my programming (setting values to subs so that I can quickly access
strobe,
dimmer, reset,
etc without having to worry about the exact position of the
fader, as I would if using
channel faders). So for this
fixture, say
channel 2, would have a sub with the max value programmed to be 24 (63 converted to percentage) which I would label
dimmer, a a sub with 37 (95 converted to percentage) as the max which would be my
strobe fader. Then I usually keep a card of the specific ranges of
shutter open and random
strobe ranges at
hand (usually on white
gaff on the upper right side of the
console). Colors are programmed in to the remaining subs as cues so that they latch. Makes for simple programming. for most things, pop
dimmer to full or set a
strobe value, pop a color
bump button, and record the
cue.
Basically, I hate the
Express ML section. We've never gotten along.
I also like to have a reset sub that I can just mash the
bump button for and the
fixture will reset. So that'd be
channel 3 at 32 (82 converted to percentage), and be the last sub on that
page. Then I have one on the last sub of the last
page of subs that resets the whole rig, if using multiple movers. Also, any scrollers are programmed at full to pull through the whole string and make sure that there are no issues there.
