Changing channel levels within a chase

Question

Hello 
 I'm sure there's a very easy way of doing this, but so far it has me stumped! I want to create a chase with a number of steps and varying channel intensities within those steps. 
 So, for instance, I want step 1 of the chase to contain channel 10 at full and channel 11 at 50%. 
 When I create the chase I can insert the channels, but they are both at the same intensity within the step. Is there a simple way of doing this? I have tried playing with content effects, but get too tangled up in the moving light jargon to be able to see a simple way of doing this. These lights are just generics, so there are no other parameters I wish to change except intensity. 
 I've also tried creating a second sequence with presets that equate to the steps of my chase. I can insert this into my first sequence in the appropriate place by putting it in a master link, and this sets the chase running as I want, but when I go into the next preset in my first sequence it doesn't stop sequence 2 running unless I move the master fader up and down again. Is there a way to automatically stop it running the master link? 
 Thanks for any suggestions! 
 Louise

Richard · Answer

The two options for that kind of effect are Content Effects using Presets as the Content (instead of Focus palettes etc), or a Sequence in "Chase" mode. 
 Which method is more suitable depends on how you want to play it back: 
 If it will be exactly the same every time and you're not going to want to adjust the 'spread' of the channels - ie each step has a 'fixed' range of channels - then a Sequence is probably the best way to do it. 
 If it's likely to be different each time and you're probably going to adjust the spread of the channels, then a Content Effect may be better. 
 Note:- The two can give very different results using the same Presets. 
 Chase Sequences use the entire Presets in order, while Content Effects use the Channels in order and move them along the list of Presets. If you play the Content Effect with all the channels grouped together then you get the same result as the Sequence (except for timing), but you can easily break the channels up so some are in Preset 1 while others are in 2 etc. 
 Experiment with them and see what you get - much of Content Effects is hard to describe in words but obvious when you try it out and watch what happens. 
 With Sequence Chases, you can easily look at them step-by-step for editing. There are a few ways to do this: 
 The easiest "Live" way is to put the Chase Sequence onto Main Playback and then use [SEQ+] and [SEQ-] to step forward and back through the chase, make any edits and [Update] them back into the Presets. 
 Hitting [Go] at any time runs the chase so you can see the result, and [SEQ+] or [SEQ-] stops it again to step around and make changes. 
 To edit Blind, use #, [Seq] which instantly opens the Sequence Editor in spreadsheet mode. The upper half shows the content of the current step, the lower half the steps. 
 With Chase Effects, {Effects} Softkey then {Chase} opens the list of Chases for Chase Effects, showing the channels in each step. Hitting [Modify] on the "Steps" column allows you to select each step in turn, showing the channels used in that step and allowing you to instantly edit. 
 Content Effects don't have an equivalent editor because they are 'channel independant' - you're choosing which channels to play the effect back on with an attribute and can change that at any time.