Setting a curve for a discharge lamp

first of all: be careful, using a regular dimmer can damage both your fixture and your dimmer.

i suggest using a ETC Thru Power module, which are available for sensor racks.

in your ion, don't patch it as Dimmer but as Generic > ND. this will even help you recognize them better in Live as you get marked tombstones

first of all: be careful, using a regular dimmer can damage both your fixture and your dimmer.

i suggest using a ETC Thru Power module, which are available for sensor racks.

in your ion, don't patch it as Dimmer but as Generic > ND. this will even help you recognize them better in Live as you get marked tombstones

Will it damage the fixture and dimmers even if its not being dimmed? But just switched on, left on for 15mins or so and then turned off.

All I will be using the dimmers for is a source of power.

Or is it just dodgy to do this?

The problem is that dimmers never output 100%, i.e. a perfect sine, even when you tell it to be full... I'm not saying everything will blow up in seconds. But I'm not telling you to do it without thinking carefully about it.