Different +% or -% increment macro

There are a few ways to do this.

• Make macros to change the value of the hard keys. Learn macros to update the desk settings for the manual controls Plus% and Minus%
• Make macros to scale by values other than the default and leave the hard keys alone. [At]/115[Enter], [At]/85[Enter] for 15% in either direction.

Thank you for the reply.

It seems elaborate to update the desk settings for every keystroke but I guess that would be the only way. Plus, I would want the macro to default back to the standard +/-% setting to reduce errors using the hard keys.

I did consider scaling the values but that would confuse the gaffer expecting different percentage values in his head. Old school thought process.

Thanks for the quick response!!

If you change it to 5% then you get more flexibility, up by 15% is +% 3 times, down by 25% -% 5 times etc....

You could make macros to say @+15% and @+25% rather than changing the settings every time you want to go to a value and add <select active> to make it more like the +% and -% function.

Though the keystroke @+50 or @-25 is easy enough syntax and in my mind easier to remember than a macro number.

P.S.
You can also do a recall from channel if the designer asks for the same as another channel (though if its more than a dimmer be sure to specify intensity in the command line)
Recall from Cue and other targets also work (same applies regards intensity though)

Thanks Bartfly!

That seems to be the cleaner approach. Very helpful!

I would probably mimic the hardkeys and do "select last select active @ +15" or similar, so that you don't change things that don't have values currently.