Fixture Problem: Chauvet Colordash par quad 18

Hey,

We have recently started using 6 Chauvet Colordash par quad 18 fixtures, and we have been encountering issues with accurate colour representation.

I am not too fussed about it being accurate in relation to other lights (I know that is difficult to do) but the primary issue is that the selected colours are nothing like the outputted colours (whites are saturated pink, or blue depending on the temperature, blues are purple etc.) and this has unfortunately limited my ability to use those lights, except as accents where highly saturated colours tend to be used. The lights are however used in a theatre so generally I am more working with whites or less saturated colours, but that is where I am having the issues!

I am not very skilled with fixture profiles, so I was just wondering is this an issue that can be solved, or will I just have to make do?

If this is relevant I am using an ETC element 40ch board and the Chauvet Colordash par quad 18 fixtures are in 4ch Mode.

Thanks in advance,

Matthew



Changed my specs to include what mode the pars were in
[edited by: mattysmith22 at 3:20 PM (GMT -6) on Tue, Jan 10 2017]
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  • We have captured some colour mixing data for the Chauvet Colordash Par Quad 18.
    Chauvet do not calibrate these fixtures to make them match each other, so it is quite possible that the sample fixture we measured produced notably different colours to an "average" one.

    Try patching it as a Chauvet Colordash Par Quad 7.
    This fixture is identical in DMX functionality, however I believe that it has not been colour-captured at the present time.

    Please let us know what you find!
  • Thank you both for your replies, I am thankful for them being very fast!

    We have done some in-house testing too - the Chauvets do not seem to have the same Colour shift issues when attached to a Zero88 Board (a board with no colour profiling/personalities capabilities) - which with the same number values does not seem to have an issue with colour shift. I will try using the other Chauvet Par profile for the board, to see if that fixes the colour shift issue. I have an hour before rehearsals tomorrow - I will add that to my check list of things to do! Unfortunately I do not think they will provide me with cake for fixing this, I will have to ask!

    Thank you again for your help and I will have a look tomorrow,

    Matthew
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  • Thank you both for your replies, I am thankful for them being very fast!

    We have done some in-house testing too - the Chauvets do not seem to have the same Colour shift issues when attached to a Zero88 Board (a board with no colour profiling/personalities capabilities) - which with the same number values does not seem to have an issue with colour shift. I will try using the other Chauvet Par profile for the board, to see if that fixes the colour shift issue. I have an hour before rehearsals tomorrow - I will add that to my check list of things to do! Unfortunately I do not think they will provide me with cake for fixing this, I will have to ask!

    Thank you again for your help and I will have a look tomorrow,

    Matthew
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