Wybron Coloram 2's

Yes, we have some here too and each frame is off by 1, 2 or 3 dmx from what I think they should be. I've always thought it very strange but never really followed it up as i just throw it all into lots of colour palettes.

I have found all the scrollers to be the same amount off so perhaps a fixture personality would be good. Its on my to do list to draw a curve to make it fit... one day. It would be lovely if the desk did it for me though.

Crisp,

When you say you would draw a curve for it, do know how you would use it?  You can't place it on the Color parameter itself.  Would you place it on the Color part of a multi part cue?  It has been suggested that that method satisfies most scroller users?  I would like to hear from people who have done this.

I take it that since you use CP's, you are not using the custon scroll attribute via the encoder.  It's a pretty cool feature to dismiss.  Are there any changes you'd would think of that would result in you using it in addition to the palettes? 

I spoke with David Mayne at Wybron today.  He confirmed that the progression from frame one to frame last is never linear, that it has to do with the diameter of the roller with more of the gel string being greater than the roller with less on it.  He then described the graph he has that lists all of the values per frame.  It sounded exactly like the Profile/Curve the we used for years on the Strand 500's.  Perhaps some of this could addressed in an update of the fixture profile?

Crisp,

When you say you would draw a curve for it, do know how you would use it?  You can't place it on the Color parameter itself.  Would you place it on the Color part of a multi part cue?  It has been suggested that that method satisfies most scroller users?  I would like to hear from people who have done this.

I take it that since you use CP's, you are not using the custon scroll attribute via the encoder.  It's a pretty cool feature to dismiss.  Are there any changes you'd would think of that would result in you using it in addition to the palettes? 

I spoke with David Mayne at Wybron today.  He confirmed that the progression from frame one to frame last is never linear, that it has to do with the diameter of the roller with more of the gel string being greater than the roller with less on it.  He then described the graph he has that lists all of the values per frame.  It sounded exactly like the Profile/Curve the we used for years on the Strand 500's.  Perhaps some of this could addressed in an update of the fixture profile?

No, I would probably create an extra part in patch for the string alone. Then I could apply the curve directly.

I wouldn't place it on colour as i have 200 Rainbow scrolls, plus a load of CMY & RGB fixtures.

Its not that i never use the encoders. I do... and often! But for me it is quicker to type [channel 1 CP68 enter] than it is to select channel 1 and scroll through to get the colour rosco 68. But most importantly, when my show goes on tour or gets sold, rarely are the scrollers the same as the rig that i programmed it on. So all i need to do is update my colour palettes and then all my cues, subs, presets and effects are updated. And as you well know, when you have nearly 300 scrollers to update, the quickest way is the best.

Thank you for letting us know about the reasoning behind the Wybron 'curve'. There's always a good reason eh?