Is there a way to change effects with a Next and Last option In order to preview effects one after another?

Hello. Is there a way to create a macro or to do it on the console itself where you can preview effects by choosing Next and Last? What I would like to do is select a group or channel and be able to move through my effects one after another without having to type each effect number in.

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  • If you have your effects on direct selects, you could write a macro that stops the effect and then waits for you to select or type the next effect you want to run. Could look like this:

    Line 1: [Select Last] [Effect] [Enter]

    ***if you have effects on direct selects***

    Line 2: [Select Last] 

    And then you would select the effect direct select that you want to run.

    ***if you want to manually type the effect number***

    Line 2: [Select Last] [Effect]

    And then you would type the effect number followed by [Enter]

    The other option I can think of is make a macro for every single effect that would stop the current effect and then apply the desired effect. Could look something like this:

    Line 1: [Select Last] [Effect] [Enter]

    Line 2: [Select Last] [Effect] (effect #) [Enter]

    However, that would be a lot of macros that only have 1 function each which isn't very practical and would take a lot of work to write, and thus probably not be worth the hassle.

  • Mr. Nowlin, thank you! 

    I created the Macro from your first suggestion above, which I labeled FX Next.

          Line 1:   [Select Last] [Effect]

          Line 2:   [Select Last] 

    Then I added it to a Custom DS screen.

     I can now select an Effect from my Effects DS, preview it, and then select the Macro (FX Next) to terminate the running effect. Then I can select the next Effect I want to preview from my DS screen. This makes quickly previewing Effects very efficient. Thanx again! Thumbsup

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  • Mr. Nowlin, thank you! 

    I created the Macro from your first suggestion above, which I labeled FX Next.

          Line 1:   [Select Last] [Effect]

          Line 2:   [Select Last] 

    Then I added it to a Custom DS screen.

     I can now select an Effect from my Effects DS, preview it, and then select the Macro (FX Next) to terminate the running effect. Then I can select the next Effect I want to preview from my DS screen. This makes quickly previewing Effects very efficient. Thanx again! Thumbsup

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