Add Zoom, Edge to Focus Palette

Is there a reason you do not want  to use presets?

The reasons are:

- You need a macro to selectively store your presets or do a lot of typing each time ( Chan. {Focus}{Zoom}{Edge}[Record][Preset]#[Enter] ), whereas the Focus palette key is much closer to the keypad and therefore much quicker.

- What if I always want Zoom, Edge (and maybe Iris) stored in Focus Palettes? It would make working for me much faster. The size of the beam has an impact on both pan and tilt. (Just the head of an actor on DCS requires a different tilt than the full body of the actor in the same position). So I do not have any use for the Focus Palette category at the moment, because I cannot store the other parameters. 

- You miss the organizational distinction between Focus, Beam, and Color-palettes versus Presets.

With the older Transtechnik NT consoles it was possible to change the assignments of parameters to the categories in the fixture library. This behavior I'm missing.

Filters help you record multiple presets without lots of typing. This will work if you are recording all your presets at the same time. 

I could do the same with my old Strand desk. I must say I've given it time to get used to the ETC way ;-) Still miss it though...

It is more that a potentially good function is not used at all by me at all, because in the current state, I cannot use it. It would literally double the amount of work to first choose a Focus Palette and then have to adjust the edge and zoom for every cue I use the position in. Do not get me wrong, I use Presets all the time, but I think the desk should do this basic thing out of the box and not by forcing the user to write macros. Using focus palettes feels like the focus of your conventionals being done by a lazy house tech that does the FOCUS of a leko, by just doing pan and tilt and I have to send another tech up to do the edge and zoom.

Have you considered using a combination of beam palettes and focus palettes to get your desired outcome? Understand it may not be a perfect solution but may get you closer to what you are looking for within the current syntax capabilities.

It is true, I do use Macro 803, {Focus}{Beam}[Record} for most of my Presets. Also, for the very same reasons you site I rarely use focus palettes.

More defined filters are better simply because you may not want to record the gobo detail but the edge and zoom are what you want to apply.

For this you can set also the form category. 

I know what is possible within the current state of the software. There are many workarounds imaginable and I’ve come to the conclusion that with a small change the workflow of recording Positions for later use in cues, effects or sub masters could be much faster for many. Less key presses, more better! That is why I have submitted a feature request. If I end up being the only one seeing benefits for this request, that is also possible off course ;-)

High End Systems - Hog4 and Chamsys are using the same approche. So yes it is helpful.

Currently i would go with filters. But i can see the potential.