Just spent a few minutes on the phone with Alex from ETC. Issue: trying to create a simple two-color xfade continuous effect on some RGBA LED ribbon. Here's what worked:
1. Create absolute effect
2. Record Color Palettes for your LED head (see note below)
3. Action 1: leave parameter column blank. In Level column, insert "Color Palette x" (color you want in step).
4. Add Action 2 (softkey 1 on my Ion), repeat step 3 for next CP. Repeat for as many color steps as you want.
5. Set upfade and dwell timings as needed.
6. Run effect on head (chan x effect x enter)
7. Set overall intensity level by desk channel.
Note: If you've recorded your CPs as "by type", all heads of that type will play back in effect. If you're only using one head of that type and you have several patched and recorded into the CPs, you'll see a gap in your effect. So if you only want effect to run on one head, set "Grouping" to 1. All heads of that type will play back in sync.
If you want to use other heads of that type for other things, record separate CPs for only the head you want, then write separate effect using only those individual CPs.
If you need to adjust individual intensities for each color step (action), you can record a Preset for each step, including color and intensity, instead of just using a CP, and add the Preset to the "Level" column instead of the CP. Or, you can edit color levels in each individual CP playing back in the effect.
I think I got this right, any comments by more experienced programmers are welcome.
Thank you awesome ETC tech support!
Wayne Simpson
Programmer
Castle Rock
Devens, MA
