What I have found easiest to do in this situation is to record the effect palette with just the position, beam, color parameters effecting 1 fixture as global parameters. So if I am making the fixtures perform a circle the only data in the effect palette is the two offset sine waves. This way when I record the palette I can select a position palette and apply the effect on top of it.
As for the offset, I typically apply that outside of the effect palette so that so that all the timing data is stored in the cue or scene.
This all works well for me but I have a very small rig so I don't know how practical it is for big rigs having to assign timing individually for all the lights.
Now being able to record a group of fixtures as a global effect palette would be really cool. But this sounds like something to save for the effects engine overhaul that will hopefully be coming soon. :D
What I have found easiest to do in this situation is to record the effect palette with just the position, beam, color parameters effecting 1 fixture as global parameters. So if I am making the fixtures perform a circle the only data in the effect palette is the two offset sine waves. This way when I record the palette I can select a position palette and apply the effect on top of it.
As for the offset, I typically apply that outside of the effect palette so that so that all the timing data is stored in the cue or scene.
This all works well for me but I have a very small rig so I don't know how practical it is for big rigs having to assign timing individually for all the lights.
Now being able to record a group of fixtures as a global effect palette would be really cool. But this sounds like something to save for the effects engine overhaul that will hopefully be coming soon. :D
