ETC Cobalt Family v7.1.0 User Manual

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2. Virtual control

• Color Mixing tab

• Gel Picker

NOTE
When more than one device is selected, all parameters are displayed for all
selected devices. You can use Next/Last to access individual parameters
within the current selection.
(See

Channels - Next & Last Mode

)

Parameters tabs: All, Focus, Color, Beam, U1, U2, U3

The F/C/B and U1-U3 tabs mimic the mapping of the physical encoders on Cobalt consoles, but can
display all of the parameters in a category on one screen simultaneously. The F/C/B tabs display
parameters assigned to each of those categories and the U1-U3 pages show parameters in a user
defined order.
(See

Device Control - U1-U2-U3

)

The All tab shows all the raw parameters of the selected device(s) or effect playbacks in one screen
simultaneously, grouped by parameter category.

Virtual controls tabs: ColorMixer and GelPicker

The Color Mixer tab includes controls that are routed through a generic Hue-Saturation color space so
that devices with differing color mixing systems can be controlled simultaneously, or so that fixtures
with color systems including more than RGB or CMY can be controlled more easily.

The color wheel indicates the current setting of the selected device channel or the first channel in a
grouping. Some of the fixture templates within the Cobalt library also include color calibration data.
In this case, a black line is drawn on the color wheel when that device is selected. This line indicates

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