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11.1.10 FX delay times
MagicQ supports a FX Delay Type option for applying individual delay times to FX as well as base levels. When enabled, the
individual delay times for the base level of an attribute in a head will also apply to any incoming FX on that attribute. This allows
sweeping effects across large numbers of moving heads.
The delay FX option is configured in the Cue Window, View FX, Delay Type. Note you need to cursor right to see it. There is a
similar option in the Programmer Window if you want to set it before you record a Cue.
When set to "None" there is no delay - all the FX start to fade in at the start of the Cue.
When set to "Delay start" the FX will delay by the amount set for the individual attribute in View Times. If there are no delay
times for the individual attributes then there is no delay on the FX. After the delay for a particular head the FX will start as if it
was the start of the Cue - i.e. the offset will start from the position it would normally start from at the beginning of the Cue. The
final offset between the heads will be dependent on the delay time. Note that if you include a Cue with FX set to "Delay start"
into the programmer then it will look different as when Cues are included the delay times are ignored.
When set to "Delay size" this is like "Delay start" except that after the delay the FX is not restarted. Instead the size is faded in
and the offset is therefore exactly as it would have been if there was no delay. This means after all heads have delayed then the
final offsets between heads will be as if there had been no delay.
If you don’t want to change the base level, then you just set it at the same levels as the previous Cue - but you add individual
delay times so that MagicQ delays both the start of the level change (could be no change) and the start of the FX.
MagicQ does not currently support FX Out Delay times.
Note that the FX In Delay and FX Out Delay times in the Cue Window and Programmer Window, View Times, Simple View
are not currently supported. To add FX delay times set Individual Delay times and configure the FX Delay Type in View FX to
"Delay Start" or "Delay Size" as above.
11.1.11 Initial spreads
If you are running multiple FX from within a Cue then you may wish to select an initial spread between the different FX.
Configure this from the Programmer Window and the Cue Window (use the PAGE RIGHT button to move to the appropriate
columns). Both a coarse and a fine spread can be configured.
11.1.12 FX on CMY and RGB fixtures
The inbuilt colour FX are now designed to work on both CMY and RGB fixtures - these FX are set with the "Auto Invert RGB"
option set in the Waveform FX. This means that, for example, adding the RGB FX to a group of CMY and RGB fixtures will
cause all fixtures to change colour red, green, blue.
11.1.13 Flicker FX
MagicQ includes a number of FX designed to simulate flickers – these can be used to simulate fires, candles and lightning. FX
speed, size and spread can be used to generate different effects. The flicker FX available are:
Flicker Random flicker above and below base level
Flicker up Random flicker above the base level
Flicker down Random flicker below the base level
Flicker sync Random flicker – all heads in the FX synchronised together
Flicker crossfade Random flicker with random levels and random crossfades