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It is possible to remove all user Waveform FX from a console. Press SHIFT + REMOVE USER FX.
26.1 View General
In View General you can configure properties for the FX. For FX that only use 1 attribute setting the “Apply to any attribute”
enables the FX to be used on any attribute rather than being tied to a specific attribute such as dimmer.
Defaults can be set up for speed, size, spread and contrast. Setting contrast to snap forces the contrast for the FX to default to 0
– i.e. snap rather than fade. The contrast of a FX can be changed at any time during programming or playback.
The add mode determines the default for how the FX is added to the base values – the choices are NORMAL, PLUS, MINUS or
ABS. When set to ABS, playbacks will ignore any base values for the channels and treat the FX values as absolute values – this
is useful for generating FX based on absolute positions or on specific colours on a colour wheel.
26.2 View Chans
Each step in the FX consists of a value between 0 and 255 and a curve. The curve specifies how the level changes from one step
to the next. The valid curves are:
0 – proportional fade 1 – sine fade 2 – cosine fade 3 – snap
The waveform for the complete FX is shown at the top. Moving up and down with the cursor to a different attribute or head
shows the waveform for that attribute / head.
FX that have been recorded in a show, but that have not been stored onto the console can be extracted from the show by including
the Cue that uses the FX. This will bring the FX into the FX Editor, and it can then be saved on the console.
26.3 Palette FX
In the FX Editor in View General, set up “Use Palettes” to be either “Pos”, “Col” or “Beam”. Then in View Chans, the values
become Palette entries rather than absolute values.
Each step in the Waveform FX can use any of the first 256 Palettes.
When applying a Palette FX if a Palette does not contain the specified attribute for a selected head then it will use the attribute
from the first head in the Palette with that attribute.