I'm an occasional user of a Leapfrog 48 desk at a small theatre in the UK, and I have a problem with the behaviour of playbacks (aka submasters) that has been bugging me for some time and I wonder if anyone can help.
The venue has a line of Chauvet Par-Hex 12 fixtures in the wings each side of the stage and in front of the proscenium that are very useful for colour effects in live dance shows. I program a range of colours into the playbacks and work them live during the show to change mood or pulse in time with the music (no time to program stacks of cues, the "dress rehearsal" is the first time I get access).
The issue I have is that as I bring up the playback fader, the colour changes from (dim) white at the bottom to the desired colour at 100%. I want it to be the same colour at the bottom as at the top, just dimmer. Like a conventional incandescent lamp with a filter in front of it.
For example, if I program R=100%, G=0%, B=0% I see a red light as expected when the fader is at 100% but when the fader is at 10% I see something like R=10%, G=10%, B=10% when what I expect is R = 10%, G=0%, B=0%. I hope that's clear.
How can I achieve this? I tried things like forcing everything to black, programming that then adding in just the red channel and programming that but it makes no difference. In fact none of the settings I have tried changing (including things like playback properties, tracking settings, HTP vs LTP, fade durations etc), have made any difference at all.
I'm an occasional user of a Leapfrog 48 desk at a small theatre in the UK, and I have a problem with the behaviour of playbacks (aka submasters) that has been bugging me for some time and I wonder if anyone can help. The venue has a line of Chauvet Par-Hex 12 fixtures in the wings each side of the stage and in front of the proscenium that are very useful for colour effects in live dance shows. I program a range of colours into the playbacks and work them live during the show to change mood or pulse in time with the music (no time to program stacks of cues, the "dress rehearsal" is the first time I get access). The issue I have is that as I bring up the playback fader, the colour changes from (dim) white at the bottom to the desired colour at 100%. I want it to be the same colour at the bottom as at the top, just dimmer. Like a conventional incandescent lamp with a filter in front of it. For example, if I program R=100%, G=0%, B=0% I see a red light as expected when the fader is at 100% but when the fader is at 10% I see something like R=10%, G=10%, B=10% when what I expect is R = 10%, G=0%, B=0%. I hope that's clear. How can I achieve this? I tried things like forcing everything to black, programming that then adding in just the red channel and programming that but it makes no difference. In fact none of the settings I have tried changing (including things like playback properties, tracking settings, HTP vs LTP, fade durations etc), have made any difference at all.