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Motion Effect Generator (general) questions


timC

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I've successfully made the switch to S5 Pro, after 4 years of Halloween & Christmas lights using S4 Advanced.  I'm in the process of adding RGB arches (Pixie 4) to my Halloween & Christmas shows.  I currently use 3 AC controllers, 2 dumb controllers and the Pixie4.

In the Motion Effect Generator:

  • Q1 - Besides the 2-3 videos on the LOR Support site, is there any other documentation, videos, etc to help learn how to use the Motion Effect Generator...or is it trial & error??
  • Q2 - How do you determine the "Speed" setting for an effect??  Since the motion effect speed isn't related to the to the media beats/minute, is this just a trial & error setting until the light motion speed matches the song's beat??
  • Q3 - i'm trying to create what i would describe as a "windshield wiper" effect (L-R-L-R-etc, etc, etc), so i can bounce the lights on the arches back & forth with the media beat??  I experimenting with the Scanner effect, left_and_right pattern...which should work.  I didn't find anything similar in the "Favorite Effects" window.

 

Thanks for any help

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Hi there! I'm the one who's created all of the more recent S5 tutorials, and there's about 15 that are directly related to using RGB in S5. :) Here's a link to the YouTube playlist!

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5dKqcprhEGxz669BDoVmOWnORhUZDgeM

 

In answer to your Q2 and Q3, this is the effect you're looking for: https://youtu.be/6hfFS3t1kAU

 

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2 hours ago, Aubrey said:

In answer to your Q2 and Q3, this is the effect you're looking for: https://youtu.be/6hfFS3t1kAU

 

Ahh this is what I needed to do the double snake on circles! I never could figure out a use for the SingleBlock setting... Now I will use it a lot!!

Thanks so much for the video!!

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2 hours ago, gsmith37064 said:

Ahh this is what I needed to do the double snake on circles! I never could figure out a use for the SingleBlock setting... Now I will use it a lot!!

Thanks so much for the video!!

It's my favorite underrated effect! Have fun!

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