ETC Cobalt Family v7.0.0 - Manual (Page 673)

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Effects - Introduction
The effects in Cobalt are powerful devices that allow you to create and play with effects in a very
intuitive and fast way, regardless the size or nature of your rig.
There are four types of effects
Chase Content Dynamic Image
Stepped intensity
effects with live
control of tap
tempo. The effect
is edited into parts
with individual
timing and hi/low
levels per part. Step based effects
with
comprehensive live
control over
channel
distributions,
directions and
timing. Apply to
groups or sets. Dynamic
Templates
(waveforms) are
applied to
parameters to
create movement
effects relative to a
base point, such as
circles, rainbows,
etc. Apply to
groups or sets. An image (jpg/gif)
or text is mapped
to intensity or
color in a channel
layout with
comprehensive live
control over
channel
distributions,
directions and
timing.
Control
To control an effect you create an Effect Playback from which you can control, record and edit it like
a moving device into presets and palettes from the DC Dock.
• When the intensity is over zero the effect will run.
• Effect intensities are recorded, edited, copied and tracked like any other channel intensity.
• Effect parameters are stored into palettes and presets just like any moving device parameters.
• There is a Live Effects tab, and you can open a dock area to show active effect playbacks.