FX Macros

On creating a new showfile, ONYX creates a set of "FX Macros" that can be found in the FX Macros window.

FX macros are a universal "starting point" that you can use to create FX. You can also store your own FX settings here.

To access the FX Macros Screen, navigate to the FX Program View in the Compose workspace. You'll see these FX Macros:

To use an FX Macro, select some fixtures and press the desired FX Macro button. The fixtures will begin performing the effect in unison. You can now adjust the effect values to suit and add an offset via the Wave or Step controls.

Storing an FX Macro

FX Macros are stored in the same fashion as Presets, with one exception: the values stored into the FX Macro will be derived from the last selected fixture.

Once you've built an effect that you like in the Programmer, press Record and press any empty button in the FX Macros screen. All fixture attributes and effect values of the last selected fixture will be stored into the macro. Fixture timing (Fade/Delay) will be stored.

It is important to note that, unlike Presets, FX Macros are global, that is, an FX Macro stored for a Artiste DaVinci can be applied to a Smarty Hybrid or any other fixture with attributes contained within the macro. Identical values will be applied to all fixtures.

FX Macros are stored as hard values and are NOT referenced. That is to say, updating an FX Macro will NOT update wherever it was used in the showfile, whereas a preset would.