Fixtures & Patching
Groups & Cues
Drive many fixtures at once with groups and spread, and store complete looks as fixture cues you can switch between.
Fixture groups
A Fixture Group applies one value or effect across multiple fixtures at once. Instead of wiring the same animator into ten fixtures, wire it into a group and let the group fan it out.
- Members — the list of fixture outputs the group drives.
- Spread — a phase offset applied between members so an effect ripples across them instead of hitting all at once. A spread of
0moves every fixture together; higher values stagger them.
Spread = movement
Spread is what turns a static look into a wave. Pair it with an Animator to chase intensity or colour down a line of fixtures.Fixture cues
A fixture cue bundles a set of per-channel values into a single snapshot — a stored look for a fixture. The Fixture Cue node outputs a value that can be fed to a fixture output as one connection instead of wiring every channel individually.
Switching between cues
Use a Fixture Cue Switch node to select between several cues by index. Wire an integer () to pick the active cue — for example from a counter, a beat trigger, or a MIDI button — and optionally crossfade between cues for a smooth transition.
- Build several looks as fixture cues.
- Feed them into a Fixture Cue Switch and drive the index from any source.
- Set a crossfade time for smooth look-to-look transitions.
Make it musical
Drive the cue index from a Beat Counter, a MIDI pad, a Web Control selector, a sequence, or timecode so looks change under your control — see Sources.