Maestro Pattern Parameters

You can control Maestro Patterns via the following parameters:

Brightness (default = 100%)

Here, you can tailor the brightness for a specific fixture group and cue.  This combines (multiplies) with the global brightness.

Excitement (default = 50%)

This allows you to modulate the overall excitement of a given Maestro pattern.  Increased Excitement will make the effect faster, flashier, and more sudden changes.  Decreased Excitement will be slower, smoother, and more chill. Note that the energy of the music also modulates the Excitement behind the scenes.

Background (default = 50%)

This allows you to raise and lower the background brightness level.  With the background parameter pulled up, the lights will never go black. Higher background levels will make the lights seem less flashy, and conversely, lower background levels will give more contrast to the lighting.

Mover Range (default = 100%)

Mover Range controls the amount of movement (PAN or TILT) of your moving head fixtures, with full motion allowing the fixture’s full range to be defined by your fixture’s PAN or TILT channel ‘width’  value. A value of zero for Motion will cause the fixture to stay still at the location defined by your fixture’s PAN or TILT channel ‘offset’ value. The ’offset’ and ‘width’ values can be set on a specific fixture in the Control or Patcher tab.

Mover Speed (default = 50%)

Mover Speed controls, you guessed it, the speed of the moving head fixtures with channels that use PAN and TILT attribute types. Note that the energy of the music also modulates the speed behind the scenes.

Allow Music-Based Blackouts (default = OFF)

Based on musical changes and sections, MaestroDMX has the ability to turn all fixtures in a given Fixture Group completely off for a period of time. Using this feature correctly can greatly enhance the dynamic of your light show.

Typically you would toggle ‘Allow Music-Based Blackouts’ on when running multiple fixture groups so that at least one Fixture Group is running at any given time.

If you have all of your DMX fixtures only on one Fixture Group, then it is recommended to set ‘Allow Music-Based Blackouts’ to off. If you have fixtures running on multiple Fixture Groups, then allowing blackout gives MaestroDMX permission to turn off groups of fixtures. 

Blackout On Silence (default = OFF)

Toggle this on for a fixture group to turn all fixtures off when the audio input goes silent. This can be a great way to create some dynamics in the flow of your show.