Dave Merrill
Axe-Master
I'm new to Fractal, coming from 3 1/2 years on Helix. With Helix, any parameter you set to be controlled by the Scene Controller inherently has independent settings for each snapshot (snapshot are kind of equivalent to Axe scenes, mostly).
That's not the case with the Axe. Each block has a separate channel setting per scene, and block settings are by channel, not scene. Some block types have 4 channels, some less.
I don't quite get how to think about this. Say a preset has 4 scenes. For the blocks with 4 channels, you just make sure each scene uses the corresponding channel, and your scenes are effectively independent. For blocks with fewer channels, or presets with more than 4 scenes, they're not, channels have to be used for more than one scene.
Upshot of that is that when you're editing a block within a scene, ideally you'd do the research to know which other scenes will be affected. AFAIK the only way to do that is to switch to every other scene and examine the block there. And once you know that, it's still true -- the scenes really aren't independent.
I'm very very much enjoying the Axe, but this is a PITA, and I don't have a good mental model of how to work with it.
Thoughts?
That's not the case with the Axe. Each block has a separate channel setting per scene, and block settings are by channel, not scene. Some block types have 4 channels, some less.
I don't quite get how to think about this. Say a preset has 4 scenes. For the blocks with 4 channels, you just make sure each scene uses the corresponding channel, and your scenes are effectively independent. For blocks with fewer channels, or presets with more than 4 scenes, they're not, channels have to be used for more than one scene.
Upshot of that is that when you're editing a block within a scene, ideally you'd do the research to know which other scenes will be affected. AFAIK the only way to do that is to switch to every other scene and examine the block there. And once you know that, it's still true -- the scenes really aren't independent.
I'm very very much enjoying the Axe, but this is a PITA, and I don't have a good mental model of how to work with it.
Thoughts?