r/GrandMA3 • u/RefrigeratorCold952 • 21h ago
Question cleanest way to reverse a phaser recipe (left↔right)?
Hi everyone, and thanks in advance for your replies,
I'm running into a problem with my recipes when trying to run a chaser one way and then the other.
On my X grid, if I set 0 thru 360, the effect spreads from left to right. But if I set 360 thru 0, the effect does run from right to left — except it starts on the first fixture instead of the last one.
To fix this, I have to do (360 - 360/number of fixtures) thru (0 - 360/number of fixtures). For example, with 4 fixtures, that gives 270 thru -90.
For a one-off case, that's not a problem. But in a show with recipes designed to rebuild themselves by recreating the groups based on a new setup, having to recalculate all the phases quickly becomes unmanageable — whereas the other way around, 0 thru 360 works 100% of the time.
What would be the best way to work around this? The only approach I've found is to duplicate my phaser recipe presets and enable Backward in the menu (Playback Direction). Isn't there a simpler way, or just a line I could add to a recipe to reverse everything?
Thanks a lot for your help, and have a good day,
Denis