LED-Ring with dimm-function?

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Hey people,

another question! 
Today I had the MIDI fighter twister in my hands. It’s a 4x4 encoder box with LED rings. It’s a great USB controller… you should check it out.

Anyway: When I turned an encoder I realized that the LEDs of the ring are dimmed… so they fade slowly into full brightness depending on the value. As far as I know the LEDs on MIDIbox are just going on and off. But the fades are quite fancy :wink: No big thing but I just want to ask, if this might be able in the future with MIDIbox as well :wink:

Thanks,
Chris

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LEDs can be dimmed with the set_rgb command in the .NGR script; however, the resolution depends on the matrix configuration; with 8 rows we’ve only 4 dim levels anymore.

How many dim levels has the 4x4 encoder box?

Best Regards, Thorsten.

 

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Good question! It’s hard to see. I think it’s about 6. 

Didn’t know that dimming of LED-rings is already possible. I need to check it out. 

Thanks!

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I checked this today: 

For LED Rings I fear that there are not enough brightness levels, e.g. even with a 8x4 configuration there are effectively only 4..5 different levels!

Best Regards, Thorsten.

 

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Dear TK,

thanks for the conclusion.

Maybe 4 or 5 brightness levels are enough to give a bit of a fade-effect. I will check that with some of my led-rings. But I’m not sure how to program that into the NGR…

Thanks!