Martin MAC One - Tungsten Emulation; Color Mode; Video Tracking

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MAC One User Manual Rev. B 17
Four dimming curves are available:
• LINEAR – The increase in light intensity appears to be linear as DMX value is increased.
• SQUARE LAW – light intensity control is finer at low levels and coarser at high levels.
• INVERSE SQUARE LAW – light intensity control is coarser at low levels and finer at high levels.
• S-CURVE – light intensity control is finer at low levels and high levels and coarser at medium levels.
Tungsten emulation
You can enable tungsten emulation using the onboard control panel, the Control/settings DMX channel,
RDM or P3.
In tungsten emulation mode, the fixture’s white light output is made warmer, the warm shift is increased at
lower dimming levels, and an ‘afterglow‘ effect is added after dimming. This mode gives the ‘look and feel’
of a fixture that uses an incandescent light bulb as its source.
Color mode
You can select a color mode using the onboard control panel, the Control/settings DMX channel, RDM or
P3.
Two color modes give options for RGB color mixing that affect color saturation and evenness between
fixtures:
• EXTENDED optimizes LED deployment for color saturation and gets the deepest color saturation
possible from the LEDs. The white color point is calibrated and even across different fixtures, but as
the fixture approaches full color saturation there can be very small differences in color rendition
between different fixtures.
• CALIBRATED optimizes LED deployment for even color rendition between fixtures. All fixtures display
identical color from white point to full color saturation, and maximum color saturation levels are limited
slightly to ensure this.
Calibrated Color Mode may be useful if you notice slight differences in color performance across
multiple fixtures. Note that the colors obtained through RGB color mixing in Calibrated Color Mode may
differ significantly from the colors obtained in Extended Color Mode. Multiple fixtures in the same
installation should normally all be set to either Extended or Calibrated Color Mode in order to ensure
the most consistent color behavior.
Video tracking
You can enable video tracking using the onboard control panel, the Control/settings DMX channel, RDM
or P3.
VIDEO TRACKING optimizes performance if the fixture is used with a video source. In normal use, the
fixture processes the signal it receives, tracking (or smoothing out) changes in values in order to ensure
smooth fading between colors and/or intensities. This signal processing takes fractions of a second and is
normally invisible, but if the fixture is used to display video the processing can interfere with video
response times. If you enable video tracking, the fixture does not ‘smooth out’ input but instead snaps
instantly when a value changes.
If you enable video tracking, some lack of smoothness may be visible when dimming slowly via DMX at
low intensity levels.