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larioso

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A setting to dim all leds to comfy max brightness
« on: November 11, 2021, 11:44:14 am »
If having fully lit room it is fine as is, but otherwise it blinds me what text is below the led on panel.

I have a spotlight in one end, and there it is fine on left side but middle and to the right a problem to read what text under lit led.

I usually have to put finger over led to read the text under it.

Thinking a general, or some steps to select how bright you need max lit have to be.
Since regulated pulse a lot on LFO and such should not be a problem I think as a global setting.
« Last Edit: November 18, 2021, 11:09:18 am by larioso »

arthur_antoine

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Re: A setting to dim all leds to comfy max brightness
« Reply #1 on: November 22, 2021, 05:18:51 pm »
+ 1 thanks

flexionmusic

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Re: A setting to dim all leds to comfy max brightness
« Reply #2 on: December 01, 2021, 11:08:07 am »
+1 Yes please.

jackyjoy123

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SIAHBOY

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Re: A setting to dim all leds to comfy max brightness
« Reply #4 on: January 04, 2022, 04:17:09 am »
This!

Yohonis

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Re: A setting to dim all leds to comfy max brightness
« Reply #5 on: January 13, 2022, 04:38:23 am »
+1 for this!

sander37

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Re: A setting to dim all leds to comfy max brightness
« Reply #6 on: January 30, 2022, 03:49:21 pm »
+1 for LED dimming

The intensity of the LED's makes some texts really hard to see, in a dimly lit room.


It would not improve on the beautiful looks of the PB, if I had to put some semi transparent tape over the leds.

sander37

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Re: A setting to dim all leds to comfy max brightness
« Reply #7 on: June 14, 2022, 04:10:08 pm »
A reply from Arturia would be nice.

How should we know if these feature requests are ever read by Arturia?




StudioDeutz

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Re: A setting to dim all leds to comfy max brightness
« Reply #8 on: June 19, 2022, 02:29:35 pm »
...I usually have to put finger over led to read the text under it.
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That' how I do it.
I have an old red spot foil left over - covering up the LED does not help. So I assume dimming does it not...
The finger reflects the light onto the symbols/text - it is better.

sander37

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Re: A setting to dim all leds to comfy max brightness
« Reply #9 on: July 05, 2022, 11:37:38 pm »
I sent in  a "support request" for this issue.

and 2 more explanatory emails. because support is not really good at "comprehensive reading" (I don't know why I printed this in small size because Arturia is not reading this anyway.)


After a very frustrating email conversation, it ended in "Computer Says NO!".


The status LEDs ar probably not on PWM outputs, but just on digital outputs of the processor, so a firmware update cannot help us.

DIY MODE:

If you want to dim the LED's, use an EDDING 400 Black.
I tried an EDDING 751 Black, but that was too much, this is not transparent at all.

The Black 400 dims quit a bit, to an exaptable level.
I'm not completely satisfied with the results of an Edding 400 black, it gives the right amount of dimming, but the coverage could be more equal over the entire surface of a led.
Maybe a semi transparant or gray 751 would work.


If anyone has a better suggestion, please post it.


P.S.
Q-tips and alcohol allow for some experimentation....
« Last Edit: July 06, 2022, 12:13:18 am by sander37 »

StudioDeutz

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Re: A setting to dim all leds to comfy max brightness
« Reply #10 on: July 06, 2022, 05:21:31 pm »
"Q-tips and alcohol allow for some experimentation...." Alcohol ok, but what should I do with the Q-tips while drinking :-)

emanuelsj

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Re: A setting to dim all leds to comfy max brightness
« Reply #11 on: October 14, 2022, 10:40:33 am »
I have some nanoleaf panels right in front of the PolyBrute, but this is not enough to make the labels readable next to the powerful leds. All my synths have the feature of dimming the leds: the Waldorf Quantum, the Virus Ti2 Polar and the Yamaha Montage too. I think only my Behringer DeepMind12 doesn't have that, but I never checked, because the orange lights are eyes friendly. C'mon Arturia, why is it so difficult to dim those blinding leds?

Tarekith

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Re: A setting to dim all leds to comfy max brightness
« Reply #12 on: October 25, 2022, 08:15:51 pm »
Just got my Polybrute yesterday and the first thing I did was search to see how to dim the lights.  Blinding in a darker studio!  So yes, a +1 for me too!

rrr123

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Re: A setting to dim all leds to comfy max brightness
« Reply #13 on: October 26, 2022, 04:39:20 am »
I vote for this too. I can't read the labels when the room lights are dimmed because I'm dazzled by the LED glare. I have to cover the LED with a finger so I can see what I'm doing.

StudioDeutz

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Re: A setting to dim all leds to comfy max brightness
« Reply #14 on: October 26, 2022, 04:52:37 pm »
After a few tests I ended up by covering the LEDs with black sticky tape - not gaffer, but a simple one. I cut the tape to appropriate length to about 4 mm width.
That does it for me. The light is now a very "dark yellowish"....should be easy to remove and clean.

 

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