I am planning on having a grid of lights on my roof that will effectively form a matrix. The plan is for 10 separate strings of pixels with 50 nodes on each string. Within Nutracker I'll want the ability to apply effects to the 10x50 matrix but also have the ability to individually control each string during other parts of the sequence.
I'll have multiple models that are essentially using the same channel #'s. I'll just need to make sure and not have an effect playing at the same time by using "None,None" as an effect.
Is the best way to set this up in Nutracker to create a 10x50 horizontal matrix model and also created a separate model for each of my 10 strings? If so, would I just need to size each of the single models to the same size as the matrix and overlay them on the matrix within the preview in order to properly visualize everything in the preview?