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Using the fixture profiles

Saving the fixture profile​

Once your fixture profile is ready, you can save it as an .sbf file using the Save button in the top menu bar:

Save fixture profile

As the Fixture Editor is a web app, this will, depending on your browser settings, ask you for a download location or immediately download the fixture profile file into your Downloads folder.

Using the profile in Beam​

Beam for Live​

  1. Place the fixture profile file into your Documents/Beam/Fixture Profiles/User folder.
  2. If Beam is running, restart it.
  3. You should now be able to add the fixture to any Fixture Patch.

Beam for Max​

  1. Place the fixture profile anywhere within your global Max Search Path.
    • We recommend having a dedicated folder for all your custom fixture profiles and adding it to Max's File Preferences. This can also be the same as Beam for Live's fixture profile location (Documents/Beam/Fixture Profiles/User).
    • Placing your custom fixture profiles into Packages/Beam for Max/misc is no longer recommended, as you might lose your files when the package is updated.
    • Beam for Max performs scanning for fixture profiles when it is first initialized, so it cannot find fixture profiles in a folder containing a currently open Max patcher or detect them when added as dependencies of a Max project.
  2. If Max is running, restart it.
  3. You should now be able to add the fixture to any Fixture Patch.