Sorry but my old brain still does understand as In the video It appears to me to be operating correctly. What am I missing that it is not working for you?
If I do an on or fade in the first "x" channels across 3 collapsed controllers, that effect appears in all "x" channels in each controller, correct? YES, CORRECT, you FADE on the collapsed channel, and all channels in the collapsed controllers will fade exactly the same (like a 32 RGB channel paste into each of the four collapsed controllers)
If I do the same thing with a chase across "x" channels across 4 collapsed controllers, the chase goes into the first " x" channels of controller 1 skips the remaining channels on controller 1, then proceeds to controller 2 picking up the chase where controller 1 left off. Again, I'm thinking I'm working at the collapsed level now, so anything I do should apply as if these were just 4 RGB channels, regardless of how many RGB channels are underneath each collapsed controller.
Is it that you want to chase "string mode" from controller 1, to 2, to 3 and so on? Maybe that is what I am missing and if so, then that is one reason for using a "hybrid". You could then put the hybrid channels on a layer and chase across them. YES, thats what I want to do. To me, partitioning the SS CNTLR into 4 controllers in LSP (thank you very much, BTW) allows these channels to be treated like 4 RGB channels (when collapsed). So chasing into the first (x) channels isn't consistent with how I'd expect it to work, since when collapsed, I'm working at a totally different level of abstraction, then when they are expanded.
Am I just rambling or does this make sense? no, you make perfect sense. I just think that I'm trying to convey that by collapsing these controllers, yes, I expect them to work differently, because I want to sequence them just like 4 RGB channels, not try to read my mind and work one way during a chase and another way for a FADE or ON ... which already works as expected. Thats why I'm saying its inconsistent. Hopefully you can understand what I'm seeking here.