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Scheduler & Intensity Ramp

Two timers. The scheduler picks the hours and days the app runs on its own. The intensity ramp makes things build slowly instead of arriving all at once. They work fine apart, and they work well together.

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Scheduler

Scheduler settings modal showing Time Range and Active Days checkboxes
The Scheduler - pick a daily window and the days it runs.

The scheduler starts and stops the engine for you, based on the time of day and the days you tick.

Both the Scheduler and the Intensity Ramp sit in the right-hand column of the Progression tab. The Settings tab also has a Scheduler + Intensity Ramp button that opens the pair in one popup, and that popup is the only place with the Ramp Curve dropdown.

Setting What it does
Enable The on switch for the whole scheduler. Off by default.
Time Range Start and end time, written in 24-hour format (for example 22:00).
Active Days Seven checkboxes, M through S. All seven are on to begin with.
The app has to be running

The scheduler can't launch the app for you. CCP has to be open - minimised to the system tray is fine. If the app is closed at your start time, nothing happens.

Overnight windows work

If the end time is earlier than the start time, the app treats it as crossing midnight. 22:00 to 02:00 does what you'd expect.

Scheduler Behavior

You open the app inside the window

  • The window minimises to the system tray
  • The engine starts straight away
  • You get a tray notification

The window starts while the app is open

  • The window minimises to the tray
  • The engine starts
  • You get a tray notification

The window ends

  • The engine stops
  • You get a tray notification

You stop it yourself mid-window

  • The scheduler takes the hint. It will not restart the engine for the rest of that window.
  • The next scheduled window starts normally.

Intensity Ramp

Intensity Ramp settings modal with Duration, Multiplier, End at Complete, and Link to Ramp checkboxes
Intensity Ramp - duration, peak multiplier, and the per-channel link toggles.

The ramp raises intensity slowly over a set stretch of time, so a session builds instead of starting at full strength.

Setting Range What it does
Enable On / Off The on switch for the ramp. Off by default.
Duration 10-180 min How long it takes to reach the top.
Multiplier 1.0-3.0x How far above your normal settings the top is.
Ramp Curve 5 shapes The shape of the climb. See below.
End at Complete On / Off Stop the session the moment the ramp tops out.

Ramp curves

The curve decides whether the build is even or lopsided. Same start, same finish, different journey. The dropdown lives in the Settings tab's Scheduler + Intensity Ramp popup; the Progression tab copy of these controls doesn't have it.

Curve Feels like
Linear A steady climb. This is the default.
Ease In Slow start, then it picks up.
Ease Out Fast start, then it flattens off.
S-Curve Gentle at both ends, quickest through the middle.
Exponential Almost nothing for a long while, then a late surge.

How the ramp runs

  1. The session starts and every linked setting sits at its normal value.
  2. Over the duration you picked, those values climb along the curve.
  3. At the top they reach your value × multiplier.
  4. The sliders move as it happens, so you can watch it.
  5. If End at Complete is on, the session stops there.
  6. When the ramp stops, everything goes back to the value you set. It doesn't leave your sliders cranked.

Example

Flash Opacity: 50%
Multiplier: 2.0x
Duration: 60 min
Curve: Linear

Result: opacity climbs from 50% to 100% over 60 minutes

Timeline:
  0 min:  50%
  15 min: 62.5%
  30 min: 75%
  45 min: 87.5%
  60 min: 100%
Preset sessions have their own ramp

When a preset session is running, this ramp steps back so the two can't fight over the same sliders. The visual links (Flash, Spiral, Pink) pause, the audio links keep working, and End at Complete will not cut a preset session short. The Ramp Curve is the exception - it still shapes the session's own built-in ramp, which is why it stays editable mid-session.