Help needed to zone 3 effects within a single LED strip.

Other Hardware LEDs and Multiplexing
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Hey! I'd really appreciate some help with writing a code. I have a strip of 36 WS2812B LEDs and I want to create 3 zones, each doing their own effect: one will use the FastLED library and two uses the WS2812FX library.

ZONE 1: FastLED library

LEDs 0-3 are to be black at the moment, I will assign each LED individually using RGB pallet.

ZONE 2: WS2812FX library

LEDs 4-13 will be Larson Scanner

ZONE 3: WS2812FX library

LEDs 14-36 will be Hyper Sparkle

CODE FOR ZONE 1

//ZONE 1

#include <FastLED.h>

#define LED_PIN 7
#define NUM_LEDS 36
#define LED_TYPE WS2812B
#define COLOR_ORDER GRB
#define BRIGHTNESS 200

CRGB leds[NUM_LEDS];

void setup() {
delay(100);
LEDS.addLeds<LED_TYPE, LED_PIN, COLOR_ORDER>(leds, NUM_LEDS);
// LEDS.addLeds<LED_TYPE, LED_PIN, CLOCK_PIN COLOR_ORDER>(leds, NUM_LEDS);
FastLED.setBrightness(BRIGHTNESS);
}

void loop() {

leds[0] = CRGB(0, 0, 0);
FastLED.show();
leds[1] = CRGB(0, 0, 0);
FastLED.show();
leds[2] = CRGB(0, 0, 0);
FastLED.show();
leds[3] = CRGB(0, 0, 0);
FastLED.show();

}

CODE FOR ZONE 1

//ZONE 2

#include <WS2812FX.h>

#define LED_COUNT 36
#define LED_PIN 7

WS2812FX ws2812fx = WS2812FX(LED_COUNT, LED_PIN, NEO_GRB + NEO_KHZ800);

void setup() {
ws2812fx.init();
ws2812fx.setBrightness(45);
ws2812fx.setColor(0xFF1000);
ws2812fx.setSpeed(3500);
ws2812fx.setMode(FX_MODE_LARSON_SCANNER);
ws2812fx.start();
}

void loop() {
ws2812fx.service();

}

//ZONE 3

#include <WS2812FX.h>

#define LED_COUNT 36
#define LED_PIN 7

WS2812FX ws2812fx = WS2812FX(LED_COUNT, LED_PIN, NEO_GRB + NEO_KHZ800);

void setup() {
ws2812fx.init();
ws2812fx.setBrightness(105);
ws2812fx.setColor(0xFF1000);
ws2812fx.setSpeed(500);
ws2812fx.setMode(FX_MODE_HYPER_SPARKLE);
ws2812fx.start();
}

void loop() {
ws2812fx.service();

}

I've been scratching me head for days and looked for solutions before posting here. I'm at a loss and any help is greatly appreciated.

Thank you

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Stop!!!

Please read the forum guide in the sticky post. That will tell you how to post code correctly on the forum. Then modify your original post and put in the code tags.

Now... 2 libraries for the same leds. Why? That's like going into a car dealers and asking for a vehicle where 3 wheels run on petrol (gas) and the 4th wheel runs on diesel.

If it's just the case that some effects you like are coded using one library and the others use a different library, then you will need to translate some code so that all effects use the same library. The libraries are not all that different in the end, so it won't be that difficult.