My First DMX Light Show

[trfbell]

where did you get this mix of music? It reminds me quite strongly of something I saw in one of Westlake High School's TEC Light Shows. I think it was the 2007 one

[DannyLuftmanCircus]

i control whit a GrandMA ultra-light, is hard...



[iamvonimmel]

Dude, this is badass!

[watertower7]

@iamvonimmel Check out my recent work.

[eliothaloexpert]

what are the songs in this??

[watertower7]

@eliothaloexpert Here they are, in order: The Elevator - Particle, Thunderstruck - AC/DC, Nostalgia - Yanni, Pirates of the Caribbean main theme, Runaway - Bon Jovi, Appalachian Snowfall - Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Welcome to the Jungle - Guns N' Roses, Metal Gear Solid 2 Main theme, Siberian Sleigh Ride - Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Wish Liszt (Toy Shop Madness) - Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

[lshervey]

hey nice show, i use freestyler as well, only got a couple of Martin SCX500 at the moment. how do you do it to music in freestyler or are you manually cueing the scenes?

[watertower7]

@lshervey In the Freestlyer que, on the bar that has your scene in it, near the end there should be a line that says something like "HH:MM:SS". This is timecode, you type in a time you want your sequence to automatically play. For example "00:01:10" that means that the selected sequence will play at one minute and ten seconds into your show. I use timecode in all of my shows.

[CrieffHS]

any idea how to make a jester zero 88 desk do sound2light ? have a sound mixing deck and can see an input into the back of the jester...do i just plug a cable from aux out on mixer to the jester input jack point ?? cant work it out from the manual.....

regards

[TheMechElite]

Nice effects. How hard would it be to create that setup if the person (me) had no real experience?

[watertower7]

@TheMechElite I don't quite understand your question... Are you asking how hard it would be to make the lights be in a good position or are you asking how hard it would be to program them?

[TheMechElite]

@watertower7 Sorry for the misunderstanding, but I was just wondering how difficult would it be to program the show. I'm looking into purchasing lighting for dances which I run at my high school. I DJ the dance, but I know nothing on lighting effects. By the way, do you control your lights with a computer or a lighting control unit.

[watertower7]

@TheMechElite Programming is actually quite simple. I programed this show in about 5-6 hours. If you control your fixtures with a computer it is even easier. I control my lights with a computer that is using Freestyler. Freestyler is a free lighting software that is very effective and is compatible with almost any DMX interface. I am using the Velleman VM116. It is very inexpensive compared to the rest. If you know absolutely nothing at all about lighting, I will PM you a much longer tutorial.

[TheMechElite]

@watertower7 I have a vague concept of lighting, but if you can a tutorial would be awesome.

[MrEplanet]

What program did you use? I'm planning on creating a show aswell

[watertower7]

@MrEplanet I used Freestyler with a Velleman USB DMX interface dongle.

[MrEplanet]

@watertower7 (K8062/VM116)?

I'll be purchasing that one aswell ;)

[watertower7]

@MrEplanet I have the VM116. The only problem with it is that the cord it comes with is not very high quality. A good thing to do is to replace the original Velleman cord with a printer cord. Hope this helps! :)

[eliothaloexpert]

@MrEplanet use freestyler