LC 2412 sound to light

[Campbellmacd]

Good evening,

 

I am hoping someone can advise on getting the sound to light to work on my son's LC2412 board.

 

There are a number of memories and scenes programmed in, but we cannot get the sound to light to work..having tried numerous times to follow manual etc.

 

If possible a beginners step by step may be beneficial.....is there any way of cchecking if the input is being received by the desk...

 

many thanks

 

Campbell :P :P

[prolightdesigner]

Hi

 

I've had a fair amount of trouble getting this feature to work properly, but here's how I did it. First make sure you've got an audio source running into the board. Then select the chase you want to use with the wheel and number key. Press the Sound/Run button (bottom right hand corner) until the LED below sound is illuminated. Set the Chase XFade and Speed sliders to desired levels, and then press the Sound to Light button (three down from the LED number display). Finally set the four sound to light control faders (memories 9-12) to acceptable levels. You should now see some action. Like I said, the board is rather picky with what audio it will accept, but it can work. I opted to just get a foot petal and run my chases that way.

 

Hope this helps!

-Jeff

[drsound]

Have a quick browse at This Topic where one or two suggestions were mooted.

 

The manual for these has to be the worst written I have encountered in quite a while.

 

Remember that there are two methods of using sound to light on this controller:

 

1. A chase is programmed an can be triggered to run through its steps to the 'beat' of the music

2. Chases or scenes are stored to memories M9 - M12 and these are proportionally added to the output depending on the amplitude of a particular frequency band

 

To get option 1 working all you need to do is get a chase going then press the sound/run button to step through automatic mode into sound activiated mode.

 

Option 2 requires you to store something to one or more of M9, M10, M11 and M12. Press sound to light and as Jeff says you should see the outputs reacting according to the sound input and the level of the faders.

 

Jeff is spot on when he says they're picky about the sound level. They don't seem to have much in the way of normalisation on the input so you have to do this manually.

 

It's probably easiest to see the effect of the audio using Option 1 as you will see the chase step change positively when a beat is detected. If it's not changing enough turn the sound up and if you're getting too much movement turn it down.

 

Cheers,

Dave.

[Campbellmacd]

Thanks Dave and Jeff,

 

I have been having problems and fortunately with your help and Behringer going to send upgraded chip, will hopefully be solved. Behringer also sent some LC2412 setup step which may be useful to other beginners like mysellf in the future....I have attached text below. Hopefully it will look ok

 

many thanks again

 

Campbell

 

LC2412 SETUP

*Make sure the "MAIN", "A", & "B" Faders are Up(100) in the Main Section!!!*

To Store a Preset in Memory (4.1.1 in manual):

1) Select the bank you want to Store the Preset in i.e. BANK "0".

2) Press the "MEMORY" Button.(under the Logo & above the Dispaly)

3) Move the Fader(s) of the Channel(s)/Light(s) you want in this Preset to the desired

position.

4) Press the "FLASH KEY" of the Memory Bank where you want to Store this Preset i.e.

"M3"(#3).

5) Press the "SOFT A" Button to save this configuration.

6) Press "QUIT" to Exit this setup mode.

7) Pull the Fader(s) of the Channel(s)/ Light(s) back down to the bottom("0" position).

8) Move the "M3"(#3) Fader up to the top("100" position), and the Channel(s)/Light(s)

you programmed should come on.

 

To Store a Chase in Memory (6.1.1 – 6.2 in manual):

*Make sure the "MAIN", "CHASE","SPEED"& "X-FADE" Faders are Up(100) in the

Main Section!!!*

LEVEL(Presets)

1) Press the "Chase" Button.

2) Turn "Jog Wheel" to select the "CHASE(NR) " where the Chase will be stored.

3) Press "SOFT A" to select "LEVEL" .

4) Move the Fader(s) of the Channel(s)/Light(s) you want in this Chase to the desired

position i.e. Chnl 1&3 ("100" position).

5) Press "SOFT A" to select "ENTER"

6) Move the Fader(s) of the Channel(s)/Light(s) you just entered to the desired position

i.e. Chnl1&3 back to the bottom("0" position) .

7) Move the next Fader(s) of the Channel(s)/Light(s) you want in this Chase to the

desired position i.e. Chnl 2&4("100" position).

8) Press "SOFT A" to select "ENTER"

9) Move the Fader(s) of the Channel(s)/Light(s) you just entered to the desired position

i.e. Chnl 2&4 back to the bottom("0" position).

10) Press "Quit" to Exit the setup mode.

11) Press the "NUMBER" Button & turn the "Jog Wheel" together(if needed) to select the

Chase you just stored, then release the "NUMBER" Buttom.

12) Press the "SOUND/RUN" Button(Yellow LED on) to start the Chase Sequence.

13) Press the "Manual" Button to pause the running sequence. Press it again to resume.

14) Press the "SOUND/RUN" Button twice to exit the Run Chase mode.

 

To Store a Chase in Memory (6.1.1 – 6.2 in manual):

*Make sure the MAIN", "CHASE","SPEED"& "X-FADE" Faders are Up(100) in the

Main Section!!!*

MEMORY(Memories)

15) Press the "Chase" Button.

16) Turn "Jog Wheel" to select the "CHASE(NR) " where the Chase will be stored.

17) Press "SOFT B" to select "MEMORY" .

18) STEP1 = first step, "--" = which Memory should go here, "01" = which Bank the

memory is stored in, and "ENTER" or "DELETE" = accept the choice or not.

19) So in "Bank 1" select the Memory you want as "Step 1" i.e. "M1"

20) Press "SOFT A" to select "ENTER"

21) Also in "Bank 1" select the next Memory you want as "Step 2" i.e. "M3"

22) Press "SOFT A" to select "ENTER"

23) You can use Memories from different Banks if you want. So…..

24) Press the "UP" "BANK" Button to go into the 2nd Bank.

25) The LED Number & the Display will change to "2"("02").

26) So in "Bank 2" select the Memory you want as "Step 3" i.e. "M5"

27) Press "SOFT A" to select "ENTER"

28) Also in "Bank 2" select the next Memory you want as "Step 4" i.e. "M7"

29) Press "Quit" to Exit the setup mode.

30) Press the "NUMBER" Button & turn the "Jog Wheel" together(if needed) to select the

Chase you just stored, then release the "NUMBER" Buttom.

31) Press the "SOUND/RUN" (Yellow LED on)Button to start the Chase Sequence.

32) Press the "Manual" Button to pause the running sequence. Press it again to resume.

33) Press the "SOUND/RUN" Button twice to exit the Run Chase mode.

 

To use the "SOUND – To - Light " Function you first have to save

something into the #9, 10, 11 & 12 Memory Slots & Be sure to have the

"SOUND – To - Light " Faders up to their desired position i.e. "100". Then

start the Music!!!!

 

To use the "SOUND – To - Light " Function with the CHASE Function,

Pull the "SOUND – To - Light " Faders down to position "0". Press the

"SOUND/RUN" Button twice(Red LED on). Then start the Music!!!!

With both options, use the "Manual" Button to pause & resume the

sequence!!

[boatman]

This would be a useful addition to the Wiki.