ace Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 Hi Guys, Just looking for recommendations for controlling economy LED Par 56's at an event this weekend. I have 16 economy cans which I am placing behind a DJ as backlight and I am open to suggestions as to how they would be controlled to best effect. We also have a large projection display on the stage. The rest of the rig is 18x Mac 250 kryptons and equivalent which will be covering a dance floor and I have an Avolites pearl for control. However I am am using the cans as I want to make a feature and to fill the stage and generate patterns of colours etc on the cans which respond to the music. Am I best off just programming chases into the pearl as usual or would I be better of with a laptop and DMX dongle running something like freestyler which I could use to generate the patterns? Finally do any of the visualisation software packages also support DMX fixtures? Ie could I use the projection screen for a visualization based on the music and sync the LED cans to it? Many thanks, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niclights Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 Personally I would (and indeed do) control everything from the Pearl. Program chases and/or use shape gen. If you're using standard Pearl/Tiger and the fixtures don't have separate dimmer channel then I recommend patching as HTP versions. If you have Expert then you can make use of virtual dimmer in Titan and things are much easier but I coped perfectly well in Classic with over 40 LED Pars in the past. I would always go down the route of programming and controlling, rather than some sort of sound-to-light. I find the former is always more effective if you have the option. I'm afraid I don't really understand your question about vis/projection/sync. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marty mCfly Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 I have experience with MUSIC VISUALIZATIONsoftware from CZECH developer SOH Even if you have only a few PAR 56 ... it makes great effect ... corresponding with music automatically :) First program chases, scenes and then its working itself depending on music analyse ... smartest soft I ever seen http://www.blue-room.org.uk/public/style_emoticons/default/cool.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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