Brian Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 I need some software to design and play back a pre-programmed show. The show will play back locked to an audio track and needs to be easy to program against the track. Audio playback needs to be within the software and needs to offer the ability to easily locate cue points when programming by scrubbing the audio. Any sort of beat detection would be a bonus. As such, I don't think cuelist/cuestack based software is going to cut it so I'm looking at software which is more timeline based. Cues, when they come, will also come thick and fast. I can easily imagine multiple cues every second for several minutes. A single universe of DMX out will be enough. And it needs the ability to define your own fixtures and to define macros for pre-designed effects. I've found Venuemagic which looks like ti might do it but I need to investigate custom fixtures etc. Any other suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timsabre Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Showmagic, though I have had mixed experiences with it. Written by a nice man in Doncaster who is very helpful and responsive and in the same time zone. https://www.showmagic.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gyro_gearloose Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Would QLab work if you used OSC cues to trigger a lighting desk/software? I haven't tried it myself, but it seems like it ought to be an easy way of combining music and lighting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alistermorton Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Qlab also has (fairly basic) DMX output so it might be an all in one solution? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_s Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 It might be worth looking at Mic Poole's Qlab Cookbook for ideas.... I think he posted something on here about looking at the new lighting possibilities of Qlab4, though you may need a more sophisticated lighting controller triggered with OSC from Qlab. QLab has it's Load to Time feature, which lets you start a sequence (including, I imagine, any lighting actions triggered by OSC commands) at any point in its timeline, but I don't think you can scrub through the audio 'audibly' so to speak, QLab Cookbook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjadingle Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Not delved into it much myself, but would some of the software that Christmas light designers work for you? I think a friend uses Light-O-Rama. Worth a look? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted June 1, 2018 Author Share Posted June 1, 2018 Showmagic... Thanks, I'll have a look. There's a free download version to try. Would QLab work... Ah, should have managed I need it to run on a PC I think a friend uses Light-O-Rama. Worth a look? Thanks, I'll have a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musht Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 https://xlights.org/ from the Christmas light community , more aimed at pixel control but does have a basic moving head model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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