a couple of MYDMX questions..

1: I don't see an ADJ Scan 250 Deluxe profile, so I'll guess the ADJ Scan 250 should probably be what you want to start with.

2: The 3D Visualizer can be harder for some to use than others(like me). Take your time. There is a construction mode. use that along with other elements in the program to create your trusses and move your lighting onto them. It's only for your purposes, it has no effect on how the lights operate. But if you do it right, then it accurately shows how the lights oeprate.

3: Sound activated is in the profile. Also, sound active is something that must be IN the light itself. If a light has sound active mode but doesn't have sound active mode available via DMX, then you can't use it. Also, the 3D Visualizer whill not "properly" work in sound active mode. This is because it doesn't know what the light will do.

4: Copy the scene, change the color. That's it. Really. I know what you mean. I was making banks of colors for my 64 LED Pros in various colors, so I'd just copy the last one I worked with and then change the color(I have 8 of them) and then repeat as necessary.

No transparent cues. These must be "hard coded" into the scenes.

Keep playing!

Thanks for the info.. For sound activated I was thinking I would be able to have the SEQUENCE run according to sound rather then time. I have a stand along controller that I can hook a cable up to for sound and it will trigger the sequences.

Thanks...

its called a deluxe scan 250 and it is in my library. Let me know if im right or wrong but the pic u posted a link to that is the pic for the deluxe scan. Welcome to the forums dave sorry if i come off as cranky. been a long day. haha
Sincerely,

Well, if I did more poking around, I would have found it. I'm using the February 2008 edition on my main machine, but I don't use MyDMX on here anymore. But I have uninstalled it before.

Dave:
If you're gonna hook up a DMX controller, you're going to need a DMX combiner to load that controller's signal into the DMX stream. You don't just assume by twisting wires you're gonna get a nice crunching of data. That's part of MULTIPLEX in DMX. I just wonder these merging devices operate via "last signal is the right signal" as I don't see MyDMX simply NOT sending out "zeros" for fixtures not actively used, but I'm not breaking out the data stream since i don't have a sniffer to capture it for analysis.


With MyDMX, it's running via TIME, not being stepped via sound input. You can adjust your times to match the music.

Im not using a controller and MYDMX.. I know abot the DMX combiner.. I was asking if you could audio trigger mydmx...

No way to trigger your scenes on my dmx via sound as the dongle does not have a mic for sound sensetivity. You can use midi or keyboard triggers though.
Sincerely,

Does the dongle have midi input or do I need another USB to midi? (I have one here somewhere).. Also, is there a sound to midi trigger or maybe even a midi switch I can TAP?

Sorry for the delay. I've been slammed with DVD projects. Feel free to call again or email me. Whatever works best.

But onto your question:

The dongle does NOT have MIDI input/output on it. It only has two ports: USB type B and DMX OUT. That's it.

How you get MIDI into your computer is "your problem" so to speak. Whatever works and the OS recognizes should work just fine. I have an audio interface with MIDI, so that works, as doies a USB MIDI interface. I also have some older serial ones, but I don't have the correct cable for it, so it doesn't matter. I suppose those joystick port MIDI cable adaptors should work just fine too. I'd say that as long as there is a current drive and the OS is fine with it, it's gonna work just fine for you.

Is there a sound to MIDI trigger? No. You could make your own via whatever works for you, say taking a key out off a gate patched into the OUT insert on a channel, and use that OUT to go into a drum brain to generate a MIDI signal. The problem is I think you're trying to do a chase function and MyDMX doesn't support that. The limitation is that MyDMX would use that MIDI trigger(note ON) to trigger a specific scene(or scenes if you have multiple inputs to the brain).