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Hey everybody - thanks in advance for sharing advice and wisdom. New to stage lighting, just got MyDMX last night and started playing around with it. Super easy to progam scenes, which of course got me thinking: Wouldn't it be cool if I could program cues for things like guitar solos and song outros?

I was thinking instrument-based triggers, but I'd want step changes to synchronize with song sections. So you'd have a color change at the bridge, go to a chase pattern for the guitar solo, different pattern for the verses, and strobe to blackout for song endings. That sort of thing.

Is that kind of fine control possible? Not that I'm complaining - having programs is a huge step forward for us. Just want to get the most out of the gear. I'm the lead guitarist, but I'm also the lighting designer. I'm not a control freak or anything; I'm just the only computer geek in the band, so ...

Well, okay. I am a control freak. Smiler

Thanks again - great resource you've got here.
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Dave, Welcome to the forums.
I understand what your trying to do. I do not think it is possible to trigger steps in a scene with guitar synth. But you can use midi to trigger different scenes. all you have to do is figure out the best way possible to use a midi device to trigger the changes and assign midi trigger to the correct scene. It's all about organization. It's not a easy task for sure. Also keep in mind the program was never designed or intended for this type of playback.
Sincerely,
You're going about this wrong.

First, you should look at the guitar synth as exactly that: converting guitar input into a MIDI signal(mainly note ON/OFF, volume and attack, as well as maybe channel and some can work on a per-string basis), but this is a PERFORMANCE device and as such, it's not a good match for triggering MyDMX.

What you want to do is perhaps start working to a click track or backing tracks using a second laptop or hardware sequencer. You can then trigger the scenes when you need them using MIDI notes and assigning the notes to scenes.

Another option would be to have some sort of floorboard MIDI controller with enough switches for you to trigger the scenes when you need them.

While triggering is a function of performance, it's not quite as applicable to MyDMX. A note to MIDI converter is doing real-time triggering but on a more "rapid fashion" manner. With lighting, chances are you're going going to be doing things that way, or at least not very often.

But for more clarification, are we talking about a true guitar synth system, or are we talking about a worn keyboard device in the general style of a guitar?

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