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Hi all:

I just purchased the P64 LED kit as a small stage lighting system for our band.

The DMX Duo in this kit is described as a "Single space DMX Recorder / Controller", but from what I can tell, this is really just a recorder/player, isn't it?

I don't see how I can invidually control the DMX channels for each PAR64 and create scenes without some other software. (that's another story...neither my Mac nor my PC has an RS-232 port anymore).

Am I wrong? If I'm right, I think the description for the DMX Duo on the website should be changed.
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OK, after playing with it a bit more (and guessing how to address the PARs to work with the built-in programs), I'm starting to see the difference and get an appreciation for what this thing can do.

It seems to me that the FX side of the controller won't be used with this kit, and that I should try to get acquainted with the different programs that are installed by default and try to see where they might fit best.
I don't know the DMX Duo.

Let's assume it only supports 8 independent lights. Maybe this means it only supports 8 DMX channels. Pardon my ignorance.

Now, let's say you want to expand your lighting show and double up:
You buy an identical set of lights and you assign them to the same DMX addresses(via whatever means you need to use, be it hard addressing, dimmer packs, whatever).

There's no valid reason why this wouldn't work provided you can get the signal to the other lights.

One of the many nice things about DMX is that it's perfectly acceptable to let things share addresses, it's not frowned upon in any way. When I was doing shows with a 2000-seat venue, the lighting company would frequently put many many lights(cans) on the same DMX channels to ease management(which was also as per the lighting designer's spec).

So, feel free to double up, it should work. You're right, they'll just also run the same program as your first bank.

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