lights do not stop or start?

I tried both light just recently they do start, but the music has to be loud enough and it moves to the beat, but what I can't understand is if the music is slow it still moves? But when it's a slow do you want the moves to move? I don't think so. Because slow songs do have beats too.

Turn UP the sensitivity on the microphone input.

The fixture is sound activated, but that really means it responds mainly to lower frequency information at, as you have seen, relatively louder volumes. Using them in a live/gig environment is much different than checking them out inside the house.

In my case, I can get things quite loud when I'm testing things.

When the beat is slow, the Vertigo won't move slower(as in to the beat). It will move less frequently in a time period relative to a faster tempo piece.

I've used the fixtures just fine during slower songs, both live and with pre-recorded music(I am NOT a DJ), and the Vertigo works just fine. I personally prefer the Mystic due to it being brighter and larger coverage area, but I like my Vertigo just fine.

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Originally posted by Chris Pickett:
Turn UP the sensitivity on the microphone input.

what do you mean turn up the sensitivity on the mic?

My bad. I assumed that the Vertigo had a sensitivety knob on the back. My Mystic does, as do a few other fixtures I have.

OK, fine. Turn up the volume. Just make sure that you practice QUALITY as well as QUANTITY. Louder does not equal better by default.

Sorry, the sound guy in me.

oh ya it does have something there, but I don't know how to use it. I will see.

If it's a button, it's a fuse, and it should be in the "in" position, but it should still depress in just a teeny bit.

If there's a volume sensitivity adjustment, it's a knob you can twist.

Once I unload my truck all the way on Sunday, I'll get to my Vertigo and check it out. I gotta do it anyways so I can get the box repaired.

here's how it looks in the back of the light.

Thanks for the picture.

The round opening with the gasket around it is the sound sensor, so if you cover that with your finger, you can watch the light move like crazy!

The button is the circuit breaker. So, there's no sensitivity adjust on the Vertigo. That's not a bad thing. Just keep in mind you'll be running music louder at a gig than in your room testing this.

one moves when music is softer and teh other light has to move when the music is a little louder. Don't know why?

My guess is that they may have come from different batches or there is inconsistencies in the sensitivity electronics.

The technology to do this isn't terribly expensive.