NEED HELP PLEASE - (Moving head paths & Sound to light/automatic)

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Hi all, i am new to this software and was wondering weather anyone could help me with a number of things, much appreciated if so. anyways...

1) i have a couple of moving heads, and i want to program the paths, and put into a scene instead of scene steps, i think it's called a macro? sorry if i am wrong. i want to be able to put in my own ligght path.

2) speed of movement, is there any way i can change the speed of movement on a moving head using myDMX?

3) Is there anyway i can do sound to light because when working it is a bit of a ball ache doing the start up of song and light show, if not is there anyway to put the fixtures in automatic mode with the software other than as someone advised me "to change all the DIP switches" but it would'nt look very pro lol.

anyways any help would be much appreciated.

thanks ben x

2/29/1212:13 AM

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JinglesForum Admin

Hi, Benji. Welcoem to the forums. I'll try to make this quick and painless for you.

1) the only way to record multiple positions into ONE scene button is to use steps. even using a shape from the FX generator with your own "path" will generate multiple steps in the scene. Also a "macro" is usually something the lighting company programs into a fixtures DMX attributes and is not something the end user can edit.

2) Yes it is called Fade times. they will allow for smooth movements usually. shorter fade times the faster it moves the longer the fade times the longer it takes to get from point A to point B. Make sense?

3) Absolutely not. We have been asked this i would safely guess about a million times. The answers stays the same each time. No. My DMX will never have a sound to light or BPM function at all. Sorry.
Also for 3), Ball ache? Never had frustration lead to the feeling of getting kicked in the nuts. Usually my head hurts before that. hahaha. I'm just joking.
So was that pretty painless?

Please let me know if you have anymore questions.
Sincerely,

2/29/122:12 PM

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thank you lol, and yeah i understnd :-( aww it is a shame there will never be BPM etc because i absolutely love this software, i have loads of fun with it. that is the only downfall. i suppose it is ok for like stage shows etc.

thank you anyways. Oh and before i forget with the macro function does that appear as a DMX channel? if not how to i activate the macros through the myDMX software?

thank you so much. this has been a great help so far.

ben x

3/1/124:45 PM

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JinglesForum Admin

You could learn to love compu show just as well as you do my dmx. :P
The macros are kinda like this example taken from our X move LED plus R DMX traits. The movement channel has 12 "macros" that are pre-programmed by us into the fixtures DMX chips. Make sense? Take a look at the pic.