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<blockquote data-quote="ljb2of3" data-source="post: 1665328" data-attributes="member: 13873"><p>All my lights are DMX controlled... all 1,556 channels! The software is easy to use to me, but that is because I've been using it for the past several years. I'm using the PC version of a pro lighting console, and I do a lot of contract work with the TU theater department where I program stuff for them using the software on a pretty regular basis, so I know my way around. However, the learning curve can be pretty steep if you aren't already a lighting person. It does get tedious somtimes, in general, plan on an average of an hour to program for every minute of music. Some songs are much easier, and take less time, but some take far longer.</p><p></p><p>The MIDI idea has merit. part of my show is fired by MIDI notes. Rather than writing a bunch of repetitive cues then having to tweak the timing on all of them, I wrote the cue once then used MIDI notes to fire it over and over. Dragging the notes around on the timeline was much easier than adjusting timing in the other program. I even thought about hooking up a keyboard to play along for recording so I wouldn't have to adjust so much later. Maybe next year.</p><p></p><p>Having an interactive element in the show sounds cool too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ljb2of3, post: 1665328, member: 13873"] All my lights are DMX controlled... all 1,556 channels! The software is easy to use to me, but that is because I've been using it for the past several years. I'm using the PC version of a pro lighting console, and I do a lot of contract work with the TU theater department where I program stuff for them using the software on a pretty regular basis, so I know my way around. However, the learning curve can be pretty steep if you aren't already a lighting person. It does get tedious somtimes, in general, plan on an average of an hour to program for every minute of music. Some songs are much easier, and take less time, but some take far longer. The MIDI idea has merit. part of my show is fired by MIDI notes. Rather than writing a bunch of repetitive cues then having to tweak the timing on all of them, I wrote the cue once then used MIDI notes to fire it over and over. Dragging the notes around on the timeline was much easier than adjusting timing in the other program. I even thought about hooking up a keyboard to play along for recording so I wouldn't have to adjust so much later. Maybe next year. Having an interactive element in the show sounds cool too. [/QUOTE]
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