![]() ![]() ![]() Things get a bit more fiddly when you start trying to work with moving lights without a control surface, but that doesn't sound like your situation at all. To be honest, if you only have a handful of conventionals there's very little reason you can't program and operate from a laptop. pre-program on the PC software of a desk (free), which you then hire in for the production period (to make life easier). You can hire a MagicQ PC wing for ~£30/week, for example. use something PC-based, in conjunction with a wing/control surface. Many of the other console manufacturers have similar solutions. The slightly more limited version is only ~£10). use PC-based software (Chamsys MagicQ is free, and their basic fully-functioning dongle is ~£60. hire a desk (may not be as expensive as you think). I think I'll post in blue-room and see if they can throw up any other ideas.īin the idea of using the 200 in conjunction with another system - it is possible, but there really isn't any practical reason for it in this instance. The other reason I wanted to use a computer is to design some lighting shows that follow certain rhythms in the music (rather than changing to the beat which the audio input allows you to do). I could ask management to let me have the week leading up to the show off timetable but I think that will be a no! I've looked into renting a more sophisticated desk however school productions get chipped away at week by week and we can't afford to rent a desk for all that time. I wanted to try and do some of it in the computer as it would allow me to work away from the drama studio which is often busy and hard to find a time to spend a couple of hours working on the lighting in there. It's starting to sound like more faff than it's worth getting it to talk to the computer. The desk does have a sub master mode to recall scenes. Thanks for the replies! Unfortunately the desk is too old to accept a memory drive in a usable way - the manual says a 32mb card can be used to store show files but not read by a PC due to the file formats. In many ways v friendly, in others even more arsey than UKC. If you get no joy on here, this is a forum you might get better advice in: Silly question - you are certain that your desk is outputting DMX I suppose? It was not uncommon for Strand systems of that vintage to use D54 instead (a form of analogue multiplexing wholly incompatible with DMX, though there were/are units around to convert from one to the other). Another option that might be worth considering is hiring in a slightly more powerful desk. If you're thinking of using a lighting desk emulator with a dmx dongle, it'd probably be better to use that to create your scenes in the first place. What you're suggesting seems like more faff than necessary. The desk you have is capable of (somewhat basic) scene recall itself isn't it? I can't be arsed to RTFM you've linked to I'm afraid but I'm fairly sure it isn't purely just a manual desk. ![]() The last lighting desk I operated was a Strand Geminii 2 (even more antiquated than your 200 series). I once was, but I'm even more out of date that jkarran. I believe there are a couple who post on here. > Bit of a long shot, but I am hoping someone on here might be a stage lighting anorak able to give me a few tips. The software that I have been playing around with so far is this: I have absolutely no idea if this will work or not, or if lighting software can be used in this way. When the show is played back, the desk is then redundant and the computer outputs all DMX values to the dimmers. I then use piece of computer software to read the incoming DMX signal (the 'look' that I am creating) and save these values in the software. The idea being the the DMX output of the lighting desk goes into the input of the DMX USB Pro box. I was thinking of using the following product to do this: I can create scenes on the lighting desk however want to move to a computer controlled system but try and integrate the lighting desk into this. I am a Music teacher with a background in sound recording but have limited knowledge of stage lighting, but being the 'techie' member of the department have been put in charge of the lighting too. I work at a school and we are doing a production of We Will Rock You the Musical. Bit of a long shot, but I am hoping someone on here might be a stage lighting anorak able to give me a few tips. ![]()
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