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My band uses backing tracks when we perform. We use mp3 tracks, that's just what it is, I realize a lot of people use wav files. That being said, say I have a track for the song Respect by Aretha Franklin. I have an entire lightshow built for the tune and it works great. Now all of the sudden I'd li...

What does the uno chip do for the controller?

Thanks, thats what I was figuring. I do have an additional question, when programing a midi controller, say the fcb1010, can buttons be programmed to access different banks of dmxis? For instance, I have 10 buttons on my controller. 1-4 control show buddy play, rewind, next, and previous. Thats work...

I use tracks for every song. Is there a way to keep lights on, even if its the last "look" in a song when the track ends? Right now when a track hits the end, the lights blackout. Not sure if its in my programing or the nature or settings of the software. I have a few tunes that have live ...

Can anybody give me detailed instructions on how to set up my midi foot controller for start and stop, rewind, play next song and previous song commands. Im not doing real well on my own here.

I've actually downloaded all my tracks into show buddy to play back tracks. Looking to use it as it is I suppose

That's a very cool idea. I am simply running backing tracks for every song and have a light show built for every song. I have a behringer fcb 1010 and was looking to control everything with that, including starting and stopping the backing tracks

I'm only using the midi footswitch to control backing tracks and lighting. Isn't the Fractal setup more for guitar processing as well?

So I've programed all my lighting cues to my tracks and created a lightshow. I am now ready to start figuring out how to control it. I need to be able to control Start and stop of a track, advance to the next track ,and if possible, abort track and turn on a generic light chase in the event that the...

That's exactly what I was worried about. Thanks

Thanks, I will check this out

I have a track that has 3 lines of cues on it. At the top of the waveform is my front trussing.Then at the bottom, using momentary cues, is a set of movers and a back truss. Both of these lines are separate from each other. Everything is masked and working perfect. My problem is when Im trying to ed...

vwodwo22 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 04, 2019 1:55 pm Glad I could help.

Does your band have a website or Facebook page?

vwodwo22 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 04, 2019 1:55 pm Glad I could help.

Me too!

Cool, thanks. So far everything is working out great. Thanks for the help

Since I'm going to be triggering 2 moving heads and 2 fog machines here and there, do I need do mask them to completely in the front truss presets? Set everything on the foggers and movers to zero? Then when I set them up, I need to mask the front truss pars on the new presets as well, correct?

Thank you so much for the help, gonna put it all to use in a few minutes here. This is my band www.atomicradioband.com
I'm the bass player.

Your situation is very similar to mine. In a band, I (guitar player) get the track started and we use backing/click tracks. I would say since your front truss will always be on, you can unmask the dimmer for your color presets (if you wanted. Really wont matter much in your case. See below). That w...

I'm in a band. No light guy. We have tracks for every song, even if it's just a click track. Our drummer triggers the tracks. I havent used this program yet, just getting into it. Up till now, we have tracks on a tablet and lights set to auto pilot. My initial thought was to build a front truss ligh...

If I remane my banks in Dmxis, will previously programed shows in Show Buddy still recognize the cues? Just the bank names not the preset names.

So since I'm also using show buddy, do I need to put the full dimmer and such in the timeline as well?

Cool. Out of curiosity what do you use the full dimmer preset for? Also, the strobes, I don't see color in your example.

This Is how I would do it. But your setup may dictate a need for something else. What we are doing is isolating your colors, dimmers, and strobes Full Dimmer 1- dimmer (100) 2- strobe (masked) 3- function (masked) 4- color change (masked) 5-red (masked) 6-green (masked) 8-blue (masked) 8-white(mask...

Would you be able to tell me what the screens should look like for masked blackout, red, blue and green presets? Please tell me what should be disabled(greyed out) , enabled and what the values should look like. I think if I could see it I would have a better understanding of how this works. I would...

vwodwo22 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 03, 2019 4:47 am Do you have a link to your lights manual? Or can write what the different channels options are or could be? If it is like RGBAWUv, I’d go the 10 channel route.

10ch is
1- dimmer
2- strobe
3- function
4- color change
5-red
6-green
8-blue
8-white
9-amber
10-uv

Yes, I want to add extra lights for icing. In addition to the front truss of pars, I have movers and foggers that I'd like to kick on every so often.

I have the option of having 6 channel or a 10 channel fixture. I was simply using 6 to keep it simple. I would prefer to use 10, then I would have a master fader for each fixture.

Ok here's what I've done, just so I don't mess up what I've already tried to do. I am using 6 channel fixtures, One dimmer channel for each of 6 colors. In DMXIS, I created a new show. Then I created a new bank called masked pars. I pressed preset manager and then macros. I disabled all channels and...

Gave up for the night. I'll give a go tomorrow. My head can't take it no more

Let me try that