Recent content by douglasheriot

If you don’t want to use DMX, I’m not sure what other devices you can get to turn lights on and off.Googling DMX dimmer or DMX relay pack finds some pretty cheap options if that’s what you’re concerned about. Even some cheap DMX controllers have MIDI inputs, or you can get a USB to DMX device...

If you want to send DMX over an ethernet network, it’s pretty simple. Art-Net is probably the most common protocol (E1.31 sACN is more efficient, but not quite as common yet). You can find pretty affordable Art-Net nodes (like...

Yes, it sounds like you’re on the right path. An Enttec ODE or other Art-Net node connected to a simple wireless access point should work great. Assuming you’ve already got an iOS device, you should be able to get all set up for less than $500. Another benefit of an Art-Net node like the ODE is...

I can’t remember exactly (it’s been a while since I last played with MA 3D), but I think you can just add a generic dimmer channel to get a regular fixture in 3D. There might be an option somewhere to set it’s colour as if there was a gel on it (or did I just imagine that?)

Just in the last week, Capture released a free Student Edition of their visualizer! The catch is it’s only got a very limited set of fixtures to work with, only 2 universes of DMX available, and can’t produce paper reports. It works with Art-Net input and others, I think. I’ll definitely be...

I can’t remember exactly, but I think you’ll want to look for something about bitmap effects. There’s a couple of tutorials in the manual: grandma2 helpLooking at MA-tricks may also be useful (for selecting LEDs in different patterns)The online manual is quite useful.

Well, there's a few different options around.The popular one many people recommend is MagicQ – it's free, very powerful (with many features of the likes of Hogs and grandMAs). However, if you're just getting started, it's very confusing with a terrible user interface. It will work with either...

It also depends on what software you'll be using. As an example, my Mac app, DMX Assistant, only works with Art-Net, which requires a device that communicates via the Art-Net protocol over a network (like the Enttec ODE).Other software may only work with the Enttec USB DMX Pro, or only their...

Interesting. I'd probably recommend you work on the interface design a bit more – there's not much contrast, and it sort of all feels a little messy and the separate sections aren't clearly defined. It's good it's nice and simple though.I just had a bit of a play around with my Korg...

Yep, I've used an ODE with GrandMA onPC just fine, but as others have said, you need other MA hardware to actually enable the output. If you really want to go with MA, the 2-port node is the most affordable option (>$2000?), and does more than an ODE would (networked, and 2 DMX in/out ports)...

Hi there. I've been lurking around ControlBooth for a while now. Recently I've started posting a little bit, and I thought I'd introduce myself. I'm just getting started learning more about lighting and production, and am particularly interested in lighting control, and using the little we...

If you’re using Safari on your Mac, you can just go to the Activity window from the Window menu. Have a look through the list of all the files being used to make up the webpage, and option + double click the one with the biggest file size that looks like it might be the video file to download...

Unfortunately, no, I do not have a PC or Linux version. While I'll never rule anything out, I can say that I have no plans to at the moment. I do have plans to create an iOS version sometime though.I'm not sure if it's an option or not, but another similar app, for iOS, is LightingPad Alcorn...

It sounds like a perfect use case for my Mac App, DMX Assistant.I didn't design it to replace a console, but is instead great for just really simply sending some DMX to try stuff out. The interface is clean and simple with 512 sliders – one of the factors I considered when designing it was to...

That would make a very nice GrandMA wing – 120 executor faders! You'll never have to use separate pages again!And it's 10 times as many faders for less than a tenth of the price of a MA one.Very tempting, but it doesn't look like they'll ship to Australia, and we're not confident it will...