I considered that. I suppose that will involve hiring people who would fire the flashes/strobes. I even thought I could program some flashes to fire sequentially rather than at the same time. It appears that I cannot program a delay like that.Well, you're probably going to need to use multiple actual flashes (big ones, to get over the stage lights).
How you sync them depends on how you make the noise. The easiest solution might be to put them on actual cameras.
That is closer to what I can do. I have a bunch of DMX wash lights. and a DMX controller I have a flash sound effect in mp3. So the trick is to somehow sync them. Perhaps there is some kind of interface?If the cameras don't need to be seen, any LED wash should have a decent strobe macro built in. Set up a bunch to hit the scene from camera -ish angles. Program some kind of chase that staggers out the flashes to match the look. Then I'd configure a QLab audio file to have the desired "flash" sound and use OSC to trigger the light console with OSC or MIDI.
That I have to check with the lighting man as the controller is his. As far as I understand Qlab is a mac based software. We only use PC, but I think that might be a minor issue. So do I get it right that I need to program this scene in a Qlab similar program, connect it to the DMX controller either directly or via an interface? Is this the easiest solution? Perhaps there is a standalone device that I can connect to a strobo LED or a daisy chain thereof?
PC based, Show Control Pro will fire DMX commands tied to midi timing. Inexpensive license. Here's the weblink: https://www.showcuesystems.com/cms/ . There are DMX strobes, but they are pricey.That I have to check with the lighting man as the controller is his. As far as I understand Qlab is a mac based software. We only use PC, but I think that might be a minor issue. So do I get it right that I need to program this scene in a Qlab similar program, connect it to the DMX controller either directly or via an interface? Is this the easiest solution? Perhaps there is a standalone device that I can connect to a strobo LED or a daisy chain thereof?
I've never had a problem with Windows and SCS. Now, I do turn off updates and shutdown all non-essential processes including wifi, etc... The PC we use is essentially dedicated to SCS as the sound computerThat's what we used - SCS. It is very good, it's a shame that we felt we couldn't trust Windows in a show environment.
and a little practice pressing go on both devices at the same time.
The PC I use for Audio playback hasn't been on the internet in 6 years. It yells at me every time I boot up claiming it's an illegal copy because it's been so long. But it's a clean reliable install of Windows 7 that runs perfectly every time.During the run of a show, we've found little need to have the sound and lighting computers connected to the WWW. Internal network, yes, but not to the outside. That avoids the update issue altogether. We, at Blackfriars, enjoy the economical hardware upgrade abilities of Windows computers. As noted, there are several Windows software solutions to linking sound and lights - SCS, Cue Player, SFX that would solve Dibio's original question.
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