tomschwall
Member
Our band uses 8 Chauvet LED Rain 56 RGB cans mounted on two lighting stands, controlled by a Chauvet Obey 40 DMX controller. The LEDRain 56 cans use 7 channels of DMX, and the Obey 40 controls 16 channels, so we've set our fixture addresses at intervals of 16. It all works pretty well, most of the time.
We usually have a FOH sound/light tech who runs the lights, but occasionally we play smaller gigs without the sound/light tech. For these smaller setups, we'd like to be able to run our LED lights from stage with a foot pedal. I'd like to be able to change a couple of static scenes, engage chases, engage the audio sync or a tap sync, and blackout the lights by using a foot pedal.
Ideally, I'd like to locate a programmable DMX foot controller, with sufficient channels to control scenes, make scene changes, switch chases on/off, and engage the audio sync or a tap sync; but there doesn't seem to be such a product on the market. From my research, it seems that using a MIDI foot controller is the only available solution. The Chauvet Obey 40 has MIDI ins and outs, and according to the manual, will respond to MIDI note commands.
Has anyone had experience with this issue? Is there a suitable programmable DMX foot controller for 7 channel LED lights? If not, what is the best MIDI foot controller to send note commands to the Obey 40 for my purposes?
As you can see from our setup, we're not very lighting sophisticated, and we are obviously budget minded.
Thanks for any input on this issue.
We usually have a FOH sound/light tech who runs the lights, but occasionally we play smaller gigs without the sound/light tech. For these smaller setups, we'd like to be able to run our LED lights from stage with a foot pedal. I'd like to be able to change a couple of static scenes, engage chases, engage the audio sync or a tap sync, and blackout the lights by using a foot pedal.
Ideally, I'd like to locate a programmable DMX foot controller, with sufficient channels to control scenes, make scene changes, switch chases on/off, and engage the audio sync or a tap sync; but there doesn't seem to be such a product on the market. From my research, it seems that using a MIDI foot controller is the only available solution. The Chauvet Obey 40 has MIDI ins and outs, and according to the manual, will respond to MIDI note commands.
Has anyone had experience with this issue? Is there a suitable programmable DMX foot controller for 7 channel LED lights? If not, what is the best MIDI foot controller to send note commands to the Obey 40 for my purposes?
As you can see from our setup, we're not very lighting sophisticated, and we are obviously budget minded.
Thanks for any input on this issue.