AllInTheBox
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I am with a touring band that's had significant regional success for the past decade and a half. We travel with out own production incuding 20,000w line array sound system and would like to upgrade lighting. We have a laptop on stage at all times that runs a pre-recorded "cilck track" map for the entire set that the drummer monitors to give us studio type tempo consistency and tightly timed intervals and count offs between songs. We rarely play with audio tracks but some musician's parts for the entire performance are pre-recorded using Cubase for times when one must briefly leave the tour.
I am in the process of buying mid to high end LED moving, stationary color changing, and white fixtures. I want to go exclusively LED.
Since we have a laptop running Cubase in perfect sync with the show and Cubase records midi events, I thought this would be a great opportunity to automate a precise, dynamic lightshow that follows each move and dynamic event of each song in the performance. I can record midi or whatever type of sync and commands are used on the available Cubase tracks for perfect sync with each song. What type controller (or specific controller) will I need that will be able to send midi or whatever type sync is needed to be recorded on Cubase for playback of lighting events. My hope is to set up a mock stage performance and follow the audio map for the performance and program lighting events that follow each move and dynamic change of each song in the set list. I would like the lighting events to be recorded on the available Cubase tracks for each song so that lighting will always stay with the song no matter where it is placed in the set list. Any help with what gear I'll need to interface PC with lighting will be greatly appreciated.
I am in the process of buying mid to high end LED moving, stationary color changing, and white fixtures. I want to go exclusively LED.
Since we have a laptop running Cubase in perfect sync with the show and Cubase records midi events, I thought this would be a great opportunity to automate a precise, dynamic lightshow that follows each move and dynamic event of each song in the performance. I can record midi or whatever type of sync and commands are used on the available Cubase tracks for perfect sync with each song. What type controller (or specific controller) will I need that will be able to send midi or whatever type sync is needed to be recorded on Cubase for playback of lighting events. My hope is to set up a mock stage performance and follow the audio map for the performance and program lighting events that follow each move and dynamic change of each song in the set list. I would like the lighting events to be recorded on the available Cubase tracks for each song so that lighting will always stay with the song no matter where it is placed in the set list. Any help with what gear I'll need to interface PC with lighting will be greatly appreciated.
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