LivinLights
Member
Hello everyone, first post in control booth!
I am fairly new to programming using magic Q, and so far i love it. When I go to clubs (or big concerts) for a random EDM DJ performance, the music and lighting are perfectly in sync. So my questions are how does the house lighting programmer get his lighting set to be in sync with any DJ:
1) Does the house LD/Programmer have the DJ's tracklist/set so that he is able to trigger the lighting cues on every beat using Timecode, almost like a theatre performance? If this is true than its sad that the DJs arent doing live mixing =(
2) Is the DJ gear somehow hooked up the console so they get perfectly sync lighting cues? If this is the case how do you do it?
3) The lighting programmer is just manually triggering the cues and effects with the DJ beats?
Sorry if the questions are confusing, but this has been a subject that boggles me =/ Thanks for all the help guys
I am fairly new to programming using magic Q, and so far i love it. When I go to clubs (or big concerts) for a random EDM DJ performance, the music and lighting are perfectly in sync. So my questions are how does the house lighting programmer get his lighting set to be in sync with any DJ:
1) Does the house LD/Programmer have the DJ's tracklist/set so that he is able to trigger the lighting cues on every beat using Timecode, almost like a theatre performance? If this is true than its sad that the DJs arent doing live mixing =(
2) Is the DJ gear somehow hooked up the console so they get perfectly sync lighting cues? If this is the case how do you do it?
3) The lighting programmer is just manually triggering the cues and effects with the DJ beats?
Sorry if the questions are confusing, but this has been a subject that boggles me =/ Thanks for all the help guys