mr. clean
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It seems I have stumbled on to the right place!. If anyone can assist me I would be happy to donate $25 or whatever to your site. Following is my long-winded query:
I am a single midi musician using an NSI TLC-16 lighting board that is DMX512-compatible. I currently use it with an NSI dimmer pack and 4 old-school Par-56 cans. I have been told 8 l.e.d. "pucks" (18 leds x 3 watts each) will be brighter so I bought them online. I understand something like a Chauvet Obey70 will work with these fixtures BUT it does not have midi out like my NSI has. This is important because I program my lights ahead of time into the midi sequencing software of my laptop. I set the lighting midi channel to "record", start the midi song, tap on the NSI console and the software records my console taps. Then, when I hit "play" the software will spit out those recorded scene changes while I play and sing along. It is very fast as I change the light scenes/programs in real time during the recording and I am finished that song. With the Par-56s I only have 4 different colours, their combinations, and a few chases and all-on all-off programmed. Unfortunately I have no knowledge as to whether I can do something similar with the l.e.d.s or even how to save the presets on the new fixtures themselves. I have no idea how to make the console "talk" to the lights, either. My brother in law knows a LITTLE bit about this stuff but he lives 6 hours away. He says my console is only 16 channels so I might be able to use the l.e.d.s as 3-channel as opposed to 7-channel but...help????
Jeff
I am a single midi musician using an NSI TLC-16 lighting board that is DMX512-compatible. I currently use it with an NSI dimmer pack and 4 old-school Par-56 cans. I have been told 8 l.e.d. "pucks" (18 leds x 3 watts each) will be brighter so I bought them online. I understand something like a Chauvet Obey70 will work with these fixtures BUT it does not have midi out like my NSI has. This is important because I program my lights ahead of time into the midi sequencing software of my laptop. I set the lighting midi channel to "record", start the midi song, tap on the NSI console and the software records my console taps. Then, when I hit "play" the software will spit out those recorded scene changes while I play and sing along. It is very fast as I change the light scenes/programs in real time during the recording and I am finished that song. With the Par-56s I only have 4 different colours, their combinations, and a few chases and all-on all-off programmed. Unfortunately I have no knowledge as to whether I can do something similar with the l.e.d.s or even how to save the presets on the new fixtures themselves. I have no idea how to make the console "talk" to the lights, either. My brother in law knows a LITTLE bit about this stuff but he lives 6 hours away. He says my console is only 16 channels so I might be able to use the l.e.d.s as 3-channel as opposed to 7-channel but...help????
Jeff