Damn. You're right. The most expensive part is the Mega8 at about $2-3US.Machinate wrote:uh, at 180 euro? No thanks! Wow, that's just fantastically expensive. But at least they showed us the board which has like 6 components on it!
What do you want?Stan_T wrote:Good luck to you. This thing is getting further and further away from what I need or want.
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class AVAResourceStream
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AVAResourceStream ()
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unsigned long open (HMODULE hModule, char* resourceType, long resourceID)
{
HRSRC rsrc = FindResource (hModule, MAKEINTRESOURCE (resourceID), resourceType);
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AVAResourceStream resStream;
char* shaderData;
long resSize = resStream.open(hModule, "CG", currentShader);
if (resSize > 0)
{
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I only need DMX lighting control. I'm sure your product will be cool, but the video features are beyond my needs. I shouldn't say I won't buy it, because everyone has their price.ava wrote:What do you want?
I do wish you'd consider a "Lite" version with no (or limited) video features.Someone else is sure to jump in with a simple lighting plug-in.Stan_T wrote:I only need DMX lighting control. I'm sure your product will be cool, but the video features are beyond my needs. I shouldn't say I won't buy it, because everyone has their price.ava wrote:What do you want?
Since I'm already typing, I know you want to take the time to get it right and that's admirable. But, to me, you should draw a line in the sand and start beta-testing what you have. Even if you could only test the DMX portion, that in itself is a big deal. Of course, I would say that.
ok, will release 2 versions.EARLGREY wrote:+1
I admire what you do, but it's almost a year now since your first post. Nothing to show yet and I'm sorry to say I've lost all interest....
Please finish the DMX plug-in and release it as a sort of 'teaser'....whatever...
regards
Thanks for all your advice. This is the direction I am persueing since this seems to be phantom ware.hambone1 wrote:Until the software is ready (if ever!), strobes and lasers are easy to control directly with Live and a hardware MIDI>DMX converter.
Tight sync to audio and video is easy, and there are TONS of creative applications!
The only problem with strobes is that it takes roughly 100ms from firing the MIDI clip until the strobe or laser actually flashes. I compensate for this by sending all audio to the PA 250ms late. I can then use Live's track delays to fine-tune all lighting and video to be precisely on the beat (250 - 100ms = 150ms track delay for the strobes), or when 'playing' the lights and video manually with Faderfox buttons or a drum controller, 'cheat' by pushing slightly ahead of the beat. The lighting and video sequences are all quantized, so they're always tightly synched, irregardless of Live's tempo. For example, I've sequenced the strobes to fire on every kick drum during the Blue Monday intro. They fire precisely on the kicks.
The freebie KT Drum Trigger http://koen.smartelectronix.com/KTDrumTrigger/ is brilliant for auto-launching lighting and video clips and scenes in response to the program material.
You can also cross-assign manual MIDI controls so, for example, your filter sweep control also increases the diameter of a laser tunnel.