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DJ Dominic

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  • June 13, 2017 at 4:54 pm in reply to: DMX full-sync solution sought… #2572061
    DJ Dominic
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    UPDATE:

    Well, it looks like I’m going to have to make the switch to Serato from VDJ. This was inevitable, I suppose, as my game grows. SoundSwitch put it over the top. It seems to answer my exact need, minus having to switch DAW’s. I’m interested in other people’s (early adopters) experience with SoundSwitch as time goes on. I’ll try and update this thread as developments warrant to help others out of the same situation.

    Cheers, people…

    -DjD

    June 5, 2017 at 11:53 pm in reply to: DMX full-sync solution sought… #2569321
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    …or I could get off my backside and commit to learning Serato. I know the effects are more robust than in VDJ, although arguably so for a jock like me. I’d likely under-utilize them…

    …at first 😉 I do have a Switch controller in my voiceover studio that I use for various tasks in Logic.

    June 5, 2017 at 11:50 pm in reply to: DMX full-sync solution sought… #2569311
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    Vintage, I agree. Either one long three-hour monster, or 6-or-so more CPU-reasonable smalls at friendly cross-over points.

    June 5, 2017 at 11:18 pm in reply to: DMX full-sync solution sought… #2569301
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    BTW, everything here is simply running sound – active, save the laser on/off, but when running, it’s S.A. as well.

    June 5, 2017 at 11:11 pm in reply to: DMX full-sync solution sought… #2569291
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    Thanks, Maverick. I’m familiar with the plug-in. Once you move beyond a few simple lights and cans, you, like me, may find it buggy and unstable. I can’t afford to risk running a show with it in its current iteration.

    To give people some idea, this is about 1/5th of my light rig, and ONE laser.

    -DjD

    June 5, 2017 at 9:41 pm in reply to: DMX full-sync solution sought… #2569231
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    …although you’ve given me something to think about! I’d not seen the SoundSwitch. It does do what I always wanted: encode DMX right into the track so when mixing live, you get the same consistent DMX “look”. That may be an option…

    -DjD

    June 5, 2017 at 9:37 pm in reply to: DMX full-sync solution sought… #2569221
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    Thanks for the input, Vintage. And yeah, I assume “tinker & learn” into my curve. I’m not assuming there’s some “magic box” solution I can just plug into the wall that will run a pro light show for me (the 1990’s light tech in me bristles at the thought ;). Unfortunately, I’m a VDJ registered user, and can’t stand Serato. I have a suspicion I’m headed down the Chauvet ShowXpress path, because I at least know they offer a timeline-based show builder. I’m a little wary of the CPU overhead required to (effectively) play one massive .MP4 or .MPG a/v file out to projector/house, then at some point mid-show, have the whole thing glitch, crash, and wreck. I HOPE having an external box dealing with the majority of the DMX work will alleviate that.

    Cheers,

    -DjD

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