MIDI Fighter controlled lighting
MIDI Fighter controlled lighting Posted on: 26.05.2013 by Debra Mauntel I am looking more at adding more lighting effects into my set and am learning about dmx controlled lights. the question I have is, can you use a MIDIfighter to control some of the lights as well. I know that dmx and midi are different signals but I am wondering if there is a converter or some sort of hardware that would allow you to use something like a midi fighter. If not perhaps the midifighter engineers might want to consider making a dmx unit..........i'm just saying. Thanks. Sean | |
| Robert Danno 10.06.2013 |
Originally Posted by synthet1c
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| Debra Mauntel 26.05.2013 | I am looking more at adding more lighting effects into my set and am learning about dmx controlled lights. the question I have is, can you use a MIDIfighter to control some of the lights as well. I know that dmx and midi are different signals but I am wondering if there is a converter or some sort of hardware that would allow you to use something like a midi fighter. If not perhaps the midifighter engineers might want to consider making a dmx unit..........i'm just saying. Thanks. Sean |
| Jonathan Chiuchiolo 10.06.2013 | I have played with freestyler and vdj before... the scenes and sound to light are controlled by hot cue's and the beat grid of the track respectively. I haven't used a midi controller with it though. In saying that I don't believe it would be too hard to figure out, although be prepared for a learning curve when you start using freestyler, it would typically last two weeks, but after that it's all downhill. |
| Robert Danno 10.06.2013 |
Originally Posted by synthet1c
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| Jonathan Chiuchiolo 10.06.2013 | you could also use the free dmx lighting software freestyler and use the midifighter with that. you still need a USB dongle though |
| Robert Danno 10.06.2013 | I'm sure that the midifighter could be used to control dmx software, but I don't believe it was designed to control the lights on their own.. the midifighter talks midi notes and the lights talk dmx numbers. |
| Penelope Udave 27.05.2013 | If you have Ableton Live and Max for Live, there is a patch available called DMaX, which, if you get a USB-to-DMX or FireWire-to-DMX adaptor (available on amazon), allows you to output DMX messages from Ableton. DMaX, along with additional information about it, can be found here: http://www.theimpersonalstereo.com/software/dmax/ |
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