#9

DMX seems to be pretty cool and you can also get DMX control for the modular:
http://www.sound-machines.it/product/sy1synesthesia/

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#10

I tried doing a DIY thing years ago, and it was just a lot of hassle, a DMX interface is quite cheap, as are DMX dimmers (if a bit bulky), but then you have total control from all sorts of places as its such a standardized protocol. Which also means tapping into venue lights if that’s something you want to do as well.

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#11

I like the concept of the SY1 but does it seem a bit high HP for 1 RGB channel?

I might look outside eurorack for a DMX interface. Certainly open to suggestions!

#12

I guess that’s technically 3 channels though?

And dimming 1 bulb for each color component would allow for a beautiful range of washes. Maybe that’d be enough…

#13

Yeah, you got a point there. I don’t have much experience with DMX… we usually stick to having our video guy project his oscillographics onto us! :slight_smile:

#14

Highly recommend checking out dmxis, a USB dmx converter box / software / plugin bundle. used one to write my band’s first light show and loved it, even with no previous dmx experience. Able to be performed live like a normal light console, sound reactive modes, oscillation, accepts written midi automation from a daw or controller, and probably lots of other stuff I haven’t even gotten into.

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#15

Very nice, thank you!

#16

this?
https://youtu.be/6RctAu5YS2g

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#17

I do have some Hue bulbs. They’re pretty fun!

#18

You mention lasers, you can get an LZX Cyclops as a standalone module and a cheap chinese RGB laser and control it through your audio rig…

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#19

I have the Hue Starter Kit… :wink:

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#20

Would certainly provide an interesting challenge in terms of figuring out good things to do with those X and Y inputs.

#21

depending on what you’re using, if its eurorack LFO’s work great!

#22

Kinda repetitive. Would be lovely if you could find a way to create a lissajous figure from two voltage sources…

#23

Don’t know if this would help at all.

http://addacsystem.com/product/addac500-series/addac502-lissajous-curves

#24

Well yes, thats what happens when you plug LFO’s into the X/Y input on the cyclops.

#25

That would indeed help!

Still thinking lasers a bit glitzy, but I’ll ponder it.

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#26

DMX is great fun!
for our plays we use QLAB and ministage console together which allows for full show control from a single computer (but we usually have lights on one and audio on another)

dimmers can be had for fairly cheap (craigslist is a decent place to find them on sale)
controlling dimmers through midi is pretty easy (some dimmers have MIDI inputs)
then you can plug in whatever bulb you want

this following couple videos are less about the color and more about the lines
the vectrex gaming console can be modified fairly simply to accommodate voltage control

of course you could always go down the LZX/video synth rabbit hole as the audio/video modular stuff works fairly well together but that isn’t what you are necessarily after

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#27

That looks way cool. I’ll definitely do a bit of digging into vectrex hacking, looks like fun.

Thanks for the tip on MIDI-controllable dimmers.

No decisions yet, but I’m looking for a nice balance between interesting-for-the-audience and not-too-hard-to-play-or-setup (and not too expensive, is actually kind of a big factor in this)

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#28

here was something I did for fun with stuff we had around from doing our shows

shnth + openmusiclabs repatcher (to change what on the shnths max patch was patched to the light) + max/msp => MIDI USB => DMX controller (our dimmers don’t have MIDI just the DMX) => DMX out from controller to dimmer => light plugs into dimmer

the easiest route would be the synesthesia into a DMX dimmer I would imagine

the video says I was using the nanocontrol for something but I don’t remember what it would have been

I love this max patch and want to revisit it as it has a very ciat-lonbarde headspace for deriving control messages from the shnth.

I don’t have any DIY experience but maybe some folks over in the video synth forum on muffs would have an idea (there are a good amount of people who talk about DIY stuff there but it is always over my head)

good luck!

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