Better sound to light and a different approach for cue lengths
Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2017 6:09 pm
Given that dmx software is very often used for applications involving music, it would be nice of the sound to light and some details concerning cue lengths be changed.
For starters, if a graphic style eq is to be used to trigger cues from audio events, how about using the standard center frequencies of a 1/3 octave equalizer? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octave_ba ... tave_Bands
However, would could be nicer is to allow users to add parametric eq filters as necessary. For example, if I want to trigger something because a hi-hat or cymbal is in the musical content, a wider range of frequencies would cover this event than say a kick drum. In order not to constantly trigger, it would be cool to control sensitivity with midi devices.
Since we are dealing with music, instead of declaring everything in units of seconds, how about notes? This would require syncing to tempo, ideally internally automatically sensed, based on typical events like kick drums, and declaring a time signature, which in most western music cases will be 4/4. The opensource dj package Mixxx might give some insight on integrating bpm syncing
To my knowledge, no commercial package does any of this, but this would be a way to better sync the musical and visual experience of a concert or DJ set. Take a look at ableton live or bitwig DAWs, it would be awesome for a dmx experience to be more like those.
My end goal would be to program a show where as much as possible is being driven by the music and I am simply choosing which sequences and which fixtures will respond at a given time, freeing up my hands for other things.
For starters, if a graphic style eq is to be used to trigger cues from audio events, how about using the standard center frequencies of a 1/3 octave equalizer? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octave_ba ... tave_Bands
However, would could be nicer is to allow users to add parametric eq filters as necessary. For example, if I want to trigger something because a hi-hat or cymbal is in the musical content, a wider range of frequencies would cover this event than say a kick drum. In order not to constantly trigger, it would be cool to control sensitivity with midi devices.
Since we are dealing with music, instead of declaring everything in units of seconds, how about notes? This would require syncing to tempo, ideally internally automatically sensed, based on typical events like kick drums, and declaring a time signature, which in most western music cases will be 4/4. The opensource dj package Mixxx might give some insight on integrating bpm syncing
To my knowledge, no commercial package does any of this, but this would be a way to better sync the musical and visual experience of a concert or DJ set. Take a look at ableton live or bitwig DAWs, it would be awesome for a dmx experience to be more like those.
My end goal would be to program a show where as much as possible is being driven by the music and I am simply choosing which sequences and which fixtures will respond at a given time, freeing up my hands for other things.
