Originally Posted By: rharv
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I choose to use DMX for my lights as opposed to MIDI .I use midi note numbers only to trigger SCENES, CHASES, EFX etc. within the lighting software.Much easier this way. For instances, SCENE 1 may be used in 10 songs.Lets say scene 1 is C1.That's all I need to enter on a MIDI track. Piece of cake.


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It sounds like you are indeed using MIDI .. if I read this right.
MIDI note signal triggers DMX setting.
Like a MIDI note signal triggering a synth sound; it's just digital data triggering something, MIDI based and device driven.

I don't understand how you qualify "I choose to use DMX for my lights as opposed to MIDI" as it sounds like you are indeed using MIDI.

Instead of controlling each fixtures settings with say CC7 7 mapped to control intensity of a fixture I use just a note number to control a whole series of events within the software.So yes of course I am using midi but in a more limited way. To completely use midi would require many individual events to be programmed in the audio software. This way all the setup is in the light software.With 100% midi implementation I would have to record each midi command for each fixture for each song. The way I'm doing it I can just use 1 note number to implement a specific scene of events and this one scene can be used many, times on many songs. Make sense?-

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