brownn83
hey tophouse, just to let you know ive also ordered from this store and ive let them know you recommended them :)
Cheers,
Nick
Cheers,
Nick
Posted Sun 29 Jul 07 @ 1:44 pm
TopHouse
Hope you enjoy them when they arrive & thanks for mentioning me. It might not do me any favours but who knows.
Posted Mon 30 Jul 07 @ 1:41 am
brownn83
no problems, worth a try :)
Posted Mon 30 Jul 07 @ 11:24 am
digimixer
@TopHouse
Just out of curiosty, In your video, are the Lasers running on a preset show, or are they running on Sound to Light?
Just out of curiosty, In your video, are the Lasers running on a preset show, or are they running on Sound to Light?
Posted Mon 30 Jul 07 @ 11:25 am
TopHouse
They are running a DMX controlled 'chase'. Sound to light on all lasers is usually unpredictable and takes some setting up. I highly recommend a DMX controller for anyone who wants to go up the laser avenue. However hardware controllers are fairly reasonable in price. The one I use is this one:-
http://www.thomann.de/gb/stairville_dmxmaster_i.htm
http://www.thomann.de/gb/stairville_dmxmaster_i.htm
Posted Mon 30 Jul 07 @ 12:10 pm
halo_djk
Would love to see a video of the dancing baby, and any other animations they do, that would be awesome.
=))
=))
Posted Mon 30 Jul 07 @ 2:16 pm
digimixer
Got mine, was delivered yesterday, seems cool, although i've only tested at home without smoke... well except for cigarette smoke.
Unfortunately, i could only afford one, not like that TOPHOUSE guy, no, he buys two! oh how the other half live.! He's got a top Laser setup, top car, top girlfreind, top life and a Top House!
Damn you TopHouse.... :)
Unfortunately, i could only afford one, not like that TOPHOUSE guy, no, he buys two! oh how the other half live.! He's got a top Laser setup, top car, top girlfreind, top life and a Top House!
Damn you TopHouse.... :)
Posted Wed 01 Aug 07 @ 4:12 pm
brownn83
hey digimixer, roughly how long did yours take to arrive? I ordered mine Friday just gone and the guy recons it will be here by the end of the week.
Cheers,
Nick
Cheers,
Nick
Posted Wed 01 Aug 07 @ 4:45 pm
digimixer
brownn83 wrote :
hey digimixer, roughly how long did yours take to arrive? I ordered mine Friday just gone and the guy recons it will be here by the end of the week.
Cheers,
Nick
Cheers,
Nick
It took 5 days (Ordered the 26th, arrived the 31st)
Posted Wed 01 Aug 07 @ 5:05 pm
brownn83
Thanks matey, hoping mines here tomorrow or friday then :)
Posted Wed 01 Aug 07 @ 5:39 pm
rockinrossco
that was kick azz show. i dont know nothin about how to set up a dmx show. all i use is the on and off type. pins, spinning pin, mirror balls, you know the normal disoc style stuff. is there a dvd or manual out there some were that can teach the novice how to use dmx corectly to get the best show for the buck.
thanks again everyone for all the advice and teaching me how to overcome my short comings.
thanks again everyone for all the advice and teaching me how to overcome my short comings.
Posted Wed 01 Aug 07 @ 9:26 pm
TopHouse
There's LOT'S of DMX tutorials on the net, most of them over complicate it. Buy a reasonable controller like the one I linked to above and practice. You pick it up really easy. A Quick Tutorial by me:-
Imagine an animation (cartoon) and see the animation as a "chase". Now see each frame in the animation as a "scene".
I'll use lasers here as it's the major subject. So, lets say you buy a laser, for simplicity, it has 4 dmx channels.
On the recommended controller, you have 8 channel sliders and a lot of buttons, don't worry about the buttons yet. Now there is the equivalent of a 'shift' button but it's called a 'page' button. All this does is double up your channel sliders, so you have 16 channels. (16 sliders in a row would be a wide unit!)
OK, the 4 dmx channels on the above "theoretical" laser are :-
1 = colour
2 = vertical (move a pattern up/down to the position you want on a wall)
3 = Horizontal (move the pattern left/right on the wall)
4 = Pattern (circle, square, vertical bar, horizontal bar... whatever shape)
Now the controller has an LCD display, if you move any slider to the bottom it will have a value of ZERO. If you move it to the top, it has a value of 255 (dont ask why 255 as I dont know) BUT, if you laser could do 255 patterns, then you would select each pattern by moving that slider to give one of those numbers.
OK, so you start off, you use "1" to select what colour you want, then use "4" to select what pattern you want, then use "2" and "3" to place it where you want it. You now have a "Scene" so you "record" the "scene" (thats one of the buttons) Then you may change the pattern, the colour, position or whatever, to something else you like. Again, record the scene.
Eventually, lets say you have now recorded 10 scenes. You can now program a "chase" (another of those buttons)
your "chase" can contain all those 10 scenes.
So now, you're in the club/venue, you select "chase 1" on your controller and it will play back your 10 "scenes" in the order you recorded them. There is now another slider which says how long each "scene" lasts before it goes on to the next "scene" in your "chase". ie, how fast it plays back.
Those are the basics of DMX. Obviously I simplified it but with those basics you would be well on your way.
PLEASE DO NOT ask me about different controllers, although they all work roughly the same, I use the one linked above, they are all slightly different, like mixers & amps.
Imagine an animation (cartoon) and see the animation as a "chase". Now see each frame in the animation as a "scene".
I'll use lasers here as it's the major subject. So, lets say you buy a laser, for simplicity, it has 4 dmx channels.
On the recommended controller, you have 8 channel sliders and a lot of buttons, don't worry about the buttons yet. Now there is the equivalent of a 'shift' button but it's called a 'page' button. All this does is double up your channel sliders, so you have 16 channels. (16 sliders in a row would be a wide unit!)
OK, the 4 dmx channels on the above "theoretical" laser are :-
1 = colour
2 = vertical (move a pattern up/down to the position you want on a wall)
3 = Horizontal (move the pattern left/right on the wall)
4 = Pattern (circle, square, vertical bar, horizontal bar... whatever shape)
Now the controller has an LCD display, if you move any slider to the bottom it will have a value of ZERO. If you move it to the top, it has a value of 255 (dont ask why 255 as I dont know) BUT, if you laser could do 255 patterns, then you would select each pattern by moving that slider to give one of those numbers.
OK, so you start off, you use "1" to select what colour you want, then use "4" to select what pattern you want, then use "2" and "3" to place it where you want it. You now have a "Scene" so you "record" the "scene" (thats one of the buttons) Then you may change the pattern, the colour, position or whatever, to something else you like. Again, record the scene.
Eventually, lets say you have now recorded 10 scenes. You can now program a "chase" (another of those buttons)
your "chase" can contain all those 10 scenes.
So now, you're in the club/venue, you select "chase 1" on your controller and it will play back your 10 "scenes" in the order you recorded them. There is now another slider which says how long each "scene" lasts before it goes on to the next "scene" in your "chase". ie, how fast it plays back.
Those are the basics of DMX. Obviously I simplified it but with those basics you would be well on your way.
PLEASE DO NOT ask me about different controllers, although they all work roughly the same, I use the one linked above, they are all slightly different, like mixers & amps.
Posted Thu 02 Aug 07 @ 11:11 am
Thx for the info Tophouse.
As a result I have just order two of them. You should get a discount for all the extra business you have generated for them ;)
As a result I have just order two of them. You should get a discount for all the extra business you have generated for them ;)
Posted Thu 02 Aug 07 @ 12:52 pm
TopHouse
I just can't help myself :o)
This is two imove 5 moving heads and 2 ishow 6 scanners (all are 150w HID) and the lasers.
This is two imove 5 moving heads and 2 ishow 6 scanners (all are 150w HID) and the lasers.
Posted Sat 11 Aug 07 @ 2:38 pm
