PulzWave
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Hey everyone,
I've been working on a way to integrate QuickShow more deeply with my SoundSwitch light show. After a few months of work, I've put together a custom solution using Art-Net, a Raspberry Pi, and some Python, and I wanted to share my results with you.
My main goal was to control my lights and my laser together while DJ'ing, making everything feel like one unified show.
Before this, my SoundSwitch light show would follow the music, but the laser often felt separate, with its own cues and non-matching colors. Now, the laser's color is passed directly from SoundSwitch, so it looks like a blended light and laser show.
The main disadvantage is that all the colors in a QuickShow cue are "dumbed down" to a single color from SoundSwitch. This seems to be a limitation of how QuickShow handles the color override control. I have a question for you all: Does Beyond allow you to override specific colors in a cue via MIDI, instead of changing the whole thing? For example, could I tell it to ignore white so it doesn't change the beam outlines?
Here's what it can do now:
The laser color is controlled by the main channel in SoundSwitch.
The laser brightness/intensity is also synced with SoundSwitch.
It can create a strobe effect that is triggered by SoundSwitch.
I made a short video to show how it works. It’s not an in-depth tutorial; I just wanted to see if people are interested in learning more. If you'd like a full tutorial or more details, please let me know.
I'd love to hear your thoughts
PSA: @Bob@Pangolin gave permission to post this in a separate thread.
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I've been working on a way to integrate QuickShow more deeply with my SoundSwitch light show. After a few months of work, I've put together a custom solution using Art-Net, a Raspberry Pi, and some Python, and I wanted to share my results with you.
My main goal was to control my lights and my laser together while DJ'ing, making everything feel like one unified show.
Before this, my SoundSwitch light show would follow the music, but the laser often felt separate, with its own cues and non-matching colors. Now, the laser's color is passed directly from SoundSwitch, so it looks like a blended light and laser show.
The main disadvantage is that all the colors in a QuickShow cue are "dumbed down" to a single color from SoundSwitch. This seems to be a limitation of how QuickShow handles the color override control. I have a question for you all: Does Beyond allow you to override specific colors in a cue via MIDI, instead of changing the whole thing? For example, could I tell it to ignore white so it doesn't change the beam outlines?
Here's what it can do now:
The laser color is controlled by the main channel in SoundSwitch.
The laser brightness/intensity is also synced with SoundSwitch.
It can create a strobe effect that is triggered by SoundSwitch.
I made a short video to show how it works. It’s not an in-depth tutorial; I just wanted to see if people are interested in learning more. If you'd like a full tutorial or more details, please let me know.
I'd love to hear your thoughts
PSA: @Bob@Pangolin gave permission to post this in a separate thread.
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