Synchronizing Light Software with Beyond - How To Do?
Hello,
in the next show that I serve we need controlling of lasers AND complex light.
So I want to use my favorite programs "Pangolin Beyond" and "DreamSolutions LightFactory".
Now there are three questions:
1) Is it possible to run both programs coincidental on one laptop with one software running the music and timeline-programmed cues in the foreground and the other software covered behind the first and controlled with a MIDI-controller (like APC 40 or BCF2000) to trigger the cues (or fade the subgroups for lights)?
- Is this possible?
- Will the power of the laptop be enough for running both programs (it´s an ASUS laptop with Intel core i7, 24GB RAM and SSD-drive running on Windows 8.1)?
2) Would it be possible to synchronize BOTH programs to the music, e.g. running the complete lasershow with music on Beyond and LightFactory is "listening" to the timecode of Beyond to synchronize a timecode-programmed lightshow or conversely (like it is possible to do between LightFactory and Winamp)??
3) As the top solution it would be fine to also run Winamp on the laptop as a master for music and Beyond as well as LightFactory will synchronize their timecode-programmed shows to the timecode of Winamp (so while the show is running, I only have to start the different songs in Winamp)?
Does anybody have experiences in this item and can help me out?
Regards,
Reinhardt
Hello,
in the next show that I serve we need controlling of lasers AND complex light.
So I want to use my favorite programs "Pangolin Beyond" and "DreamSolutions LightFactory".
Now there are three questions:
1) Is it possible to run both programs coincidental on one laptop with one software running the music and timeline-programmed cues in the foreground and the other software covered behind the first and controlled with a MIDI-controller (like APC 40 or BCF2000) to trigger the cues (or fade the subgroups for lights)?
- Is this possible?
- Will the power of the laptop be enough for running both programs (it´s an ASUS laptop with Intel core i7, 24GB RAM and SSD-drive running on Windows 8.1)?
2) Would it be possible to synchronize BOTH programs to the music, e.g. running the complete lasershow with music on Beyond and LightFactory is "listening" to the timecode of Beyond to synchronize a timecode-programmed lightshow or conversely (like it is possible to do between LightFactory and Winamp)??
3) As the top solution it would be fine to also run Winamp on the laptop as a master for music and Beyond as well as LightFactory will synchronize their timecode-programmed shows to the timecode of Winamp (so while the show is running, I only have to start the different songs in Winamp)?
Does anybody have experiences in this item and can help me out?
Regards,
Reinhardt
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