In our band, we play with midi files ( we don't have a drummer ). This means that our timings are always excact and correct ( at least the ones from the midi
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I recently bought 8 led pars and 3 led washers. What I want to do now is to create a customised show for every song we are playing. The current setup is DXM channel 1 = midi note C0, DMX channel 2 = midi note C#0 ,... and so on.
This means that for instance, if I want a red color on LED par 1 ( which is on DMX 13 ), I have to play the note C1 .
I have tried to create a show with a midi sequencer, but this means a lot of work, since you have to manually write every note with the corresponding velocity for the brightness of the light.
So now I'm looking if there are easier tools available which can generate the midi file ( or sending and then recording with another sequencer ). For instance, smooth fading means writing 127 notes with decreasing velocity. Maybe this is a lot easier with a tool specially for writing light shows.
So bottom line, for every song we play, I want to have an unique lichtshow dedicated to that song. It should be easy to control on stage, since we don't have a seperate light man. And ideal would be the possibility to program offline ( now I have to setup all lights to see what I'm doing ).
Regards,
Walter