I figured this topic goes best in the Cuelux forum, feel free to move it.
First of all, just wanted to let you guys know how excited i am about Cuelux, i've been watching from afar for a while because it fits perfectly with the way we operate as a band. So let me fill you in real quick...
I'm not sure how much you guys know about sound engineering and operation but basically, our entire rig revolves around technology, aka: Macs, and the MIDI. In a live setting we run and process, and mix all instruments through a Mac Pro using Ableton Live 7, and then run direct to the PA system, this is where the midi starts and where Cuelux seems to fit so perfectly...
Using an airport and the audio midi setup standard on the macs, I use a copy of Live 7 on my macbook, wires free from the back of the room to send midi notes over the wireless network to trigger corresponding midi notes on the onstage Mac Pro which allows me to control all faders, eq's, etc... So basically midi allows me to control the entrie show wirelessly in a very wysiwyg format.
Secondly we use a seperate session of midi as well as a Behringer MIDI foot controller to trigger all samples directly on the Mac Pro, many of these simultaneously trigger a macbook (wirelessly via midi) in the back of the room to cue video feeds.
By the way, this is by far the short version of what we do, the iPhones add a whole other world of experimentation
So basically, because of Cuelux's MIDI capabilities I'm extremely excited to try to move the lighting sector of our performance into the wireless, Mac-centric, digital format that works so well for us.
All I need to do is find a reliable process by which to control either a DMX/MIDI converter or a way to do it. This is the problem, because i'm not quite on top of this aspect of the lighting industry, and i was wondering, if you guys could help me figure this out, because you don't know how much i'd appreciate it, as well as how much i appreciate what you guys are doing now.
Also I want you to know that you have reliable fan(s) in Pennsylvania, U.S. that will try to push your program to and beyond its capabilities. So i'll probably stick around. Thanks guys!