Controlling Martin Mac500's
Posted: 03 Jun 2010, 15:26
Hello all,
I am new to Freestyler, been reading up on the tutorials and playing around with it for the last few days. I haven't gotten very far as I am stuck with a fundamental problem...
I am planning to use x6 Martin Mac 500's, x2 lasers, strobe, fog machine and a few parcans in a show we are putting together...I am very interested in Freestyler as I'll be able to do a lot of the programming before we even arrive at the venue. I am using Magic 3D Easyview to create a mock up of our stage to program the lights. I started with adding the 6 Mac 500's, but I just can not seem to control them correctly. I added them via the Add/Remove Fixtures interface and let it automatically deal with the DMX addresses. I can get some of the controls working on the 1st Mac 500 (but not all), but the other 5 seem to have a mind of their own. Like, if I adjust the pan/tilt of light one, light 3 changes colours even though I only have light one selected. The controls for the other 5 lights just don't do anything at all. I assume this is a DMX addressing issue? Maybe the link between Freestyler and Magic 3D Easyview needs tweeking?
I added the 6 lights using the fixture adder in Magic 3D Easyview and let it sort out the addressing. I also opened Magic 3D Easyview from the toolbar button in Freestyler after I had added the 6 Mac 500's.
Please can you help me out here, really want get cracking and design the scenes for this show...and prepare a video to show the artists what I am planning for them. Any advice or hints welcome!
Thanks!
I am new to Freestyler, been reading up on the tutorials and playing around with it for the last few days. I haven't gotten very far as I am stuck with a fundamental problem...
I am planning to use x6 Martin Mac 500's, x2 lasers, strobe, fog machine and a few parcans in a show we are putting together...I am very interested in Freestyler as I'll be able to do a lot of the programming before we even arrive at the venue. I am using Magic 3D Easyview to create a mock up of our stage to program the lights. I started with adding the 6 Mac 500's, but I just can not seem to control them correctly. I added them via the Add/Remove Fixtures interface and let it automatically deal with the DMX addresses. I can get some of the controls working on the 1st Mac 500 (but not all), but the other 5 seem to have a mind of their own. Like, if I adjust the pan/tilt of light one, light 3 changes colours even though I only have light one selected. The controls for the other 5 lights just don't do anything at all. I assume this is a DMX addressing issue? Maybe the link between Freestyler and Magic 3D Easyview needs tweeking?
I added the 6 lights using the fixture adder in Magic 3D Easyview and let it sort out the addressing. I also opened Magic 3D Easyview from the toolbar button in Freestyler after I had added the 6 Mac 500's.
Please can you help me out here, really want get cracking and design the scenes for this show...and prepare a video to show the artists what I am planning for them. Any advice or hints welcome!
Thanks!