How to Sync to Music when Cue has lag?
Posted: 11 Oct 2018, 16:17
Hi!
I'm very much new to DMX. I have Enttec Open DMX USB and a simple RGBW light fixture to mess around with. The idea is to sync a light-show to music. The first problem I encountered was when creating sequences, you can only change the speed of the step by increments of 100 ms, making syncing up properly quite impossible if not using certain tempos (like 60, 100, 120, 150, 200 and so on). I was wondering if there's a way to control the speed of the steps with more finesse? I guess in the cue editor I can change the speed by a certain percentage to match the tempo of the song?
Second thing I noticed was when I added a few sequences to the cue list and then played the whole thing with the music in the background. When cues change to the next one, there seems to be some latency there between the cues. I could notice the lightshow going off-sync after 2-3 cues, getting worse from there on out. Is this not the way to do a pre-programmed show that syncs up with the music? I double checked the sequences, when played and looped to the music in the sequence editor everything syncs up fine. Maybe I'm just misunderstanding what the cue editor is for and have to use a different tool for my purposes?
What I'm trying to do is achieve a pre-programmed show that you can just press a button to play and it will sync up with a song properly without going off-sync. Is this even possible with Freestyler? Thanks!
I'm very much new to DMX. I have Enttec Open DMX USB and a simple RGBW light fixture to mess around with. The idea is to sync a light-show to music. The first problem I encountered was when creating sequences, you can only change the speed of the step by increments of 100 ms, making syncing up properly quite impossible if not using certain tempos (like 60, 100, 120, 150, 200 and so on). I was wondering if there's a way to control the speed of the steps with more finesse? I guess in the cue editor I can change the speed by a certain percentage to match the tempo of the song?
Second thing I noticed was when I added a few sequences to the cue list and then played the whole thing with the music in the background. When cues change to the next one, there seems to be some latency there between the cues. I could notice the lightshow going off-sync after 2-3 cues, getting worse from there on out. Is this not the way to do a pre-programmed show that syncs up with the music? I double checked the sequences, when played and looped to the music in the sequence editor everything syncs up fine. Maybe I'm just misunderstanding what the cue editor is for and have to use a different tool for my purposes?
What I'm trying to do is achieve a pre-programmed show that you can just press a button to play and it will sync up with a song properly without going off-sync. Is this even possible with Freestyler? Thanks!