Hi.
I am not new to freestyler, but I mostly use it for simple shows.
In this next specific show, the theater director has a bunch of mp3 files and some light sequences have to be played when the music is on a certain second of the song.
We wanted to avoid doing that manually, because there are quite a few triggers to change the lights during the songs.
I was thinking of using a software to play the song and "send" the timecode triggers to freestyler, but I am not sure that freestyler can do that.
Also not sure I can do that internally on Freestyler, since all my research only showed me Freestyler reacting to music "live" but not on specific times of the songs or even file related.
Can anyone help me? what's the best solution for me to do that?
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Timecode with music file?
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Re: Timecode with music file?
Not sure this will work so just posting for your consideration.
You would need one sequence for each MP3 file. The sequence would have as many scenes as needed to change the lights per the requirements of the mp3 file. Each scene would have its running time set so that the next scene, and thus the light change, would happen at the correct second of the mp3 file.
The catch here is that the sequence and mp3 file would need to start at the same time. If you have a player that accepts midi input for control then that might be the solution - send the same midi note to both Freestyler and the mp3 player
Alternatively, it the software to play the song can send a midi signal at specified time codes then you could use Freestyler's midi interface to either start a long sequence (as above) or trigger individual, single scene sequences.
You would need one sequence for each MP3 file. The sequence would have as many scenes as needed to change the lights per the requirements of the mp3 file. Each scene would have its running time set so that the next scene, and thus the light change, would happen at the correct second of the mp3 file.
The catch here is that the sequence and mp3 file would need to start at the same time. If you have a player that accepts midi input for control then that might be the solution - send the same midi note to both Freestyler and the mp3 player
Alternatively, it the software to play the song can send a midi signal at specified time codes then you could use Freestyler's midi interface to either start a long sequence (as above) or trigger individual, single scene sequences.