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    Default ChamSys MIDI/DMX ---> LSX/EasyLaseII?

    Title says it all..

    ..would I have to contact ChamSys, fill out a report on their site, and then pray to the computer gods?
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    You haven't really given much info in your post (and some might argue your title doesn't really say it all...), so I doubt filling out a form with Chamsys would elicit much more of a response.

    I would suggest praying in this instance, unless more info forthcoming


    What exactly are you trying to get out of Chamsys, midi, DMX, or both? Given that it's a lighting desk, DMX output is sort of assumed (in various forms, DMX, ArtNet, etc).
    Midi should also be possible, but you might need one of their midi boxes to unlock functionality of you're just using the software.

    I've no idea about LSX, but if it supports ArtNet then you're away on the DMX end of things. I would imagine it supports midi controller messages as people use hardware controllers with it already.
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    info > prayer

    Well, ultimately I'd like my chamsys mini wing to control my home made 3W RGB lasers/galvos(40kpps)..


    DACs supported by LSX
    • Etherdream
    • Moncha
    • Moncha .net
    • Fiesta
    • RIYA Multibus (and PCI)
    • Mamba (via .mld interface)
    • Easylase I and II <---------------------------------------(I own)
    • NetLase
    • LDS (USB DAC)
    • QM2000 (.net should work, too)
    • Lumax (also Laserworld DAC)

    Are these DACs chamsys friendly?

    Quick screenshot of some options on LSX.. (nothing is listed under MIDI inputs) I could post more options if needed, no problem: http://i.imgur.com/xr2tXzY.jpg

    So it seems I would need to get something like these?--
    http://www.chamsys.co.uk/midismpte

    http://www.artisticlicence.com/index..._id=&order_id=


    Thanks, I'll find out if LSX likes ArtNet.. to be continued...

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    LSX is quite midi controllable.

    http://youtu.be/1MZOI4DFgsU


    Quote Originally Posted by nnasire View Post
    info > prayer

    Well, ultimately I'd like my chamsys mini wing to control my home made 3W RGB lasers/galvos(40kpps)..


    DACs supported by LSX
    • Etherdream
    • Moncha
    • Moncha .net
    • Fiesta
    • RIYA Multibus (and PCI)
    • Mamba (via .mld interface)
    • Easylase I and II <---------------------------------------(I own)
    • NetLase
    • LDS (USB DAC)
    • QM2000 (.net should work, too)
    • Lumax (also Laserworld DAC)

    Are these DACs chamsys friendly?

    Quick screenshot of some options on LSX.. (nothing is listed under MIDI inputs) I could post more options if needed, no problem: http://i.imgur.com/xr2tXzY.jpg

    So it seems I would need to get something like these?--
    http://www.chamsys.co.uk/midismpte

    http://www.artisticlicence.com/index..._id=&order_id=


    Thanks, I'll find out if LSX likes ArtNet.. to be continued...
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    Chamsys friendly DACs? I think you got a few things confused :P

    As far as I know, only Easylase DMX is supported in LSX. Maybe Etherdream DMX as well but I don't think that's the case. I believe it will though once the new update is out. There was also talk about the Enttec Usb Pro but we'll see how far that goes...

    Tell me exactly what you want to do. Is your "Chamsys" software or hardware? If it's hardware, it either has a real MIDI port and/or it connects via USB to the computer, in which case it needs a MIDI driver. Please provide some links and documentation.
    If it's software, it needs to send midi signals to a virtual midi port. It acts as virtual "wires" between all your MIDI programs. The one I'm currently using is LoopBe, which works well but is limited to only one "wire" in the free version. It shows up as a regular MIDI port as if it was hardware under all midi supporting programs.
    Does Chamsys support OSC? Maybe this is better than MIDI...

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    thanks swamidog, excited to play with some abstract stuff

    http://i.imgur.com/xr2tXzY.jpg
    This is a quick screen shot of me trying to follow that tutorial from cmb. (not getting a chamsys mini wing in the drop down MIDI option, and I have no idea what Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth is?)

    I also ran into this one: http://forum.thelightingcontroller.c...t=1499&start=0
    However, it's a mystery where the 'control board' is on Step 1. It says to right-click it in order to bring up the MIDI Patch options. Not sure what program he is running..

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    Quote Originally Posted by colouredmirrorball View Post
    Chamsys friendly DACs? I think you got a few things confused :P

    As far as I know, only Easylase DMX is supported in LSX. Maybe Etherdream DMX as well but I don't think that's the case. I believe it will though once the new update is out. There was also talk about the Enttec Usb Pro but we'll see how far that goes...

    Tell me exactly what you want to do. Is your "Chamsys" software or hardware? If it's hardware, it either has a real MIDI port and/or it connects via USB to the computer, in which case it needs a MIDI driver. Please provide some links and documentation.
    If it's software, it needs to send midi signals to a virtual midi port. It acts as virtual "wires" between all your MIDI programs. The one I'm currently using is LoopBe, which works well but is limited to only one "wire" in the free version. It shows up as a regular MIDI port as if it was hardware under all midi supporting programs.
    Does Chamsys support OSC? Maybe this is better than MIDI...

    my Chamsys Mini Wing (http://www.chamsys.co.uk/miniwing) auto runs MagicQ software via usb on my laptop. --and I've been unsuccessful in finding MIDI drivers :/

    Here's some info from the chamsys website:
    In order to connect your lighting fixtures to MagicQ you will generally need a DMX interface. MagicQ supports a range of different DMX Interfaces, both from ChamSys and from other manufacturers. MagicQ software supports the Peperoni, DMX4ALL, Enttec Pro, Nicholaudie, Sunlite and Velleman interfaces on the first Universe. MagicQ software is free and can be downloaded from our web site.

    DMX512
    ArtNet (I, II and III)
    Pathport
    ACN Streaming DMX
    Shownet
    MIDI Notes (in and out)*
    MIDI Timecode (in and out)*
    MIDI Show Control*
    EBU-25, SMPTE30, NTSC30 and Film 24 Timecode*
    CITP
    MSEX Media Server Exchange
    HIPPO NET (V1,V2, V3)
    CATALYST THUMBNAIL Support
    Generic Media Server Thumbnail CSV
    WYSIWYG Auto Focus and Auto Patch
    Chamsys Remote Control Protocol (via serial RS232)
    Chamsys Remote Control Protocol (via Ethernet)
    Windows File sharing (MagicQ consoles)
    Web Server (HTTP)
    * via MIDI/Timecode Interface option


    I don't believe OSC is supported by Chamsys: https://secure.chamsys.co.uk/forum/v...php?f=4&t=2220
    LoopBe1 has been noted

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    Let me have a look. I have a clone of the Enttec Pro (the DMX King) so I guess I could just install MagicQ and see if I can get it to talk to LSX. Who knows, maybe I like it more than Freestyler!

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    Sweet.. for science! Appreciate all the aid, the learning curve is worth while..! (undergoing you're lesson course now. Do you take paypal? lol)

    As a pre-caution, is this any of my interests? http://www.chamsys.co.uk/midismpte

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    Hehe thanks... if enough people shout they want to throw money at me I might look into opening up a donation page. I've been thinking of selling access to a Google Drive folder with some interesting effects I came up with in the past.

    The thing you listed is for synching to an external SMPTE source. Read up on Wikipedia about SMPTE... it's basically audio signals (like bleeps and such, not sure how they actually sound like, it's data not real audio) played synchroniously to a video file for synching external audio and such. It's pretty old (dating from the analog age) but it's still used. This device is specifically for an external hardware source of SMPTE signals so I don't think it's really of use here since all is happening on one laptop. If you were working together with a VJ who can provide SMPTE, or a DJ or something like that, you would need this.
    You can send SMPTE over an audio signal as well as a digital MIDI signal (same principle but with midi instead of audio).

    EDIT: It's also a midi interface, as Norty said.

    Microsoft General Synth is the default built-in MIDI bank of Windows. It won't send MIDI signals to the program, but if you used a MIDI event and sent some notes to it, it should play on the system. *goes to verify*

    Edit: verified. Set the MIDI out to Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth, then place a MIDI event, midi command note on, note 60, velocity 127 and play it, should play the C continuously. Haven't figured out how to change the instrument but it's one of the controls :P
    Last edited by colouredmirrorball; 12-09-2013 at 12:46. Reason: Read the description too fast

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