Newbie - hardware / software control advice

[buffo]

I think you're confusing the LivePro beat-detection plugin with the Winamp Laser Visualization plugin. The beat-detection plug-in only works with LivePro. You run Winamp, set it to monitor the line-in port, launch the LivePro plug-in, and finally you run LivePro and select the plug-in as the source for your beat detection. The LivePro plug-in doesn't create any laser patterns on it's own. You just use it to sychronize all your LivePro creations to an external source of music.

On the other hand, the Winamp Laser Visualization plug-in was written by the same guy that wrote Winamp and the AVS visualizer (Justin Frankel). This plug-in works very similar to the default AVS visualizer, in that it makes cool patterns that are synchronized to the beat. It has presets just like AVS does, and you can edit the codes to create new ones if you want.

The difference is that the Laser Visualization plug-in sends the output to both a preview window on-screen *and* to your Pangolin controller in real time. So whatever you see in the preview window is also what your laser projector is displaying. The patterns are rather simple, and are nothing like what you can do with LivePro, but they are still cool in their own right. The whole thing runs completely within Winamp, so you don't need to have any other software running. You just launch Winamp and start the plug-in, and if you have your projector hooked up it will start displaying pretty images.

I thought there was a version of the Laser Visualization plug-in that worked with the FB3... I don't have an FB3, so I can't be sure, but I seem to remember reading several posts from people that have it running on their FB3's... I know there is a version for the QM-2000 though, because I run it all the time.

EDIT: Upon further examination, it appears I was confused. There is no Winamp Laser Visualization plugin for the FB3. My mistake! The posts I was referring to were *asking* for the plug-in form the LD-2000 system to be ported to the FB3, but this hasn't been done yet.

Adam

[Stuka]

LiveQuick = NoWinAmp plugin
Showrider = Can sync to winamp

LivePro (available separately) = Full WinAmp Plugin

Dan

Yep!

LivePro for the FB3 supports the WinAmp Audio plugin, but I don't know of a separate Winamp Laser Visualization Plugin for the FB3...but if there is one, I want it, too!!

[mrblack927]

...I don't know of a separate Winamp Laser Visualization Plugin for the FB3...but if there is one, I want it, too!!

I second that! This is the first time I'm hearing about this, but it sounds awesome. If anyone has any more information (link maybe?) specifically for a FB3 version, that would be great.

[buffo]

Sorry to have gotten your hopes up guys... I just did a little research this morning, and it turns out I was wrong... There is no Winamp Laser Visualization plug-in for the FB3. There were several posts talking about the possibility of porting the LD-2000 plug-in to the FB3, but this has not been done yet.

Adam

[drlava]

While we're on the subject of live players, has anyone used 'Box Performer' from 'Box Laser Industries' ?

[colouredmirrorball]

Oh well, Tap Sync is good for me. Only problem is that I have to press two buttons at the same moment, from the laser and the light software (still Freestyler of course)
But that are all dreams for now, as I don't have a FB3 sadly...


How hard can it be, a few little lines of program codes that link the Winamp Beat Detector (or something) to tap sync...

[Doc]

I'm sure it must be possible to trigger an emulated keypress from the beat detection. Hmmm, I'll have a look at this when I have some spare time.

[buffo]

Oh well, Tap Sync is good for me.
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How hard can it be, a few little lines of program codes that link the Winamp Beat Detector (or something) to tap sync...

No... You have it backwards. The Winamp beat-detection plug-in that works with LivePro will work with the FB3. It's the Laser Visualisation plug-in that only works with the QM-2000 board.

So if you get the FB3 and you buy LivePro, you can run the Winamp Beat Detection plug-in and use that to synchronize everything in LivePro to whatever music you have coming into Winamp via your line-in port.

Adam

[colouredmirrorball]

I was actually talking about LiveQuick.

[Stuka]

If you have the DMX board on your FB3, you can setup and upload all your cues with LiveQuick, then trigger and control them (with the FB3 USB connection unplugged) using DMX.

DMX control pretty much gives you the same functionality as LiveQuick, so if you already have DMX gear, that might be way to approach an audio-sync setup.