Summary: <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> This week on the podcast is our Q+A Tuesday and we will be answering your questions! Today, we have a little bit of everything from DMX Basics to ONYX, and much more!<br> <br> <br> <br> If you have a question you would like to share be sure to submit it here: <a href="https://www.learnstagelighting.com/contact/">Contact Form</a> and there will be an option to allow you to leave your voice message. <br> <br> <br> <br> This week I am on my way to <a href="https://www.sweetwater.com/gearfest/">Gearfest 2019</a> which is a cool trade show that focuses on the music industry as well as lighting. I’ll be heading up there to hang out with the crew from ENTTEC.<br> <br> <br> <br> Main Segment (1:30)<br> <br> <br> <br> Mike (1:32): I’m a retired old codger who wants to set up his living room like a disco, at least a bit! I’ve bought a mirror ball, a motor, and a DMX light, but I don’t know whether the light is right for it. I was thinking of something smaller, but the shop didn’t have anything else. <br> <br> <br> <br> What I think I need to know is:1. What DMX controller should I buy?2. Will microphone cables do to hook up the light?3. What’s a good position to set up the light so it strikes the mirror ball? <br> <br> <br> <br> All of these answers really depends on how you want your lights to look and what you want to do.<br> <br> <br> <br> With a DMX Controller, I think you really just need something simple that can handle a couple of lights and change colors. For that I recommend this <a href="https://www.amazon.com/CHAUVET-DJ-OBEY4-Controller-Controllers/dp/B004A8ZNCI/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=chauvet+obey+4&qid=1559828167&s=gateway&sr=8-3">CHAUVET DJ LED Lighting (OBEY4)</a>.<br> <br> <br> <br> For the light you have, it looks like you have a 3 channel LED Par which will work with the controller I mentioned. What you’re looking for is more of a pin spotlight. I recommend looking at this <a href="https://www.amazon.com/ADJ-Products-PINSPOT-LED-QUAD/dp/B00KZHQYVM/ref=sr_1_7?keywords=pinspot+LED&qid=1559829427&s=gateway&sr=8-7">ADJ Pinspot Unit</a>.<br> <br> <br> <br> You were wondering about the microphone cables. I highly recommend going with DMX cables instead but if you’re just looking to hook up one or two lights then the microphone cables may work.<br> <br> <br> <br> For the position of light I would suggest positioning the point of the light right at the ball to light up the ceiling. If you’re looking for more of a floor coverage then just tilt the down a bit to shift if to the floor.<br> <br> <br> <br> Axel (7:02): I’m working on setting up onyx on my laptop with all the patches and cuelists of my work computer which is MPC still, the transition has been flawless. except when I try and set up some fixtures on the 2d viewer I can’t seem to place any fixture it just gets stuck on draw a line to place fixtures, yet no matter what I do I can’t seem to place any fixtures at all.<br> <br> <br> <br> What I would recommend with most issues with ONYX on a PC is to make sure your Windows is completely up to date. Then, I would re-install the latest version of ONYX on your computer and see if that will do it.<br> <br> <br> <br> If that doesn’t work then there is a program or an app that is conflicting with the ONYX program. In that case, back up your computer first and then go to the Windows 10 center and reset the PC have it wipe everything and start with a clean slate.<br> <br> <br> <br> Worla (10:00): Hi there, thanks so much for answering my last question. I just have a quick follow up question, please. In the video, you made mention of using a DMX splitter which can make a console take more fixtures than it’s capacity. I want to know the numbers, for example, a 512dmx console can take 32 fixtures.
