shfr26 Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 (edited) This is brought up every year so I decided to do a pole. On average, how long does it take you to do 1 minute of a song. less than 128 channels? Edited October 20, 2012 by shfr26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Don Gillespie Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 I voted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Simmons Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 (edited) Pete - what does "doing a pole" have to do with your sequencing question? Or is this something you'd really rather not talk about?Or are you doing a 128-channel pole and want to know how long it will take to sequence?I'm heading out to wire my seven-pole matrix in the yard and then to "do" my six ordinary poles in the garage. I do my sequencing in the house, however... Hope that info helps you in some way. Edited October 20, 2012 by George Simmons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Fischer Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 You don't have a "1 to 2 hours" option I voted...Now someone needs to start a poll about a pole... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Harvey Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 I can't speak for 128 channels or less, but with my 400+ channels I estimate sequencing time at about 10 hours/minute of music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shfr26 Posted October 20, 2012 Author Share Posted October 20, 2012 (edited) Pete - what does "doing a pole" have to do with your sequencing question? Or is this something you'd really rather not talk about?Or are you doing a 128-channel pole and want to know how long it will take to sequence?I'm heading out to wire my seven-pole matrix in the yard and then to "do" my six ordinary poles in the garage. I do my sequencing in the house, however... Hope that info helps you in some way.I just have no reply George, sorry. Well maybe, but I would get warnings points so no.And Tim, Can you start a poll on how to do a pole vs doing a poll? Thanks. I am almost sorry I starded this thread , but lets have fun. Edited October 20, 2012 by shfr26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orville Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 Well I think it all depends on the song, my first year out it was taking me a very long time to do just a minute of a song, like forever, now depending on what I want the sequence to do, for 48, 64 or 80 channel sequences I can usually get something done anywhere from around 1 hour, but usually not more than 3-4 hours, 6 hours if I'm really tweaking it down.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LORi P Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 Could you please add a selection for 3 months per minute?Thank you,Jeff PS I'll bet I won't be the only one who votes for it...Boy Jeff, you are fast!!! This year it has taken me much longer than that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james campbell Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 I start out fast ,,,but by July and august it takes 12 beers per minute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miaskiewicz christian Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 Difficult to say : I have 64 channels with singing characters so I don't sequence linearilly and as I want the lyrics to fit perfectly with the mouths it takes a lot of time.I've voted "Too many to count". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasmadrive Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 OK.. first off I just read this and the part about "what does doing a Pole...." yielded a quantity of coffee from my nose and water in my eyes for the next few minutes! I did 136 channels last year and that was my first year. This year I am adding 96 more in DMX (maybe more if I get the props built in time). It took about 6-10 hrs for me to program a minute last year. I am a drummer so every hit just had to be right on the money.. so I did a lot of do overs.. (Wish I could just nudge a single effect on the time line..LOR??? )So adding the 96 channels this year has taken about 6 hrs to add to a song. Lots of do and redo to not over do it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryM Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 (edited) Well I think it all depends on the song, my first year out it was taking me a very long time to do just a minute of a song, like forever, now depending on what I want the sequence to do, for 48, 64 or 80 channel sequences I can usually get something done anywhere from around 1 hour, but usually not more than 3-4 hours, 6 hours if I'm really tweaking it down..why not let your cat do it since you said he is better and faster.. Edited October 21, 2012 by GaryM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubado Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 why not let your cat do it since you said he is better and faster.. Darn, you beat me to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
columbus27 Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 It takes me about two weeks. 5 mins here, 20 min there, a little adhd, then I'm done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Don Gillespie Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 Funny, it's usually the word "quick" when a female uses that line on me... JeffEspecially ones with racks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klayfish Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 (edited) Interesting reading...both about the poles and racks and the sequencing. I was kind of wondering this myself...about the sequencing that is. As a newbie trying to do just 16 channels, I've found that I've spent about 4 hours so far and I'm only 90 seconds into the song. I know I'll get better with experience, but I marvel at how you guys can sequence 84, 96+ channels. Don't you have to sequence a handful (or however many) for one feature..say a 3 color tree as an example.. all the way through the song, then start all over again for the next feature, on and on? I'd guess one song would take 20+ hours even for a veteran. Those of you who answered 2-3 hours, does that mean you can program a minute of sequencing for all 96 channels in 3 hours? Edited October 22, 2012 by Klayfish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Don Gillespie Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 160 channels in around 2-3 hours yup every element, then I stand outside when the show is on and treat people to free alcohol the way I got it figured is the drunker they are the better the show looks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_gifford Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 I voted (Less than an hour), but I think my vote may throw off the curve a little. I have roughly 4,500 channels this year, but they're all RGB pixels. I sequence a lot of them in groups with big color fades and chases and such. I'm thinking about 4 hours per minute of music. Realistically, probably around 15-20 minutes per minute of music for 128 channels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klayfish Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 160 channels in around 2-3 hours yup every element, Wow! How do you do it? Do you sequence large groups of channels at once? i.e. have 64 channels all doing a fade up, etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shfr26 Posted October 23, 2012 Author Share Posted October 23, 2012 Wow! How do you do it? Do you sequence large groups of channels at once? i.e. have 64 channels all doing a fade up, etc...You can't always believe what DonG says. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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