Drac Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 (edited) Hello all, While planning out how to spend my fun-dage I wanted to make sure I cover what I need. Right now I have a budget of about $800 for controllers, software and more lights. If the sale goes like last year's I am looking at about $600 for two controllers and the Advance S3 Suite. This year RGB is not in the budget so I am not sure whether Superstar is nessasary. It talks about the Auto Sequence but I'm a bit (ok more than a bit) confused if that is meant to be used standard LED and incandescents or just RGBs? I am looking for all the help I can get on music as I have little to no musical ability. Thanks,Jim Edited June 11, 2014 by Drac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1983ss454 Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 Superstar was a nice add on for me this year, I got the 2ccr package to sequence my ccp arches and I love the program and the things it does. Is it needed? No.. Honestly I haven't seen a decent sequence out of the auto sequence yet. Your better off borrowing other peoples free sequences and making them work for you. I did that for my first 2 years. I have no musical ability myself and learned the software quickly, but feeling how the music should move is still a work in progress. If you haven't watched or seen the tutorials made by john Storms I would recommend making about 2 hours to sit down and watch them. You can find them at "Listentoourlights" on YouTube. They are numbered 1 thru 4 about 30 min each.Extremely helpful. I watched them this past year in my 4th year and learned a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Simmons Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 The most help you can get with music is from the Beat Wizard. Be sure to order a software level which includes that. I have even less musical ability than you, and without the BW I'd never have had a show the first year, or any year after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbayjohn Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 Superstar is a nice add on but if your not running pixels yet maybe wait until next year to purchase it. You could buy a few pre made sequences as that helps in seeing how a pro sequences a song. It also comes with some advice on show layout. It's a cheap option so you could spend more on lights and a controller.Beat wizard is good for some songs that have a constant timings. There is also the VU Wizard and the Tapper Wizard to play with. LOR has a few Video Tutorials that are worthy of a viewing to help with the sequencing. For someone starting out in sequencing, I would also recommend watching Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drac Posted June 11, 2014 Author Share Posted June 11, 2014 Thanks gents. Will save the money for more lights. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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