Frankieswi Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 Hey, CLASS (Chrismas Light Addict Super Stars), does this sound like a good idea to you? Often, I find I have multiple sets of lights on the same element of my display, and I want to do an alternating function like red on and blue off, the red off and blue on.....or one fading up while the other fades down. Generally, I have it in a steady beat....like 4 seconds of on, 4 off, so all I do is copy the one I've sequenced and paste it with a 4 second offset on the other, thus creating an alternating effect, which still requires some tweaking afterward. Where I really get difficulty is on functions like the VU meter. Yes, there are times when I wish I could create an alternating on/off using that VU function, but its VERY time consuming. I think the LOR programmers should be able to add that functionality a lot easier than I can sequence it, and with 99.9% accuracy..... any ideas? is there a suggestion box? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibblejr Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 On 10/15/2018 at 1:30 PM, Frankieswi said: Hey, CLASS (Chrismas Light Addict Super Stars), does this sound like a good idea to you? Often, I find I have multiple sets of lights on the same element of my display, and I want to do an alternating function like red on and blue off, the red off and blue on.....or one fading up while the other fades down. Generally, I have it in a steady beat....like 4 seconds of on, 4 off, so all I do is copy the one I've sequenced and paste it with a 4 second offset on the other, thus creating an alternating effect, which still requires some tweaking afterward. Where I really get difficulty is on functions like the VU meter. Yes, there are times when I wish I could create an alternating on/off using that VU function, but its VERY time consuming. I think the LOR programmers should be able to add that functionality a lot easier than I can sequence it, and with 99.9% accuracy..... any ideas? is there a suggestion box? There is an LOR suggestion email address, I just cant remember it. Maybe someone will chime in but it is the busy time of year. Personally nothing (software wise) can compare to the human hand pecking at a sequence. It is time consuming but well worth it. Easiest way is to find the instrumental music sheets for whatever song you are sequencing. Normally online you can get them for free or a small fee. JR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItsMeBobO Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 On 10/15/2018 at 1:30 PM, Frankieswi said: Hey, CLASS (Chrismas Light Addict Super Stars), does this sound like a good idea to you? Often, I find I have multiple sets of lights on the same element of my display, and I want to do an alternating function like red on and blue off, the red off and blue on.....or one fading up while the other fades down. Generally, I have it in a steady beat....like 4 seconds of on, 4 off, so all I do is copy the one I've sequenced and paste it with a 4 second offset on the other, thus creating an alternating effect, which still requires some tweaking afterward. Where I really get difficulty is on functions like the VU meter. Yes, there are times when I wish I could create an alternating on/off using that VU function, but its VERY time consuming. I think the LOR programmers should be able to add that functionality a lot easier than I can sequence it, and with 99.9% accuracy..... any ideas? is there a suggestion box? Please post some pictures. I think this manipulation could be done as a mode of AutoFlip . Are you doing this exclusively on regular channels? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankieswi Posted November 27, 2018 Author Share Posted November 27, 2018 On 10/17/2018 at 10:21 AM, ItsMeBobO said: Please post some pictures. I think this manipulation could be done as a mode of AutoFlip . Are you doing this exclusively on regular channels? I'm not sure what pics you want.....its more of a general question to me.... if you mean AC light channels, then yes. Mostly, I do like using the VU meter tool....so if I say "turn on channel x 77% of the time", then I might like to turn OFF channel y 23% of the time. For the most part, it works pretty well, but there seems to be times where I end up with both channels on.....like 77% might really be 77.3%, and 23% might really be 23.4%, so there is an overlap. (?) Usually, if its significant, I just re-select my percentages, and I can get it very close to perfect. I just wish there was a tool to do it....select one section (part of or all of a row), and tell it to do the opposite. With fades its pretty easy, as you know. with the VU, and I typically time at 1/10 of a second, you might see something that looks like a fraction of that tenth.....literally a flicker. Trying to make another channel on for the duration of that tenth is a challenge! okay, maybe I'm just being picky....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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