Tim Dorr Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 Charles Belcher wrote: 176 hours to program a three minutes song with 3500 channels at a rate of .33 Channel-Minutes And I thought 9-12 hours to sequence a 3-minute song was a long time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale J Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 55 and first year with any computer controll LOR of course, well hopefully first year i still don't have anything ready for this year but working on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Videoguy84 Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 55 and first year with any computer controll LOR of course, well hopefully first year i still don't have anything ready for this year but working on itYou're not the only one. I usually don't start until after Halloween and sometimes even later, but still manage to pull it off every year. Then again my lights don't go on until Christmas Eve and are only shown that one night, my lightshow is a bit different then you might expect...but let's not get too far off topic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShowProKevin Posted October 15, 2008 Author Share Posted October 15, 2008 Charles Belcher wrote:I am 59 years old, 4th year of LOR animated with 3500 channels this year split up into 3200 channels of DMX and 300 channels of conventional.How long does it take to program that many channels. Let's do the math.The first year I had 80 channels and it took about 4-5 hours per minute of song to program. The second year I had 126 channels and it took around 6-8 hours per minute of song to program. Last year I had 227 channels and it took around 10-12 hours per minute of song to program.I have never seen a formula posted to reflect the ratio of programming time to number of channels but I will apply the Rate, Time and Distance formula and substitute “channels per minute” for “miles per hour”. So, with this; Rate=channels per minute; Time=high and low programming time; Distance=number of channels. I will call the Rate=”Channel-Minutes”.____________________________80 channelslow side (4 hours of programming per minute of song)= a rate of .33 channels per minute or .33 Channel-Minuteshigh side (5 hours of programming per minute of song)= a rate of .25 channels per minute or .25 Channel-Minutes126 channelslow side (6 hours of programming per minute of song)= a rate of .35 channels per minuteor .35 Channel-Minuteshigh side (8 hours of programming per minute of song)= a rate of .26 channels per minute or .26 Channel-Minutes227 channelslow side (10 hours of programming per minute of song)= a rate of .38 channels per minute or .38 Channel-Minuteshigh side (12 hours of programming per minute of song)= a rate of .32 channels per minute or .32 Channel-Minutes We actually pick up a little speed as the channels increase.___________________________Now for the fun part:This year my 3500 channels work out this way. T=D/R orT=3500/.33 Channel-Minutes…T=10,606 minutes or176 hours to program a three minutes song with 3500 channels at a rate of .33 Channel-Minutes I assume I will pick up a little more speed as the channels increase and use a rate of .50 channels per minute. At this rate I will need to spend the following time programming a 3 minute song: T=D/R orT=3500/.50 Channel-Minutes…T=7,000 minutes or116.66 hours to program a three minutes song with 3500 channels at a rate of .50 Channel-Minutes CharlesHow many physical DMX units are you using? And what type of dmx units are you using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Belcher Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 ShowProKevin wrote: Charles Belcher wrote:I am 59 years old, 4th year of LOR animated with 3500 channels this year split up into 3200 channels of DMX and 300 channels of conventional.How long does it take to program that many channels. Let's do the math.The first year I had 80 channels and it took about 4-5 hours per minute of song to program. The second year I had 126 channels and it took around 6-8 hours per minute of song to program. Last year I had 227 channels and it took around 10-12 hours per minute of song to program.I have never seen a formula posted to reflect the ratio of programming time to number of channels but I will apply the Rate, Time and Distance formula and substitute “channels per minute” for “miles per hour”. So, with this; Rate=channels per minute; Time=high and low programming time; Distance=number of channels. I will call the Rate=”Channel-Minutes”.____________________________80 channelslow side (4 hours of programming per minute of song)= a rate of .33 channels per minute or .33 Channel-Minuteshigh side (5 hours of programming per minute of song)= a rate of .25 channels per minute or .25 Channel-Minutes126 channelslow side (6 hours of programming per minute of song)= a rate of .35 channels per minuteor .35 Channel-Minuteshigh side (8 hours of programming per minute of song)= a rate of .26 channels per minute or .26 Channel-Minutes227 channelslow side (10 hours of programming per minute of song)= a rate of .38 channels per minute or .38 Channel-Minuteshigh side (12 hours of programming per minute of song)= a rate of .32 channels per minute or .32 Channel-MinutesWe actually pick up a little speed as the channels increase.___________________________Now for the fun part:This year my 3500 channels work out this way.T=D/R orT=3500/.33 Channel-Minutes…T=10,606 minutes or176 hours to program a three minutes song with 3500 channels at a rate of .33 Channel-MinutesI assume I will pick up a little more speed as the channels increase and use a rate of .50 channels per minute. At this rate I will need to spend the following time programming a 3 minute song:T=D/R orT=3500/.50 Channel-Minutes…T=7,000 minutes or116.66 hours to program a three minutes song with 3500 channels at a rate of .50 Channel-MinutesCharlesHow many physical DMX units are you using? And what type of dmx units are you using?I am using the following DMX fixtures/devices:(2) HES Studio Color 575(2) HES Studio Spot 250(8) Chauvet Colorado 3 wash fixtures in 3 different zones(1) HES F100 fog machine(2) American DJ snow machines(1) Bluepoint Engineering DMX/DC motor controller for the flying angel(36) Acclaim LED tube lights each 39" x2" with 10 pixels of RGB for a total of 30 channels per unit on the house eves and roof(60)Additional LED tube lights on a 10' wide x 7' high aluminum frame and pixel mapped to a media server to playback color, textures, .wmv videos, jpg's and text.Lot's of fun and lot's of time. I start the installation next Monday.Charles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Posted October 16, 2008 Share Posted October 16, 2008 I am 52 and have been decorating for 18 years. Have been using LOR for six years I think. You start losing your memory around the second child! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShowProKevin Posted October 16, 2008 Author Share Posted October 16, 2008 Charles Belcher wrote: I am using the following DMX fixtures/devices:(2) HES Studio Color 575(2) HES Studio Spot 250(8) Chauvet Colorado 3 wash fixtures in 3 different zones(1) HES F100 fog machine(2) American DJ snow machines(1) Bluepoint Engineering DMX/DC motor controller for the flying angel(36) Acclaim LED tube lights each 39" x2" with 10 pixels of RGB for a total of 30 channels per unit on the house eves and roof(60)Additional LED tube lights on a 10' wide x 7' high aluminum frame and pixel mapped to a media server to playback color, textures, .wmv videos, jpg's and text.Lot's of fun and lot's of time. I start the installation next Monday.CharlesAwesome! Please start a new thread immediately when you have some pics and vids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmclaren Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Brand new at 42 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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