DMX initial setup

VST Live
1

I’m very new to DMX. Is there a posibility to have an initial setup when selecting a song/part, like with MIDI devices?

2

Hi @Falfango,

at the moment I can not understand your request. Can you give me some hints, maybe a description about the missing workflow? Maybe a picture? Sometimes picture can help here a lot.

Thank you,
Michael.

3

Hi @Falfango just guessing as Michael, …

  • you mean some that sends ZERO for all channels? Or
  • some “basic” pre-defined dmx-ch level that is present for all newly created songs?
4

@fkalmus you’re right. I want to send values to channels, when selecting a song/part. Mostly will be 0 to turn the lamps off, but some lamps I will turn on.

But this is not for newly created song. It is for existing song to define a predefined set of channel values, when a song becomes active.

5

Okay. I will write you 2 sols:

  • create one DMX track set/draw these then Copy/paste to another songs
  • as soon u’re done with an empty, save as def. song
6

That doesn’t help. cause I have to press play to send. What I want is, like for MIDI tracks, that everything on 1.0.0 (or an equivalent solution) is send by selecting the song.

7

Okay, then in preferences (DMX) there is an option

At STOP → BLACKOUT
That will send ZERO for all dmx channels

NOTE:
With DMX the industry standard is to always keep last received levels

So probably better to set the desired ch levels at the end of “previous songs”.

8

Thanx for the hint with preferences. This solves at least one issue.

It’s a very poor solution, as the song chain varies from setlist to setlist. As a workaround I think of “songs”, which are only one bar long and stops at the end. So I can set them before the choosen song,

9

That will work too :wink: