On Sun, Nov 27, 2005 at 11:51:37PM +0100, Olivier Guilyardi wrote: > Hi, > > I'm currently planning a live show using Jackbeat and modifying it for this > purpose. This is about music of course, but I'm also interested by controlling > lights, to warm the dancefloor up. > > The technology in this area seems to be named DMX, and there seem to be some > Linux driver project called dmx4linux, by the Linux Lighting Group. > > I'm not sure that this DMX technology is the solution to my problem. > Here's what I'd like to do : > - control 16 light sources > - control the luminosity level of each of these light sources (!= on/off) > - do this is in C from Linux > - for less than 400 ? (including light sources) > - building simple diy hardware is ok there's the behringer lc2412, it was about $150 USD and has 30 faders and 30 buttons which all send MIDI and DMX, or recieve MIDI (unmotorized) and convert to DMX (512 channels, but i dont know exactly what that means...you still need dimmer packs etc) . had to open it up and put some mineral oil on the faders to make them slide like a dj mixer, they were kind of slow by default but otherwise a decent deal if you dont mind stuff made in china and not totally "DIY" > > Any idea ? > > -- > og > > >
