MIDI-to-DMX for Drum Machine and Keyboard

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Jun 27, 2017
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MIDI-to-DMX for Drum Machine and Keyboard

Hi, I started developing a product and wanted to see how much interest there is, whether I should go further with it, and if so what direction. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Here are a few videos of programs that I wrote for some DIY hardware:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wacQq0BH-R0
Color changes. (A friend played drum machine, that's not me.)


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7StldqPQSw
Note colors for MIDI files or keyboard.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2HykHX9Zgs
Translating lights for drum machine.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pse4q63EEfg
Note positions for MIDI files or keyboard.

Basically, I wrote code for fade-offs, color changes, and color mixing which seem to be uncommon in MIDI-to-DMX products and DIY. There's also a very brief fade-up on the MIDI file videos which is easier to see in real life.

Is this something that interests you, or do you feel like it's already been done enough with other products, or would you rather use other lighting techniques instead? Also wondering how many DJ's are using MIDI.

Thanks for taking a look.

Perry
 
Interesting to see what you're doing as I haven't seen too much MIDI control of lighting. But from what I've seen MIDI for Mobile DJs is mostly in DJ software controllers. It's rare for a mobile DJ to use any other device with MIDI since we play back (and manipulate) audio files. Lighting is usually controlled with DMX without MIDI.
 
Midi control might be useful for those that have secondary personnel to manage the lights .. for solo guys, something that is more of a sound to music converter (using the Aeon Blackbird PFX as an example - AEON RAVEN - DMX BLACKBIRD PFX edition ) might be welcome. The Aeon seems to do a bunch of things, but yours seems to do more ..
 
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Very interesting to hear. Thanks Jas and Steve. I'm going to have to research these DJ software controllers to see what kind of MIDI commands are being sent. Note-on's and note-off's work for this, not program/control/system type messages. Sounds like setup time is a big factor. It is easy to use when running, but a lot of settings to adjust ahead of time.
 
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