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2. Adding of a effect (symptom)
3. Setting of the Effect (symptom)
1. Sound card setup
When switched on, it is
necessary to set up the sound card. The dialog box for setting can be found in
the upper menu of the main Music Visualisation box – item: Configuration\Audio Setting.
It is possible to choose any sound
card for the music analysis (item Select Sound Card) and the input, from which
the analysis is done (item Select Record Input). The most important items that
can be used for input are:
Microphone
- analysis
is done using connected microphone
Input from external source (Line In)
- analysis
can be done from the input line of the sound card
Stereo Mix, Mono Mix, Wave
-
the
programme analyses the music, which is played by any programme on the PC.
The inputs can be set also in Volume
control, which is a standard component of Windows in menu “Audio record”. There
it is also possible to set the concrete volume for the record (in this case for
the analysis).
2. Adding of a effect (symptom)
In the lower part of the
main window, there is a choice of music symptoms, which then control the
connected light technology/hardware. For trial, you can at first choose the
symptom, which shows the level of overall volume – e.g. Intensity in freq.
It can be added to the list of active symptoms (effects) by clicking on + Add.
After running the programme by the “Run” button, the actual volume will begin
to show. With this volume you can for example influence the light intensity of
the bulb or the motion of the scanner mirror.
3. Setting
of the Effect (symptom)
By clicking on the symptom’s
name in the list or by pressing the Setup button, the dialog box for Symptom
Setting displays.
In DMX512 Channel Output
item, you can set any channel (in range 0 to 511), which is to influence the
given symptom (effect). Output on the DMX 512 line (from USB-DMX512 Interface)
is displayed in the DMX output box (therefore only first 48 channels).
Not only one channel but
a whole scene or chase (sequence of scenes) can be added to a symptom. Scenes
can be set in the Scene Setting dialog box, which can be activated by choosing
item Windows\Scene Setting in the main Music Visualization window. Saved scenes
have ending .sc and chase has .ch. These files then appear in the Symptom
Setting dialog box in item Alternatively Select Scene.
The symptom can be set
using scroll bar. The first one called Threshold
sets the sensitivity threshold – the function is dependent on a concrete
symptom. Either:
a) the output is zero
when some output value is lower than the threshold
- e.g. by Beat
Detection, Silent Detection, Move Volume Speed, primary Color
b) or it sets the output
sensitivity (it multiplies the output value)
- e.g. by Bass Level
Output, Mid Level Output, High Level Output,
Intensity in freq,
Intensity in Time, Average Bass, Average Mid, Average
Bass, Average Mid,
Average High, Submaster
The second Backwardness Cutoff scroll bar sets according to the type of the
symptom:
a) the delay, by which
the output is deactivated (it does not delay the
output activation)
- e.g. by Beat
Detection, Strobo Enabler, Bass Level Output, Mid Level
output, High Level
Output
b) or the speed
- e.g. by Move Volume
Speed, Test