Here's the January concert break, so I got the idea to modulate the iPad to MixingStation, so I can control Chamys wirelessly. Sure, Chamys Remote, or even if Light Rider is an alternative to light controls, but they are when there are separate apps, so here the idea is to take care of everything with one and the same app, which makes the switch from sound to light in seconds.
Let's start by going through the surface of that sound side of the road, if it's interesting. 🙂
At the top of the left side there are different flaps (monitor, channel, FX and Lights). I also left the "home" button, because if I accidentally return from the monitor view with MS's own "back" button, then the selected Sands on Fader will remain, and will not return to the official LR mix. Home namiska always reset the SoF selection.
Then take a look at that monitor view next.
The view is pretty much normal, except for the chicken groups, when I have a basic view on the left side, so I did the same here. Top mix options that activate the traditional style of the SoF function. The return of the basic mix to the view with the Home button, which reset the SoF. There is a perfectly standard view of the SoF, and the channel groups are both on the right side, but in this style, I think that is clearer.
The next step in the transition is the Channel, which I did not make any major changes to.
I just brought the chicken block as big as the screen. This is because for some plugers the settings of the mix view in the channel block are so small that it is difficult to make changes to them. With this model, the size of the plugin window can be maximized. Below is an example of a multiband campus, which is one of the plugers, which are somewhat challenging in a shared view. Of course, the parameters are also very visible, but you don't want to get anything out of the graphic.
The next transition is the FX window, which is a direct link to the effect rack. There's no custom here, so I didn't take the picture.
The next "Lights" is a case so different that we should go through this, just at the end of the story.
There is a normal chicken block next to the visuals and the mud groups on the right. The last of the mutants is the FX (singing effects), which is made slightly larger and placed in a different spot from the others. This mutt is going to be pushed the most. Next to the FX mute, the rap delays for two different delays. I've always liked to use echo and one basic delay through the song and another delay for some ravings. In these differences, different plugari, as well as tempo may be half faster or slower, depending on the situation. Over the spots, a couple of plug-ins to the drum echoes. The right controller for the basic reverse of the drums decay and the left gate plate level. I'll raise Gate Plate sometimes, if I want more "barracks" in snare. 🙂
There were still buttons in between for the activation of Re- Gain, as well as the canteen solo (the button at the bottom will reset all the solos).
Under these, on the left side, there are the normal channel groups in the view, from which the DAs are hidden when I do not use them very much. Of course, you can get them out by scrolling, too. The first button under the chicken groups is the Player button to kick in, for example, the intros. The button at the bottom opens the Player window, where you can select a playable intro, or, respectively, you can start either a USB record or a Wing WLive (as a multi-track).
Next, Alt Source's choice (button on bottom, so that you don't accidentally hit the finger in the middle of the job). With this, you can make a virtual check, when you choose WLive to run some of the previous recording.
Next up are RF sticks, and the bottom is TalkBack.
The channels show the normal 16 channels, and next to them are mainly the slides of song effects: The echo, the FX delay, the standard delay, and then some variable special effect, which now happens to be chorus. This is uncommonly used, but sometimes there may be situations where you need something more specific, so here's the channel for it.
But what's with the Light?
MixingStation, when the control of the mixer is complete, and there is no Art-Net or any other function or protocol to control the lights...
The Lights button opens the view below (at this point the lights were still encoding and some buttons are anonymous).
In this splatter, I grouped the yummies according to different groups of lamps, so I can easily cross-burn them, and not all are predetermined "too ready." Each button gives its own MIDI command (channel & note), and spits as Midi over Network protocol into a laptop on the same network. Chamsys MacigQ, where MIDI functions have been activated, and Makros listening to incoming messages.
The Cusi macros will then start the operations of the various lamp groups that have been damaged to the Executive.
In order for this to happen, MagicQ needs to be fully activated and I am in use with Cham.sys MagicQ Mini Connect, which activates the full software. The laptop or mini connector can also be driven at the same time, which means that they do not close each other down and only give you more options, especially when I'm usually standing in a crowd with nothing but a hand.
I haven't had a chance to try this, but at least the initial testing is very promising, giving you the opportunity to handle the sounds on one end, and the lights without having to jump from one monkey to another. There may be some latency in these, but at least in the home, it wasn't bad, and when the idea is just to start a ready-to-go drive, then a little latency doesn't matter.
By the way, the latest MixingStation update also brought macros to MS. This allows for different actions to be taken on the basis of a trigger, for example, a channel input level triggeröinen.
I'm sure it's gonna take some time to test whatever it is you can do out there.
It occurred to me that, for example, when you're playing a show with some background music, you could automate the background music down there, when it starts. Of course, you can take care of the sidechai, but maybe that would give you more options. One could be the automatic mutating of song effects, as guitars or bass become quieter, and the effects turn on, as the playing continues.
But, you know, let's tell a story about that when I get some kind of test... 🙂