![]() This will take you to the user library and the LightKey Live Triggers so that you can bring in some different scenes. Once you do this, you can then hit “Tab” and this will set a different view of the tracks. Select “MIDI” and then set it to channel 16. Then, go to “Link MIDI” and set it to channel 16. On the top menu click “Live” and select “Preferences”. Once you get Ableton Live set up with LightKey, you’re going to set up just one MIDI channel. If you’re using Ableton Live, you would first launch Ableton and then by going to the “External Control” you’ll be able to sync LightKey and Ableton together. From there you can set up your MIDI controller. When you want to assign your lights via MIDI using a program such as Pro-Presentor just go to the “Live” tab, “right-click” and select “External Control”. You can read more on my full review here: Full Review on LightKey Assigning Lights via MIDI To get started with LightKey, there may be a bit more setup time when adding your fixtures and stage but overall LightKey is another program that’s easy to learn. It also runs well with just about any PC or Mac and is very inexpensive considering you get the DMX output box with the price. If you are able to keep your lights and set up simple then DMXIS would be a great fit. If you need to re-program your lights often then it may actually be more time consuming if working with DMXIS.ĭMXIS works well for smaller and even more consistent setups that don’t require a lot of re-programming the lights. ![]() The downside to using DMXIS is that you’re not able to go over 1 Universe of DMX. Then to assign the MIDI Notes, starting at the very bottom note you’ll select the bank on channel 15 and the preset on channel 16.ĭepending on the MID program you’re using, such as Ableton or Pro-Presenter, and assign those different MIDI notes so that it automatically triggers the lights. To do this, you would set 2 MIDI tracks using banks 15 and 16. Automating via MIDI TriggerĪnother great way to use DMXIS is to set it up to automatically trigger your lights via MIDI Trigger. Then, go back to the Preset section, “right-click” and select “Learn”. To set this up, just go to “File”, select “Preferences”, and then select “Audio/MIDI Settings” to set up your MIDI Pedal. This would also work if you use a MIDI Switch instead. This way, as the band is playing, a member can use the footswitch to toggle through the different presets that were created for the songs. One of my personal favorites of working with DMXIS is that you have the option to set up a footswitch on stage. ![]() From there, you have the ability to set fade times, effects, and tempos. To create Presets, just click the “New” below the Preset section, title it, and click “Enter”. Using the Bank section you can set up your different songs. On the top of the screen, you can go to “Preset Manager” and you’ll have two different sections: Bank and Preset. Then, by simply using the faders you can bring your lights and colors to set a scene. Once you bring in, label, and set up your fixtures you should see them all labeled within DMXIS. To get started with DMXIS, once you launch the program, you will be able to bring in the fixures by “right-clicking”, select “Fixture Library”, and select your lights. DMXIS is definitely a program that is fairly simple to set up and learn how to use.
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