I'm helping to revamp a museum exhibit that that used to use a pc software program to launch an audio file and a dmx sequence that would light up areas of a mural on a wall with a pair of Clay Paky "Stage Light 300"'s.
The PC is being pulled from the mix and I'm looking at replacing it with a hardware mp3 player and a dmx recorder/player...
I've worked with the mp3 players before... but I'm new to the dmx stuff. The lights are already wired (daisy-chained) via 5 pin XLR/dmx cables.
My questions are:
If I purchase a dmx recorder like the Elation AR-32M
http://www.elationlighting.com/produ...r%20Controller
Do I need to purchase a separate controller? OR... can i borrow a controller, use it to run through the light show live while recording, then pull it out of the mix and just playback the dmx lightshow with the Elation? Or can i just use the software that comes with it to program the recorder from my laptop and then pull it from the system?
Also... does anyone have experience with either the elation or a different dmx recorder? This exhibit is triggered by a visitor pressing an arcade-style button that was wired to the mouse. I was going splice the cable out of the mouse and wire it to the hardware mp3 player. I could then either daisy chain the wire into the dmx recorder OR I was intrigued by the possibility of triggering the dmx sequence via audio. Any ideas?
Finally... Is there a 5 pin to 3 pin dmx cable adaptor? How do i need to approach that?
Sorry for the newbie questions... Any help would be appreciated.
thanks
~Brent
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