Sound Active programs

If the fixture has a "sound active" or "Stand alone" function built into the dmx traits then you can use that. If not then you have to program your own stuff. Hop that helps.
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Hello James
The color strip can run on stand alone (sound active). This is how I have been running them prior to getting Emulation. My hope was to be able to still run it on stand alone programs but be able to cut over to a single color when need be via Emulation. However as I mentioned the only channels/parameters I can see in Emulation is Color and Dimmer. Below is the link that will take you to the manuel.
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jose

http://www.chauvetlighting.com/colorstrip.html

ahh yes. we have the profile set for RGB mode. The reason we did this is because it is quite hard to make a profile for the dmx traits of the colorstrip that has one channel requiring another to be on a certain value and that enables other channels to change their functions. Let me look into making a "full" profile for this fixture. If I can make it I'm letting you know now it won't be done until sometime next week. Most likely Tuesday or Wednesday. Again that is IF we can make a profile to access the other functions. I'll keep you posted.
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Hello james,
I can wait. I hope you guys can do it. I will wait for your post. Thank you and have a great weekend

Ok great. Thanks for your patience. I appreciate it. I may try to modify the profile as it is and I can send you test xml files.

Hello James,
I hope all is well. Have you guys had a chance to look at creating or modifying the profile on the color strip to allow us use the built in programs. thank you

I am also new to the program and new to intelligent lighting...i would imagine that you can use the sound active modes on the Chauvet Q-Spot 260 LED with Emulation (Basically activate the modes from the controller)...but i do not have the slightest idea of how....does anyone have a solution?

Also would like to use the sound active mode on Chauvet Color Pallette...if anyone knows how to.
Thanks!

If the function is available in the DMX traits for the channel mode you are using, look in the "Misc" part on the programmer side ( to the right of the faders and playback faders) and look for Stand Alone to be slightly lit up.
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Hey James,

Thank you so much for getting back so quickly! I did check and they are definitely blanked out which i had noticed before i thought maybe i was just doing something wrong. I really would think that those lights would be able to function that way from the controller. Maybe i will just buy some moving heads that do. If you have any suggestions for a good moving head for a Wedding DJ that can be controlled that way feel free to let me know!

Thanks again James!

Also..really quick...emulation came with a program called builder..what exactly do i need that for?

Well looking at the Q spot 260 LED traits in the advanced mode (14 ch) there is 4 different presets for sound active on channel 14. I can add it too the profile if you want me too. Let me know.

The builder program is the program we use to create these personality profiles for all of you guys. If you feel savvy enough you can try making your own. It can take some time to fully learn though.

Good movers from Elation with sound active are, all of them really. haha. to name a few, Platinum spot LED, Design Spot 250 PRO, Design spot LED (not sure if we still sell them though, Platinum spot 5R or 5R PRO. All you need to look for in the dmx traits is the stand alone or sound active mode. ADJ also has some good movers too.
Hope this helps.
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Hey James,

Is there any way you can send me a personality file for the Q-Spot 260 LED with the sound active programs included in the file? I know the light has DMX values for the Sound 1 and Sound 2 incorporated into the light. I would just like to be able to use the Sound Active Programs using Emulation. Thanks in Advance.

Done.
http://db.tt/DXC9BWt
you have a custom fader for just the vales for sound active modes 1 and 2. since I do not know which one will work best i made it as a custom part that way the user can choose which one they want.
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James!! Thankyou so much! I am about to try it out as a Test run! Also really quick i know i am meeting with a Elation Rep tomorrow and i believe he is going to try and build a personality file for the Chauvet Intimidator Spot 150s...you don't by chance already have one in the system do you?

thanks so much for your quick responses! y'all have a top notch program!

If I have time ill make it. What is your reps name?
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James,

So basically...do i take the file you sent me the link to and load it in to the Common - Personalities - User - folder? then open emulation and reload the lights? i am a little confused on this part of loading the personality files? sorry for the lack of knowledge on this.

Ya that is the right folder but in emulation you will have to "replace" the lights. Scroll to the very bottom of the manufacturer list and you should see "[User]Chauvet". Then find your 260's and they should update.
Also the file I sent you has the intim. 150 LED spot in it.
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awesome! i am going to try it out when i get back to the studio. and the rep's name is Clint...so basically once i load the new file under user at the bottom of manufactures (which i found) then the setting for sound active will be under "Custom" correct? Is it the "Speed" fader?

hey James,

Ive loaded but i am still not getting it to work correctly...i have got to be doing something wrong. Let me know if you can think of anything.

thanks

The fader should be "SA1 2" and yes in the Custom part.

Should work.

hey James,

Ok i have added the user forms and still only getting the speed fader...the rest of them only have (Cus1...Cus2...and so on). maybe it keeps loading the old chauvet files...idk.

hmm..........Did you re start the progrma when you copied the XML to the user folder? You could simply replace the factory chauvet.XML with the one I sent you. Just keep a backup copy of it though cause when you install a new release the factory folder gets overwritten with new XML files.
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not going to believe this...ok replaced the factory chauvet.xml file and it worked in the since that sa12 is there...but the minute you load the light it goes straight into sound mode and you cannot turn it off...when you do move the sa12 fader..the fixture will go to zero then about 2 seconds and will go back into random moving...very interesting. i think were close though...any ideas on that note...

if you move the fader for the SA1 2, you need to either right click the fader to turn that function off or hit the clear button. the reason it is staying on is the value range for that fader is only for the two presets for SA1 and SA2. nothing more, nothing less. you have to turn it off.
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right...i definitely understand...even when you right click it...and it takes the values back to zero (Or i am assuming OFF) then the fixture will return to zero for about 2 seconds and then go back to the sound functions. Even when you clear it and the SA12 will go grey...the light continues to move around (and its doing the functions of whats programed into sound 1 or 2 but its not actually listening to sound) kinda weird...i don't know if it is a glitch or something of that nature.

one way to check is to go into options and see if the channels values are cleared out and at 0 rather than still in the same spot. go to options and find the DMX monitor and look for either the 11th or 14th channels for that fixture and see if it is at 0 or outside of the range for SA 12.
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its moving DMX values 14 and 28 and it starts at 100 on both. i think that may be the problem. When you zero out the SA12 fader it takes the values to 100 and then when you move it they each go up to 139.

maybe that is the problem...or is that how it should be?

Ya since there are 2 sound active modes i adjust the range of the fader to be between the start of mode 1 which is 100 and the end value of mode 2 which is 139. So that is how it should be. Or, you can simply tell me which single sound active mode you think works bets and I can just add it to the sound active or stand alone part in the misc section to avoid this issue. Let me know.

James,

Lets move it to the stand alone mode and use the Sound 2. See if that will work correctly. Thank you so much! and also...for the intimidator 150s can we program that to use their sound mode? i have those two lights coming in tomorrow morning so maybe have them all control by dmx would be cool!

OK Download this updated chauvet.XML and replace it.
http://db.tt/DXC9BWt
for the 150 LEd spot there is a custom part for the 11th channels as it has several pan and tilt macros. the custom part is called PTMAC.
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James you the man!

I will check it first thing tomorrow morning when at the studio! Thank you so much for all the support!

daniel

You are very welcome.
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James!!! It works like a champ! we are solid!

I am still waiting on the other lights to test them for tomorrows event but it is great to have it working!! Thanks again! I will let you know asap how the other lights work!

Great! glad to hear it. have a good show!
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Hello James,
I hope all is well. I recently updated to version 1.03.31 of emulation. I have lost the capability of controlling my Chauvet Q-Spot 260 LED moving heads. I think the issues I am experiencing is due to the sound active features that were created. As much as I like the sound active feature I need to have control of my light. Can you please advise on what I should do? i have a Wedding on 4/21 that I need to get my issues resolved by. I don't mind going back to the previous version. Please advise. thank you

hmmm, where did you place the XML file? User folder or factory?
regardless here is the chauvet XML again that should fix this issue I believe.
www.dropbox.com/sh/s160o0xe732...yAWA7Ek7/Chauvet.xml
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Good Morning James
I just wanted to thank you. This worked and more amazingly I was able to get it to work. The only thing I noticed but not a show stopper by any means was that in order to get the prism affect I have to move the rotation slider from 0. I don't recall having to do that before. Again not a big deal for me because I usually rotate it when using the Prism affect. So just to confirm, at this point we can't have control and sound active with the Q Spot 260. Sound active would be nice but not at the cost of being able to have control. Once again thank you for all your help.

Is there no button in the "misc" part for stand alone?
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Good Day James
There is a Stand alone and reset button in Misc. What are there for? Also can you tell me what exactly is the PHAS slider position Shape. Once again thank you