My project went well so far. I have had some progress. I have set up the lab in Room V318 to test different elements. I got 4 Martian MiniMAC Profile fixtures and an iColor Cove NXT LED fixture. At the beginning it was a bit tricky to set them up because I’m used to use the console or graphic interface to try different functions. I read the manual more deeply to better understand it. The DMX protocol page became my best friend. The DMX address and value represent a specific function. Then I wrote the code in Processing to test each function to see how it looks like and try using different variables to control it. It did have some bugs and not normal behaviors. And I need to figure out the reason. It is a fun and surprising process to discover how to write a line of code to make something happened.
So far, I made a visual pattern and tested it with the MiniMACs. They are all driven by the sound automatically in real time. It turns out pretty good. The lights and pattern both respond to the sound.
I will start to make the control interface that I can use it to control the light and pattern manually. Also, I will try to use iPhone’s camera as a live camera into the system. Just trying to add some elements in a live show into the system.
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