pangolin show portal gone

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04-25-2018, 12:07
kecked

pangolin show portal gone

Anyone know what happened to the Pangolin show portal? i went looking and it looks to have vanished about this time last year per way back machine. I saw the cloud thing but was unsure how to access it outside of Beyond. Is that the only way in now?

I was contacted by the group curator for tangerine dream and I wanted to show my love on a train show so i was going to send them a link to the video file. Apparently I was at a famous show in 1986 that was recorded here in Cleveland and they are contacting folks who attended looking for stuff. I meet the group after that show.
04-25-2018, 12:16
swamidog

as a guess, it was deprecated in favor of their cloud service.

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Originally Posted by kecked

Anyone know what happened to the Pangolin show portal? i went looking and it looks to have vanished about this time last year per way back machine. I saw the cloud thing but was unsure how to access it outside of Beyond. Is that the only way in now?

I was contacted by the group curator for tangerine dream and I wanted to show my love on a train show so i was going to send them a link to the video file. Apparently I was at a famous show in 1986 that was recorded here in Cleveland and they are contacting folks who attended looking for stuff. I meet the group after that show.
04-26-2018, 21:06
flecom

so I guess we are screwed for the LD2k shows? anyone have a backup of the shows that were on there??
04-27-2018, 09:57
Bradfo69

I probably do. Yes, the show portal, even with it's issues was 1000% better than the not ready for prime time "iTunes for laser shows" that is the Cloud. At least you could read the entire description provided by the author and know what version of a song was used to create it or, how they intended for zones to be set and so forth. I've observed nothing being done to fix some of the glaring issues with the cloud that were pointed out certainly more than a year and a half ago. Such as a scroll bar to read the entire description of a file. Hate to bash but... sadly the ball, by all outside appearances looks dropped on "the cloud".
04-30-2018, 18:24
kecked

You can buy an install disk and all the shows are on that. I have my shows if you want them. Send me your serial and I’ll make you a set.
05-07-2018, 08:59
buffo

The show portal had a lot more stuff on it than what was contained on the original LD 2000 install discs. Even the newest 5.5 set didn't have all the shows from the portal on it.

I'm sad to see the portal go. Richard (Soforene) put a lot of effort into maintaining that site in it's earlier days. And I agree with Brad that it is vital to be able to read the show creator's notes about which exact audio file was used, or what specific zone settings are needed...

Adam
05-08-2018, 03:20
norty303

So, has anyone followed up with Alexey/Pango on the status of those Cloud bugs/enhancements then?
05-08-2018, 06:40
kecked

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Originally Posted by norty303

So, has anyone followed up with Alexey/Pango on the status of those Cloud bugs/enhancements then?

I just did yesterday.
05-09-2018, 01:37
masterpj

I think the pangolin show space got dropped because manual approval was involved and it was slow... not just that but all preview screens had to be created manually and when a platform grows it will become only slower and more difficult to maintain and costly.. In the cloud the way you upload content more specifically to the core it was so much easier to automate I bet.

I do think it's a shame because now executables and ld2000 things are simply gone but I guess that's just the direction the company wanted it to go.
05-10-2018, 13:32
buffo

Was Richard still maintaining it, or did someone at Pangolin take that over before they took it down?

Adam
05-19-2018, 11:56
soforene

Bonjour Chums,
I handed over the reins of show approval/Preview creation back to Pangolin peeps over three years ago and I understand that they had someone else lined up to run it for a while.
Obviously it did run on for a while but Pangolin being Pangolin they always like to move forward and hence the showsite is no more (:( ) and you have to get your new shows via interweb doohickey flibbertygubbins (I believe that's the technical term for it).
Nothing stays the same (except our love for coherent light).

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Originally Posted by masterpj

I think the pangolin show space got dropped because manual approval was involved and it was slow... not just that but all preview screens had to be created manually and when a platform grows it will become only slower and more difficult to maintain and costly.....

Approval and show previews were done manually but the cost was only server space. A few of us volunteered behind the curtains to keep things ticking along but the guys at Pangolin must have eventually decided to go in a different direction.
As you pointed out, there were things other than shows that were uploaded to the showsite but, as I have moved away from the laser scene for a while, I've no idea how these things are now handled/distributed by the Pango guys.

Ahhh the good old days, eh !! *retardo
05-19-2018, 13:02
Bradfo69

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Originally Posted by soforene

Bonjour Chums,

DUDE!!!!!! Good to hear from you! :):):)
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I've no idea how these things are now handled/distributed by the Pango guys.

Sadly... the, still not ready for prime time, iTunes for laser shows, er.. "Cloud" thingamabobber .
05-19-2018, 13:07
soforene

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Originally Posted by kecked

..... i was going to send them a link to the video file......

I managed to delve into my archives and found a Shockwave file of the show.
Quality is not up to todays 4k hi-def "WOW Look at the pores on her!" standards but you get the gist of it.
You can download it here.
I managed to open it with 5kplayer.

Here's the text file that accompanied the show (C/W spelink mishtakes). What were you smoking back then? :question:

This photonic canvas was painted to "Love on a train" by tangerine dream from the Risky Buissness soundtrack.
The piece symbolizes the creation of sun, its birth from the death of other stars, its incorporation of the materials made from the death of other stars, and the eventual extinction of its own light which in turn births the next generation. Like the sun we to share the same life cycle.
As it is the light from the sun that gives life to this planet, it is fitting to honor the sun with some of that same life giving light.
Music is off the Risky Buissness Soundtrack by Tangerine Dream

Hobby Laserist
A.K.A. "KECKED LaserJammer 2002/2003/2004"
05-19-2018, 15:18
buffo

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Originally Posted by soforene

Quality is not up to todays 4k hi-def "WOW Look at the pores on her!" standards but you get the gist of it.

That's a very specific reference there, Rich... :eek: Makes me wonder why you're looking at her pores so closely in the first place...

On second thought, scratch that. I don't want to know! >:)

Good to see you back, BTW, even if you're not doing all-things-laser these days. :cool:

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This photonic canvas was painted to "Love on a train" by tangerine dream from the Risky Buissness soundtrack.

I remember that montage of scenes from Risky Business, but damned if the music doesn't also remind me of another great 1980's movie...
How about "Real Genius"? Does anyone else think that this track reminds you of that film, or is it just me?

Adam
05-19-2018, 18:06
kecked

That is my favorite show that I ever did. Second to fireflies. You would not happen to have retrained a copy of the shows that could be made available. Have to ask Bill if he cares first. Not sure how the copy right is setup. All my shows are free for the asking.