Originally Posted by
buffo
Actually, one of the things I wanted to do (but we didn't have time for) is to have everyone load up the winamp plugin (or even showtime live) and then play along to whatever music is playing. The winamp plugin is sort of like cheating though, because it's already beat-syncronized. But you can still change presets and stuff to make interesting effects. Playing along with Showtime Live is more of a challenge. (It would be great if we all had LivePro! installed, but I think only 3 of us have it - Stuka, Mecheng3, and Whitcher88.)
Now, if you *really* want a syncronized show to some classic rock, then make your own! Do what I've been doing... Promise yourself that you'll have one new show for the next event. (I've been doing this since the very first FLEM, and now I have 5 Pangolin shows done, with a 6th one in progress.) It's easy enough to pass the shows around at one of these events (remember passing the thumb drive around at SELEM), so everyone can have the same show. Then it's just a matter of launching the show at the same time.
And really, if we want to get fancy we can link the computers together using the .net software from Pangolin and control them all from a single computer. There are drawbacks to this method, but it does work...
Lots of ideas for next year... Chief among them will be projector placement! (Well, and better time management I think...)
Adam
Yep, a custom show or 2 for next year's meet is the plan - provided I get off my rear, get the rig built, AND finally REALLY learn the Pangolin software!
Of course, as far as I'm concerned another round or two of all the shows we did this year would be awesome!
I kind of enjoyed the "3..2..1..click" method of "synchronizing" our shows!! Didn't have to reconfigure anything on the computers, plus the slight timing (and color palette) differences between the rigs made for some cool effects!
I'm sure there'll be all kinds of ideas brewing for next year's event(s)
Don't want to get TOO organized, though - part of the fun was seeing what we came up with on the fly!!
Kudos again for organizing the bash, Adam!!
RR
Metrologic HeNe 3.3mw Modulated laser, 2 Radio Shack motors, and a broken mirror.
1979.
Sweet.....