owen_87 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Would anyone happen to have recommendations for a footswitch to control lighting? Not looking to do lots with it but the ability to do blackouts, hold colours and set them to sync to audio would be useful. Currently have a bit of a hodge podge of lights in the band but are using a couple of similar lights to these in amongst them which provide the majority of the light - https://www.thomann.de/gb/stairville_stage_par_cx_3_rgbw_18x8w.htm?glp=1&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAwP6sBhDAARIsAPfK_wYBAmAhDhwcsvldQUY_hzrYrPZP4rjnIN5oo0bkoLtB2QnKsI0ZdA4aAkVJEALw_wcB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakester Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 I know next to nothing about the specifics, but I'd have thought a DMX foot controller such as this might be what you're looking for? https://www.thomann.de/gb/stairville_dmx_foot_2.htm Or this if you need something more sophisticated? https://www.thomann.de/gb/eurolite_dmx_move_bigfoot_footb_stock.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owen_87 Posted January 15 Author Share Posted January 15 Thanks @Jakester - could well be the case but hopefully someone has some real world experience to advise. Far more to lighting than I imagined and I feel like a novice all over again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudpup Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 (edited) We use a Eurolite Move Bigfoot DMX controller. It looks a bit intimidating initially but it's actually pretty straightforward and very gig friendly. I run it next to my pedalboard. You can preselect a patch using the UP/DOWN buttons at any point in a song and then just hit the GO button to activate it when you want to - It has built in macros and chases if you want them, a blackout, a sound active mode and the 2 big pedals sort of act like lighting expression pedals if you want them to - you can assign them to a particular fixture and then change the colours by moving the pedal a bit. Myself and the geetard spent about a day teaching ourselves basic DMX programming and learning the unit and we've ended up with 16 patches using just our big sweeper bars behind us and a couple of moving heads on the floor. They're all named on the display which I can see easily (for example BLUE/WHITE, PURPLE/YELLOW, STROBE, SOUNDACT RED/YELLOW) We are planning on adding the lasers, drum lights and front lights in when we can be bothered! Here's a link https://www.thomann.de/gb/eurolite_dmx_move_bigfoot_foot_control.htm And this is what we do with it.... Edited January 15 by Mudpup 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owen_87 Posted January 15 Author Share Posted January 15 Well that looks ace thanks @Mudpup. What a difference that makes to how a band is presented on stage 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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