Members zuul777 Posted March 2, 2004 Members Share Posted March 2, 2004 HeyI am looking into going to dmx for my lights (right now i have 10 channels of relays...) i use a computer for live stuff, and i want to know if i can just get a thing for the computer to run the dmx stuff? anyone hear of this?bill w Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zeromus-X Posted March 2, 2004 Members Share Posted March 2, 2004 You can get DMX controllers that use the computer, but they're expensive. ShowExpress or ShowXpress or some combination of those two words seems to be the most popular one, but expect to pay about $800 for the basic and $1100 for the "enhanced" versions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Centauri Posted March 2, 2004 Members Share Posted March 2, 2004 The hardware (ie physical interface) is the expensive bit, and the software to run it is usually a free download. If you are up to some DIY, then there are a few sites describing how to build simple dmx add-on boxes which are cheap and seem to work with quite a number of the software downloads. One such site is http://www.ele.tut.fi/~viikari/ Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zeromus-X Posted March 4, 2004 Members Share Posted March 4, 2004 Has anyone actually BUILT one of those DMX/computer boxes? I mean, I pretty much run a computer store -- I have access to most of the parts I'd need, as well as any number of cheap computers, so it'd be a very ideal thing IMO. If anything, I'd love to just be able to play with the damn things in my living room because I can't afford a decent DMX controller yet and I've got a bunch of intelligents just collecting dust! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zuul777 Posted October 23, 2004 Author Members Share Posted October 23, 2004 yes, i have a ton of computer crap but not much money as well. anybody ever built one of these?bump) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BillESC Posted October 23, 2004 Members Share Posted October 23, 2004 Hi Bill, A new and very affordable software program is the Axis 3.0 by NSI. For about $ 600.00 it is half the price of the better touring software packages available. You can download the program for free at www.nsicorp.com It seems to be a very well though out and user friendly program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Never_Grew_Up Posted October 24, 2004 Members Share Posted October 24, 2004 I have downloaded the software and played with it a bit in demo mode (don't have the dmx dongle) and it seems pretty cool. I like that there's quite a library of fixtures to choose from so you can build your setup pretty quickly. I also like the Visualizer window so you can see (and show to someone else) what the show will look like without dragging out the whole rig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members partycentral Posted October 25, 2004 Members Share Posted October 25, 2004 Originally posted by Centauri The hardware (ie physical interface) is the expensive bit, and the software to run it is usually a free download. True, but really the dongle is cheap to produce. It's the software improvements that cost. So they charge nothing for the software to get you to try it and hopefully buy it, while charging a lot for a dongle which probably has no more than $20 in parts. Plus, I think the market for dmx software is artificially inflated, because otherwise who would buy the hardware controllers with similar capabilities? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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