Strand Lighting MX - Recording MX with Music Sequencers

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Recording MX with Music Sequencers
EXAMPLE 1- The purpose of this exercise is to make lighting
changes
occur
automatically in harmony with
a
musical
sequence . The figure
below shows a
typical setup ready for recording utilising sequencer software
available for most
popular
computers
.
A
good understanding of your particular
sequencer is
essential before attempting to overdub lighting
scenes .
Recording Procedure
1 .)
Connect
three MIDI leads
as shown, those not in operation at this
stage are
shown
in dotted
lines .
2 .) Record music sequence, tracks
1-3,
in
this case .
3 .) The music sequence is played back via the MIDI
OUT link on the computer to
the keyboard .
4 .)
Set MX to
MIDI
OUT - CHANNEL
4
.
5 .) Set-sequencer-in record mode .
6 .) Press SYNC on MX as soon as possible after
step 5 is completed, (see SYNC
function
following
this section) .
7 .) Information from MX can
now be input in `real time' i .e the music sequencer
will recognise fader/switch operations in the
correct sequence and at the correct
time . These are overdubbed onto track 4, just like
normal sound recording .
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