MIDI Fighter controlled lighting

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MIDI Fighter controlled lighting

I am looking more at adding more lighting effects into my set and am learning about dmx controlled lights. the question I have is, can you use a MIDIfighter to control some of the lights as well. I know that dmx and midi are different signals but I am wondering if there is a converter or some sort of hardware that would allow you to use something like a midi fighter. If not perhaps the midifighter engineers might want to consider making a dmx unit…i’m just saying.

Thanks.

Sean

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If you have Ableton Live and Max for Live, there is a patch available called DMaX, which, if you get a USB-to-DMX or FireWire-to-DMX adaptor (available on amazon), allows you to output DMX messages from Ableton.
DMaX, along with additional information about it, can be found here:
http://www.theimpersonalstereo.com/software/dmax/

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I’m sure that the midifighter could be used to control dmx software, but I don’t think it was designed to control the lights on their own.. the midifighter talks midi notes and the lights talk dmx numbers.

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you could also use the free dmx lighting software freestyler and use the midifighter with that. you still need a USB dongle though

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are you using this now? I’ve been looking for a replacement for my obey controller.. would love to go all digital.

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I have played with freestyler and vdj before… the scenes and sound to light are controlled by hot cue’s and the beat grid of the track respectively. I haven’t used a midi controller with it though. In saying that I don’t think it would be too hard to figure out, although be prepared for a learning curve when you start using freestyler, it would typically last two weeks, but after that it’s all downhill.