How to program a light show!

Hello!
This is what I do to program lights for Dragged Under. There are many ways to do it and different lights you can get to get an awesome light show even for a local band level. I generally got all this and based it off of bands I look up to. You can get mostly everything at Sweetwater.

Links:

Lighting Gear:

1x) Enter DMX Usb Pro (available at Sweetwater)
10x) Adj Jolt 300's (available at Sweetwater)
2x) Chauvet FX-Bs (available at Sweetwater)
8x) 6ft DMX Cables (available at Sweetwater)
4x) 20 ft DMX Cables (available at Sweetwater)
8x) 6ft PowerCon A to B (available at Sweetwater)
4x) 10ft PowerCon A to Edison (available at Sweetwater)
14x) Global Truss Clamps (available at Sweetwater)
4x) Global Truss Lighting Stands & Bases (available through Global Truss)

[NonnyStrikes]

Thanks for posting this bro. I have been struggling finding something simplistic like this.

I became a DJ in Decemeber (22) and have been slowly becoming a sound engineer as well, simply because I can't stand not knowing how it's all operating.

Since adding co2/haze/fog, even to the simple straight dmx compiled lights we use, it's night n day difference. So the last piece is getting full control of those lights so I can really capture the moments for any performer, speaker, comedian etc that comes to the club/venue.

Thanks again man. From a fellow brother of metal.

[kristopherdetar]

Looks like your parents do very well living in a house with a three door garage. Nice to have that kind of support to live your artful life.

[davidkolbasky]

This is a bad ass setup!! Really loving the mobileness of it!

[fa]

Good stuff. We use DMXIS as a plug in driven by MIDI and synched to our tracks. I have pre-programmed 100 presets in and it gives us such flexibility and scope, even switching on and off our haze machine and laser units

[edo]

Bro this is so sick i’m trying to learn about how to run my own show and match to the music
And in the same process i found a sick new band
My day couldnt be better thanks man

[iplaywithsticks]

Great video explaining the basics of the setup. Nice tour of the gear too!

[asthecitysleepsofficial]

Man honestly I never would have thought to organize the stuff in dmxis like this and trigger it by midi. That’s fantastic and is going to help us a lot very soon. Cheers!

[joelglaser]

Great video! Thanks for sharing.

I'm trying to convince a band I provide production for, to build their own similar setup. They want a consistent light show, but work with different providers, so without having their own light setup, it's impossible.

Looking forward to more videos!

[gregsmith]

Great video. Very helpful. Trying to go from lights that are simple sound-activated to something a bit more complex. I've got a lot of work to do!!

[RushOrbit]

Who triggers the show or each song? Is it the drummer who has control over the show so he can start each song when he's ready? Or does the entire show just play from beginning to end without any stops?

[OvertEnemy]

Dude thanks for making this video. We need a similar setup and this is a great example.

[joshburkett]

Thank you for this video! Giving me a ton of ideas. Look forward to future uploads!

[vagary]

Duuuude, this is exactly what I needed. My band, Chasing Airplanes, is in the same genre and trying to enhance our live show. I also saw you are running sound for Kingdom of Giants… I’ll see you in Tampa on 3/15 🔥

[georgemarshall]

Those A dj Jolt 300's are BADA**! THIS is what I imagine I'd like to do...In my Back Yard during the Summer.

[realmartinmai]

Hey, thanks for the nice and informative video. Can you please get more detailed on your DMXIS programming process in another video?

[fardovc]

wow this is what am looking for..for my lights career

[vmhyqxc]

That's really cool I don't want to be that elaborate for my setup but I kind of want to control ours like that

[NickGdrl]

Great vid & setup!
Would love an in-depth approach on how to create scenes with DMXIS & create « snapshots », when you get the time 🙏

[thales_stat]

One think I ever ask to my self when planning a Light system: if I just have lights back there, the front of the band will be darkened… I mean, the face of the guys, the front won’t be lighted. But you video shows the opposite 😮 great system brother!

[jdubbs]

Thanks for the share Bro! I would love to see how you program all of the automation for the shows. Keep Doing That Voodoo That You Do!