r/Laserist

Hi everyone, After many years on the sound side of the club/rave music scene I have been thrust into being in charge (for some weird reason) of visual effects as well. I recently went online and purchased a "cheap" laser to try and practice making programs with but from reading around on this sub I think I might've made the wrong choice.

I like the images/functions that are already installed on it and I want to be able to program a "routine" or "show" using those effects, can this be done with DMX or do I need to get a ILDA laser?

In the future I want to make some more professional and polished ILDA routines but as I'm just learning DMX (and we already have sound switch) I'm trying to take baby steps and learn while making the most of the equipment that we already have. Our equipment is a Hodge podge of some boxes of old laser and lighting equipment from the previous owners and cheap equipment that we amassed over time. In the past the auto/sound reactive function was good enough for us but now that we are a bit more established I want to get a much more polished and professional visual display to elevate the experience.

Thanks in advance for the help, I'm really excited to start learning more about the visuals side of production.

The equipment I have for practicing at home:

laser: https://a.co/d/0iwtSD1r

controller: https://a.co/d/07G9YLLP

dj controller with sound switch: https://a.co/d/0eFKpe6L

Hello my friends

I am a hobbyist and am very interested in learning more. I started using BEYOND last week. I was told to also look into ShowKontrol, Liberation, Syncronorm Depence, MapMapper, and TouchDesigner. I want to practice and learn but everything is so expensive and I don't know what I need to learn first.

I am currently buying pangolin BEYOND monthly at a discounted rate (using promo code danyn) and wanted to ask if anyone here has promo or discount codes for ShowKontrol, Liberation, Syncronorm Depence, MadMapper, or TouchDesigner?

I am still learning and my budget is not high so please help me save money

I cannot use educational discounts because I graduated many years ago.

I have created several different timelines to different songs but cannot find a way to trigger them from a live DJ like they do in festivals. I have beyond, ableton live and showcockpit as a trigger. I am currently using loopmidi as a virtual midi signal and trying to run the song through Virtual Dj. I suspect I need a paid version of the the dj software but but showcockpit is picking up the signal but no trigger is being sent. can anyone lead me to a better format for accomplishing this goal? if so what software/hardware is needed and is there any tutorials on said software?

Hi There
I have a project where I need to trace a pre-recorded video. I have beyond advanced at home to pre-program.

Just wanted to ask about the best workflow for this?

Thank you!

Basically I want to find someone to do lasers at my wedding In Tampa.

What does this process look like?

I'm thinking about getting a laser cube to be ran with Touch Designer, before pulling the trigger id like to know people's experiences

I saw a post on here a few days ago with a person seeking a timeline show for a song. Out of curiosity what would 30-45 seconds of a timeline show cost to have produced? 4 zones. I have lasers and some new tracks coming out that would be fun to record a laser show for. Who on here does that kind or work or perhaps you can refer me?

Hi folks, im new to beyond and fb4. I have a case at work where we are gonna place 6 24w laserword cs 24k fb4 on the roof of a bus. They are gonna be used in autoplay mode when parked (with safe surroundings)

Here's my problem. I have exported cues and effects. But the bues from quickshape is 1 min long. How can i reduce that so each cue is just a few seconds.

TIA

-noob

How is everyone moving pallets around? I can’t get my head around the normal logistics.

A cargo trailer would be a PITA to move pallets up the ramp

Are lasers usually just delivered door to door?

Say I have an SUV and a pallet jack and need to pick up pallets from the airport cargo terminal, then into a venue for a show. What’s the best solution for this?