How do I achieve better strobe effects?
How do I achieve better strobe effects?
Hello!
I have used Madrix in many venues with many different types of lights, but the one problem that seems to be consistent is the inability to create good strobing effects. Even when using the built in strobe effect, higher frequencies cause the lights to miss or skip, like they are stuttering. Is this a limitation of DMX or the DMX hardware? Or is it a limitation of the computer setup that I'm using? What are best practices to achieve even, consistent strobe effects? Thanks!
Cheers,
Eric
I have used Madrix in many venues with many different types of lights, but the one problem that seems to be consistent is the inability to create good strobing effects. Even when using the built in strobe effect, higher frequencies cause the lights to miss or skip, like they are stuttering. Is this a limitation of DMX or the DMX hardware? Or is it a limitation of the computer setup that I'm using? What are best practices to achieve even, consistent strobe effects? Thanks!
Cheers,
Eric
Re: How do I achieve better strobe effects?
Hello RockitFX,
For the Strobe MADRIX is using the color channels of the fixtures which are set to on and off. Depedning on the set render and output frame rate the strobe can be more or less fast.
That also means if the frequency will be too high frames can be dropped which results in the explained behavior.
Depending on your output protocol to increase the Strobe speed you will need to increase the render frame rate and also the sending frame rate. Of course in case of a full patched DMX universe the limited factor will be the DMX transmission rate.
For the Strobe MADRIX is using the color channels of the fixtures which are set to on and off. Depedning on the set render and output frame rate the strobe can be more or less fast.
That also means if the frequency will be too high frames can be dropped which results in the explained behavior.
Depending on your output protocol to increase the Strobe speed you will need to increase the render frame rate and also the sending frame rate. Of course in case of a full patched DMX universe the limited factor will be the DMX transmission rate.
Re: How do I achieve better strobe effects?
How do I increase the render frame rate & sending frame rate? Is this related to the FPS performance test in the Madrix software?
Thanks!
Re: How do I achieve better strobe effects?
Hello RockitFX,
To increase the render frame rate in MADRIX simply open the "Options" (Preference > Options) and activate the "Performance" tab.
For the output it depends which data will be send. For all DMX based protocols like Art-Net, sACN, KiNet or DMX you can change the settings at the "DMX Devices" tab of the MADRIX "Device Mananger" (Preferences > Device Manager).
For protocol base DVI output like NDI, SPOUT, T9, 5A and so on you can change the settings at the "DVI Devices" tab of the MADRIX "Device Mananger" (Preferences > Device Manager).
To increase the render frame rate in MADRIX simply open the "Options" (Preference > Options) and activate the "Performance" tab.
For the output it depends which data will be send. For all DMX based protocols like Art-Net, sACN, KiNet or DMX you can change the settings at the "DMX Devices" tab of the MADRIX "Device Mananger" (Preferences > Device Manager).
For protocol base DVI output like NDI, SPOUT, T9, 5A and so on you can change the settings at the "DVI Devices" tab of the MADRIX "Device Mananger" (Preferences > Device Manager).
Re: How do I achieve better strobe effects?
Thank you!