How to program a light show!

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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.
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Instagram: / jamsscott
Facebook: / jamsscott1999
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)

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28 сен 2024

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@NonnyStrikes 11 месяцев назад

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.

@iplaywithsticks6194 Год назад

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

@jamsscott Год назад

Glad you liked it!

@joelglaser5657 Год назад

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!

@jamsscott Год назад

Heck yeah!

@gregsmith4406 8 месяцев назад

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 9 месяцев назад

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?

@jamsscott Месяц назад

My rig runs from start to finish from pressing play once. But lost of bands have a playback engineer that starts and stops it as well

@OvertEnemy 11 месяцев назад

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

@joshburkett2713 Год назад

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

@jamsscott Год назад

No problem! Glad to help 🤘

@realmartinmai Год назад

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

@jamsscott Год назад

Sure thing

@vagary1926 Год назад

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 🔥

@jamsscott Год назад

Right on! Come say what’s up, it’s going to be a fun night 🤘🔥

@vagary1926 Год назад

@@jamsscott will do!

@nicosanchez_music 8 месяцев назад

Fancy seeing you here 😂 👊🏼

@PrinceVinceJohn 3 месяца назад

That light show is awesome

@georgemarshall5053 9 месяцев назад

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.

@Chris.n.a Год назад

This looks great

@jamsscott Год назад

Thank you! Appreciate you watching!

@jdubbs9655 Год назад

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!

@jamsscott Год назад

More to come!

@mortonstromgal 4 месяца назад

The thing Im wondering is what if your live shows are more organic, not just playing the album track, like you take a longer solo or drummer just keeps it rolling?

@StackhausLive Месяц назад

Damn bro that's fkn sweet

@simbee3634 Месяц назад

Really intersting, but I am a bit of an 'old-school' musician in a folk band. I was wondering how much control you have in-show, or does it just follow the pre-programmed to the click timing? I like to have the freedom to push the tempo, or maybe repeat a final chorus a few extra times if the crowd are with us.... can this be done with a setup like this or is each song fixed?

@EmmanuelB 4 месяца назад

Very interesting, thanks!

@Catcarnage 11 месяцев назад

Hey if you don’t mind how much are you making yearly?

@templatemusic 9 месяцев назад

Would love to know how to integrate this kind of setup into a venue's permanent fixtures. I'm going on tour in Australia playing in 800 cap venues and it would make so much more sense for me to program a light show rather than hire a guy that would barely learn the show lol.

@DavidMacVicar 9 месяцев назад

Interesting video! Thanks for sharing. One thing I noticed on the laptop, the click track doesn't actually have any click on it?

@tylersipes8599 Год назад

This took me back! I cut my teeth learning dmx with DMXIS. Have you shopped it against LightKey? I have transitioned from your same setup, and I’ve found programming to be 4x easier with better access to effects. Those global truss stands tho! Do you have a link by chance?

@jamsscott Год назад

For sure I’ve been wanting to explore different options but this is just the first thing I did since I saw bands like Bad Omens doing it this way. For the global truss stands I would go to Famous Stages Lighting and Sound. They hooked me up with everything you’ll need for stands and clamps. The rest I got at sweetwater!

@ABVBLW666 Год назад

I noticed the venue lighting was seemingly running with you rig also? I have heard about scalable configurations that can allow you to link to any venue that has the capability and control the in house lighting rigs too... Does DMXis work like that?

@jamsscott Год назад

I was doing that by hand while mixing 😅 Technically you can route it with the venue and probably as a headliner I would do that but it’s a lot of prep work prior!

@blakematthews6374 Год назад

I’m sad dmxis isn’t made anymore. I’m looking to do something similar to this.

@jamsscott Год назад

Emu is the same way, working on transition to that now and will make an updated video in depth with programming

@blakematthews6374 Год назад

@@jamsscott yea I know, but it’s subscription vs perpetual license, so I’m not a big fan of that.

@blakematthews6374 Год назад

@@jamsscott stoked to see that video though! I probably am going to end up using emu haha.

@jamsscott Год назад

@@blakematthews6374 yeah one issue I’m running with the program is it keeps crashing in logic but I’m talking closely with EMU to find a fix

@blakematthews6374 Год назад

@@jamsscott hey James, I actually worked super close with the EMU developers and fixed this issue

@JackPlunkett07 Год назад

Good video bro

@jamsscott Год назад

Appreciate it

@mallhits Год назад

how doyou account for minor changes in timing when performing live. lets say the dummer is playng slightly faster or slower than normal. that would throw the lightin off, right?

@jamsscott Год назад

We all play to a click track and of course practice. So we are all in time to the click. This makes sure the lights are spot on

@mallhits Год назад

@@jamsscott Oh, that makes sense. Thanks for making this video. I’ve been wonder how this worked my whole life

@jamsscott Год назад

@@mallhits no worries! I will have a new video soon with the EMU software I’m switching to. It’s basically the same concept just new and improved software and hardware. A lot of bands that have a light show but no LD run their shows like this currently.

@AdamDobbs-j5k 3 месяца назад

Nice

@yenneofficial 11 месяцев назад

Hi! Thank you so mich for your video ❤ unfortunately, I can’t find this vst anymore and the dmx box does no longer exist 😢

@jamsscott 11 месяцев назад

I’ll have a new video on some new product. Generally the same but different software called EMU

@yenneofficial 11 месяцев назад

@@jamsscott thanks for the reply Jams, can you link me to the video cause I can’t find it on your channel 😅

@jamsscott 11 месяцев назад

@@yenneofficial it’s in the making

@yenneofficial 11 месяцев назад

@@jamsscott i can’t wait 🥰 I subscribe to your channel not to miss it 🤘🏻

@yenneofficial 11 месяцев назад

@@jamsscott btw, I’ve heard about a software called « Show Buudy Setlist » by Dmxis. Do you know it and if you do, is Emu still a better option?

@blakesterdrums1647 Год назад

Why not simplify your lightshow and use soundswitch...check out what I've done in my garage for drum covers. ...soundswitch is so much simpler

@hiptoalieu Год назад

LOL...NOT for bands

@DJToneyBAward Месяц назад

Get back to me I like to know how I can do a light show on my own for orchestra that will be playing on the stage get back to me I like you to help me

@jamsscott Месяц назад

You can message me on Instagram or email

@fa0676 Год назад

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

@jamsscott Год назад

Exactly! That’s the way to do it

@jasper2870 Месяц назад

what's your experience with it live on stage? is it reliable? we are looking to do this, synced to our click track, but we have doubts because you cant make mistakes then

@fa0676 Месяц назад

@@jasper2870 It's pretty good. You do need a Digital Audio Workshop programme (we use Cakewalk) which accepts the virtual instrument DMXIS plug in and readily integrates with your MIDI setup. Once assigned and with a bank of scenes, these can be trigger along the stave and track length by 'note on'/'note off' signals in a MIDI track correspondent with where you want the scene in the song

@romapsian Год назад

Sick video! Not a lot of people show how a live show works on the technical side. When you say that the moment you press « play »on the MacBook the show goes on, does that mean that, between the songs, when band singers talk, they have to manage the duration of their speech before the next song starts?

@jamsscott Год назад

Exactly what I do!

@romapsian Год назад

@@jamsscott thanks so much! Will do some shows soon and I wanna have something really organized so I needed these videos haha 🤘🏻

@jamsscott Год назад

@@romapsian for sure, also just released the IEM video as well! Make sure to check that out 🤘

@SjorsBes Год назад

Hi, thanks for the great video! Kind of new to this stuff; how does it work when you are on tour, arriving at different venues everyday, and you want to combine this show with the venue lights (for example for front lights, or hanging spots & moving heads). How do you combine this pre-programmed show with the 'house lights'? Thanks in advance!

@jamsscott Год назад

I usually setup my front of house board to the lighting and sometimes will learn the board and do it or I will tell the LD cues and give him a light sheet to know which songs have what colors. Most LDs see the lights they know what to do but if it’s a bad LD and I can’t setup near him/her then I would just say do white front light and let my lights do the rest!

@davidkolbasky8066 6 месяцев назад

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

@AshesFromAChild 9 месяцев назад

i need your assistance to build a system like that

@jordanhenshaw Год назад

I'm developing software that's this but 10x better. It's in beta.

@lewisturner7493 10 месяцев назад

How can i get hold of it

@jordanhenshaw 10 месяцев назад

@@lewisturner7493 Are you on Eos?

@ARprojek89 Месяц назад

Apakah ada perkembangan

@THELAUTREAMONTSBAND Год назад

Hi! Nice video! I also use DMXiS for the lights of my band. When I saw the live video, I was wondering how do you control the front lights and the PAR cans behind the band. Also, do you prefer programing scenes for part of the songs? Because I do differently as I have all the moves, colors and blinks programed via CC on the session.

@jamsscott Год назад

So I usually do that by hand while running sound. Or I give the LD a light cue sheet. I’m planning to just start contacting the venues programming those lights ahead of time

@sainzfab 3 месяца назад

What mac software is it?

@olive6671 Год назад

Very good video ! !!!! Do you think DMXis is the Best (an easier) for bands ? Do you know sweetlight ? What would you recommand ?

@jamsscott Год назад

DMXis is nice I will be switching to EMU and make a video on that soon

@NickGdrl Год назад

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

@jamsscott Год назад

Yeah when I finish up touring I should have 2 weeks and I could come up with a video. I’m trying to get into EMU since it’s more modern and can do it. Maybe a livestream would be better

@asthecitysleepsofficial Год назад

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!

@jamsscott Год назад

Dude that’s awesome! Happy to help 🤘

@VegasDominic Месяц назад

Dmxis and MIDI - wow! Looks great and maybe easier than maybe compared to MA2 on PC and Time-code? 😅

@fardovc3965 Год назад

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

@jamsscott Год назад

Awesome! Glad you help 🤘

@howierodman4954 Год назад

Thanks for sharing. I'm getting back into lighting after being out of out for 24yrs. Small bands & clubs but a HUGE change to how lights are run. Do they use a click track to keep the same timing as what you have for the triggers?

@jamsscott Год назад

Running in the program the midi notes keep it in time of time code if you go that route

@oThornq Год назад

What program do you use

@jamsscott Год назад

Dmxis

@oThornq Год назад

@@jamsscott I have 4 lights that are the same brand, and one that isn’t. My lights are - 2x Intimidator 110 Spot (Chauvet) - 2x Slim Par t12TB (Chauvet) -1x Mini Par Bar (Eliminator Lighting) Will dmxis work with this?

@jamsscott Год назад

@@oThornq yes but I have switched to EMU which is fundamentally the same. New video will be out soon over that

@MarceloKaczorowsky Год назад

Having this kind of setup, how much work would be left for the light tech during the concert? And how could the band give proper cues to the light tech on the venue if not traveling with one (so the venue light tech)?

@AaronSanquez 10 месяцев назад

There is a lot to do. So I travel with a system that’s time coded out as well. But just have to make sure my cues have presets are set up. Then im also going to patch in the house rig into the system. Then my band likes to changes things up and do a song that’s not on the list and I get to do it live. They are renting a grandMA system. Before it was obsidian on PC.

@TITVNBAND 6 месяцев назад

Just found this video and funny enough I think I remember a house party at Jareds house and I swear that was his garage cause we played Beer Pong on the single car door side and I remember Avoid & For The Likes Of You boys were there and this looks exactly like his garage with the TV on the wall too lmao.... This was 2018? I think.... Anyways! Great video! Thank you!

@djdannybhtx Год назад

bad ass!!!

@jamsscott Год назад

Thank you 🫵

@misterkenova6695 Год назад

Awesome! Cheers

@eross21 Год назад

also, i’m trying to setup a dmx rig for a marching band that has assignable led light strands on theirs drums. i know there are wireless dmx dongles, but is there a dmx box that can convert dmx signal to light the assignable led tape lights

@jamsscott Год назад

I guess I don’t understand your question but the dongles transmit code to the lights to do what you need. It’s nice but also I think it’s not as good as a cable at the moment. Soon I think it’ll take over but cabling it I know it’s sending the signal instantaneously

@eross21 Год назад

@@jamsscott no worries. i w done a to. of research since i sent this. i have my head wrapped around it at this point. kee up the great work. it looks awesome

@ChristopherRoupp 10 месяцев назад

Awesome video man gave me a lot of thinking for my bands own setup. Can you go into detail on how you made the stands? I think it’s super smart you put them on wheels & made it easy to move

@EREX2000-r4g 2 месяца назад

🔥

@himeshsinha6821 Год назад

What are those stands...or structures whatever you call em

@jamsscott Год назад

Global truss rolling stands

@kpeel1357 8 месяцев назад

Great job! love what you have done. leave the programing to MIDI.. !

@eross21 Год назад

so on a live show. do you just trigger a part manually during the song. just in case the tempo of the band is off a little ?

@jamsscott Год назад

Each band that has programmed lights, uses a click track in their in-ear mix so it’s perfectly in time with the lights

@eross21 Год назад

@@jamsscott wow that’s impressive. but feel bad they have to listen to a click all night lol

@jamsscott Год назад

@@eross21 you get use to it and it feels good knowing where you’re at!

@boddenproduction8773 Год назад

kind of stands are those ?

@jamsscott Год назад

Global Truss

@thales_stat 7 месяцев назад

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!

@sirobellino Год назад

How many watts are those flash?

@jamsscott Год назад

The ADJ Jolts?

@auracario6243 9 месяцев назад

I thought DMXIS was dead technology? What are your thoughts on ENTTEC EMU?

@luckyowl859 Год назад

That's amazing man!

@jamsscott Год назад

Glad you think so!

@AdamDobbs-j5k 3 месяца назад

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

@here2456 Год назад

AWESOME!!!! Thank You 🎸🎸🎸

@jamsscott Год назад

My pleasure!!

@davidkolbasky8066 6 месяцев назад

Would you be able to send a like for the global truss system esp the bottom Rolling platforms

@JackMaw Год назад

My dmxis box (it’s an enttec open Dmx usb2.0 interface) won’t connect to dmxis. Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks!!

@jamsscott Год назад

EMU

@jaystevens9012 Год назад

we added wireless dmx... even less mess !

@jamsscott Год назад

Yeah I noticed with the amount of lights I have I can’t use wireless DMX

@jaystevens9012 Год назад

@@jamsscott maybe... the ones on the trus, wire them all together w cable... then just have 1 wireless receiver on each truss... we run tons of lights too! ... rock n roll brotha.. peace

@AFTR-Productions 9 месяцев назад

Hey mad how did you build the rig the lights are on ?

@kristopherdetar4346 23 дня назад

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.

@jamsscott 23 дня назад

I don’t live with my parents 😂

@MagicDice23 Год назад

Hey, cool vid, thx! However, DMXIS hardware is discontinued, will it work the same with the Enttec DMX USB Pro? (imagine you break your DMXIS interface, how do you go on?)

@jamsscott Год назад

Yes it will work

@MagicDice23 Год назад

@@jamsscott Thx!

@here2456 Год назад

Awesone set up... Where can I get stands like that?

@jamsscott Год назад

Global truss, I’m sure sweetwater can get it if you call them too and show them the video! Might even get a better deal haha

@edo12310 7 месяцев назад

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

@jamsscott 7 месяцев назад

Glad to of be at service!