Aurora wishlist
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Category: Aurora Sequencer Software
Forum Name: Feature Requests
Forum Discription: Want us to improve something?
URL: http://www.aurorashow.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=254
Printed Date: 09 May 2024 at 5:12pm
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Topic: Aurora wishlist
Posted By: Pony_God
Subject: Aurora wishlist
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2008 at 2:28pm
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So as I'm going though and getting everything setup for some hardcore sequencing I'm just making some notes on things that would be nice to see. 1. Instead of "Add Channel", I'd like to see an "Add Controller" so that I don't have to add every single channel one by one. 2. I'd like to manually set the color of each channel (let me type in the HEX)
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Posted By: LightsOnLogan
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2008 at 2:36pm
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Re #1: We have this listed to become a future feature. Basically the right click "Bulk Channel Editor" option will be expanded to include add capability.
It should also be noted that after you have created your channels for the first time and saved them you can use the "Import Channels From File" functionality to bring them into new sequences. This applies to sequences imported from Spectrum and saved as an Aurora dls as well, so those coming from Spectrum should be able to be up fairly quickly.
Re #2: Noted... we'll be working on this form for native mode Firefly (1.1) so I'll see if I can get a hex option onto the form as well. ------------- http://www.aurorashow.com/"> 
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Posted By: Slinkard
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2008 at 5:15pm
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I would like to see
1.) RDS - very cool and I want to be the first to use it!
2.) The option (waveform) to use all 16million colors at varing degree's of intensity like the LORvis plug in for my firefly channels. meaning I have 10 FF's I just want them to consist of 10ch 1 per FF and then I want to set it to waveform (set it and forget it) to those channels.
3.) Free upgrades for life!
Slink ------------- http://www.aurorashow.com/"> 
Coming soon www.computerizedlights.com |
Posted By: pmcdaniel
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2008 at 6:57pm
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Wish list (or just wish): Copy channel from other file (have 2 instances of aurora open and be able to copy and paste between the two). |
Posted By: JohnnyL
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2008 at 7:59pm
| as long as were talking Feature Requests, have you considered integrating HLD? that and RDS would top it off very nicely |
Posted By: Slinkard
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2008 at 8:02pm
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High Level Design. Distributed Network Traffic Controller Sorry I am a network engineer
Slink ------------- http://www.aurorashow.com/">
Coming soon www.computerizedlights.com |
Posted By: JohnnyL
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2008 at 8:08pm
| HLD = Holiday Lights Designer. |
Posted By: LightChristmas
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2008 at 8:34pm
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If HLD is like a "virtual yard/display", Aurora already has it. Just click on the icon to the right of the "light bulb".
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Posted By: JohnnyL
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2008 at 8:42pm
| yes its a virtual yard display, but more powerful. if you get some time check it out. it may be a goodie for next year. |
Posted By: ChrisL1976
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2008 at 9:50pm
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HLD gives you the ability to put 3 dimensions into lights layout for your viewing sequence....its really pretty cool from the videos I've seen. ------------- Chris www.lightsonsixth.com |
Posted By: TheQueb
Date Posted: 03 Sep 2008 at 12:45am
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Haven't used it yet so I'm not sure if this is an issue or not but it was an issue/feature in Spectrum... When autosave saves my work at whatever time interval I set it at, Spectrum would overwrite the original file I opened to start with. ie my Template in most cases. It would be helpful if Aurora were just to autosave as a *.bak file and just overwrite that file each time it autosaved. This way I don't have to remember to open my template with all my controllers and channels set up in it, then immediately save it as my new working file that I'm working on so the template dosen't get written over... Does this make sense or have I over(under)explained it? ------------- 80 D-Light-ful Channels http://www.SoutheastTexasLights.com - Southeast Texas Lights http://www.frappr.com/dlight - D-Light Users |
Posted By: Pony_God
Date Posted: 03 Sep 2008 at 10:07am
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1. Ability to draw Multi-colored light strings
2. Tap/space to add time marker ------------- Fine. You're so smart you rig up the lights. http://www.frappr.com/dlight - D-Light users Unite!
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Posted By: ChrisL1976
Date Posted: 03 Sep 2008 at 10:47pm
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be able to Adjust leaping arches after they are drawn.
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Posted By: Pony_God
Date Posted: 04 Sep 2008 at 12:05am
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Now that I've actually stated to sequence a reall song....
1. I'd REALLY like to have tap-to-add-time-marker.
2. Slower play so that I can hit the notes more precicely would be nice. Some go by fast. ------------- Fine. You're so smart you rig up the lights. http://www.frappr.com/dlight - D-Light users Unite!
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Posted By: LightChristmas
Date Posted: 04 Sep 2008 at 2:15am
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Am putting a video together to show how to set a beat interval at the exact point. The feature is already there, just don't think anyone has considered implementing it in this fashion. ------------- http://www.aurorashow.com/">
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Posted By: ChrisL1976
Date Posted: 04 Sep 2008 at 9:09am
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How about getting the Mouse wheel to zoom in/out
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Posted By: LightsOnLogan
Date Posted: 04 Sep 2008 at 3:38pm
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Aurora does as you describe. Auto save happens as the "Backup Workspace" functionality. Your working file is never overwritten without you telling it to save, but if for some reason you have a problem (program crash, power outage, etc.) then you can click the "Use Backup Workspace" button the next time you start Aurora to get to the last restore point.
Workspace backup happens ever 5 minutes except during playback. If you are playing back the sequence at the scheduled backup time then the backup gets deferred for 1 minute before trying again.
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Posted By: LightsOnLogan
Date Posted: 04 Sep 2008 at 3:41pm
Mouse wheel doesn't do this, but the Pg Up and Pg Dn keys do zoom in/out the horizontal and the + and - keys will zoom in/out the vertical. ------------- http://www.aurorashow.com/">
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Posted By: LightsOnLogan
Date Posted: 04 Sep 2008 at 3:42pm
This is scheduled for a future version. ------------- http://www.aurorashow.com/">
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Posted By: ChrisL1976
Date Posted: 04 Sep 2008 at 3:45pm
Think I need to print out that Hotkey sheet Thanks!!!! ------------- Chris www.lightsonsixth.com |
Posted By: TheQueb
Date Posted: 04 Sep 2008 at 3:48pm
Ah... I can breathe easier. I hated the overwrite backup feature in Spectrum. Thanks! ------------- 80 D-Light-ful Channels http://www.SoutheastTexasLights.com - Southeast Texas Lights http://www.frappr.com/dlight - D-Light Users |
Posted By: LightsOnLogan
Date Posted: 04 Sep 2008 at 3:50pm
While at TCLW I had some intersting discussions with attendees about HLD and the Aurora Visualizer. What I learned at the time was that while HLD was a "would be nice" option, the vast majority of those I spoke with preferred Aurora having its own visualizer built in (in fact, not having to purchase an extra piece of software was a very big selling point). I'm not going to say we will never support HLD (we very likely will at some point), but we have several plans for the built in visualizer to attend to first (not to forget FF and DMX). ------------- http://www.aurorashow.com/">
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Posted By: LightsOnLogan
Date Posted: 04 Sep 2008 at 3:54pm
At the moment we can't do this, but it is scheduled for 2009 after we update the graphics engine to better take advantage of modern graphics cards. ------------- http://www.aurorashow.com/">
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Posted By: ChrisL1976
Date Posted: 04 Sep 2008 at 3:54pm
I actually really like your visualizer.....very clean looking and running. HLD is cool, but I think being able to look at your display from any angle is kind of a "So What" ------------- Chris www.lightsonsixth.com |
Posted By: Pony_God
Date Posted: 04 Sep 2008 at 7:01pm
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Don't get me worng, I like the visual, quite usefull.
BUT...
When a violin slowly comes in and then fades out? Hard to catch that event.
The beat detector doesn't catch everything, for exacmple: dum dede dum. Hard to do currectly. ------------- Fine. You're so smart you rig up the lights. http://www.frappr.com/dlight - D-Light users Unite!
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Posted By: LightsOnLogan
Date Posted: 04 Sep 2008 at 7:02pm
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Violins will appear as a set of thin stacked lines in the middle to upper part of the Spectrogram. ------------- http://www.aurorashow.com/">
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Posted By: bigvic
Date Posted: 07 Sep 2008 at 10:46pm
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l have just started playing with auarora and overall find it very good, but just a couple of little anoying things that l have found, 1: when u stop a sequence and start playing it again, it starts from the original point or the start of the sequence, l think it should restart playing from were it stopped. 2: it really needs a tap mode, 3: a rewind button back to start would be good. 4: can the time interval lines be moved once placed ? 5: what is the shift timing actuallly for ?
Is there any help files coming in the near future for both the sequencer and schedular ?
Can any tell me how to save in schedular ? and does the run once line mean that when a squence is placed there it will play only once and any thing in the loop area will be played a number of times ? if so how do u set the number of loops or do u have a seperate schedule for evey sequence.
bigvic
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Posted By: deweycooter
Date Posted: 08 Sep 2008 at 7:20am
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1. You're requesting a pause feature. The way it behaves now is easier for tweaking a certain part. 2. I'm indifferent here, but you should try using the waveform or spectrograph to find the beats and then use the split command to get your time events more accurately than tapping. 3. Hit the Home key 4. Mouse over the event line and drag 5. If you ever need to modify your sound file, it may not be exactly synched up with the events. Help files are in work per Michael. I don't have scheduler in front of me, but run once is useful for opening and closing sequences. You don't specify the number of loops, instead the duration of time that the show is to run. At the end of the loop, Aurora checks the time. If it's past the end time, closing sequences are played and the show ends. Otherwise, the next loop is started. ------------- http://www.deweycooter.com/wiki/index.php/Aurora - Aurora Lights Wiki http://www.aurorashow.com/"> 
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Posted By: Pony_God
Date Posted: 09 Sep 2008 at 3:05pm
Alright smarty-pants, I'd like to W2E for some vocals in part of a song. I'm talking about TSO's Christmas Cannon here. How would I pull out the vocals so that I can create the waveform? ------------- Fine. You're so smart you rig up the lights. http://www.frappr.com/dlight - D-Light users Unite!
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Posted By: LightChristmas
Date Posted: 09 Sep 2008 at 3:39pm
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Right click on the W2E tool and go to advanced settings. You'll have to play around a bit with the various settings, but you should be able to come up with something that will work.
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Posted By: LightsOnLogan
Date Posted: 10 Sep 2008 at 12:48pm
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Vocals are a lead part so you may need to use a high noise gate/expander setting to pull them out. As I recall though, the Christmas Cannon vocals are barely 3dB above the strings in the TSO Cannon and share the same notes, so it might not be easy to pull off with that particular song. ------------- http://www.aurorashow.com/">
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Posted By: Pony_God
Date Posted: 10 Sep 2008 at 1:34pm
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Alright, how about an easier one? Any pointers for Bing Crosby - Mele Kalikimaka? ------------- Fine. You're so smart you rig up the lights. http://www.frappr.com/dlight - D-Light users Unite!
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Posted By: Pony_God
Date Posted: 11 Sep 2008 at 3:26pm
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I'd like to request 2 more things.
1. when setting up SHIMMER, allow speed to be set.
2. when setting up TWINKLE, allow speed to be set. ------------- Fine. You're so smart you rig up the lights. http://www.frappr.com/dlight - D-Light users Unite!
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Posted By: ChrisL1976
Date Posted: 11 Sep 2008 at 3:55pm
Pony I'm pretty sure you can change your shimmer and twinkle speeds in D-light H/W utility. Although that sets the controller so you cant change that within the Aurora Sequence. Edit....Clarify, you wont be able to change the speed during the sequence ------------- Chris www.lightsonsixth.com |
Posted By: Pony_God
Date Posted: 11 Sep 2008 at 5:52pm
EXACTLY!
There's a "random" speed for both of these, but not a "set as X" option. ------------- Fine. You're so smart you rig up the lights. http://www.frappr.com/dlight - D-Light users Unite!
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Posted By: LightsOnLogan
Date Posted: 11 Sep 2008 at 6:34pm
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Pony_God,
At this time both the D-Light extended protocol and the LOR protocol do not support specifying a speed within the shimmer/twinkle command (the D-Light extended protocol only supports a single bit to select normal or random and the LOR protocol doesn't even have that option). These must be set board-wide in the hardware utility. ------------- http://www.aurorashow.com/">
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Posted By: Pony_God
Date Posted: 11 Sep 2008 at 7:57pm
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So the D-Light H/W Utility must send a special command to set it? ------------- Fine. You're so smart you rig up the lights. http://www.frappr.com/dlight - D-Light users Unite!
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Posted By: JonB256
Date Posted: 11 Sep 2008 at 10:01pm
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Pony, each D-Light board can have its very own specific shimmer speed. That can be limiting but it does reduce the amount of command data sent to each controller. You could create your own "shimmer" by using very small time intervals with a ramp up, ON, ramp down, OFF sequence. Copy/Paste a few dozen times. Putting a shimmer command in any controller software channel needs to be viewed on each individual controller to see if it looks the way you HOPE it looks. ------------- JonB - D-Light user |
Posted By: Pony_God
Date Posted: 12 Sep 2008 at 7:54am
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Right, but I enjoy how simple just doing "shimmer here" is. It's not really that important, just thought that it would be nice to be able to set the speed as well as the intencity and time. ------------- Fine. You're so smart you rig up the lights. http://www.frappr.com/dlight - D-Light users Unite!
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Posted By: jberner
Date Posted: 15 Sep 2008 at 5:53pm
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How about the ability to control the output volume of each individual song played. I don't have sound editing software and I would like all my music choices to play with the same amplitude. Some of my songs are louder than others and I want to avoid distorting my loud ones because I have to turn up the master volume for the quieter ones. |
Posted By: JonB256
Date Posted: 15 Sep 2008 at 6:05pm
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Sound control - I'm wondering, since Aurora "pre-processes" the audio anyway, perhaps they could add a "normalize" feature that could set volume levels. As far as not having any sound editing software, the vast consensus is that the Freeware program, Audacity, is the one to get. http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ - http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ ------------- JonB - D-Light user |
Posted By: Pony_God
Date Posted: 15 Sep 2008 at 6:35pm
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Audacity... ditto to that.
I had to crank up Dance of the Sugar Plum Faries so that it's audible. ------------- Fine. You're so smart you rig up the lights. http://www.frappr.com/dlight - D-Light users Unite!
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Posted By: jberner
Date Posted: 15 Sep 2008 at 9:18pm
| I hope this comes across clear but when drafting you can put dimensions on a range with obvious start and end point. I think it would be nice if we could put that kind of notation on top of the music visualizations so we could notate what we are doing throughout the show to make editing at a later date easier. |
Posted By: Pony_God
Date Posted: 16 Sep 2008 at 8:13am
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hum... that's an interesting idea. ------------- Fine. You're so smart you rig up the lights. http://www.frappr.com/dlight - D-Light users Unite!
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Posted By: ChrisL1976
Date Posted: 16 Sep 2008 at 8:51am
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Maybe this has already been mentioned somewhere.....but I'd love to see a choice of colors for the Event line. I'd love to be able to see different time events. As of now, I sequence my arches last because once I insert the timing for those, seeing anything else is a pain. Even better yet, be able to put a time event through only certain channels and not have it always go top to bottom. ------------- Chris www.lightsonsixth.com |
Posted By: Pony_God
Date Posted: 16 Sep 2008 at 9:24am
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ew... a time line though only certain channels would get conusing fast! (Well, at least I would think it would). But, coloring (grouping) timing marks is cool too. Arches in Red, bass/beat in blue ------------- Fine. You're so smart you rig up the lights. http://www.frappr.com/dlight - D-Light users Unite!
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Posted By: ChrisL1976
Date Posted: 16 Sep 2008 at 10:46am
It would clear up dense grids on channels you dont need them. For example, for my arches, I used roughly 0.1 second timing intervals. If I could only have that dense of a grid for my arch channels, I would be happier since if I try to time something in that same time slot, then I have to deal with a 0.1 grid. With the current methods of splitting cells to achieve timing multiple timing grid (0.1 seconds, ect), you almost have to put the dense grids in first. if you want them all even. To simplify, different color event lines would help significantly. ------------- Chris www.lightsonsixth.com |
Posted By: Pony_God
Date Posted: 16 Sep 2008 at 11:37am
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I'm just thinking that a time line that doesn't go all the way would look funny. Now... If we could create a channel-group (that Lor and Spectrum had I think) It may be reasonable to add timelines to only that group and to color that groups' background differently.
Possibly create a channel-group for each mega-tree, arch, and mini-tree farm? ------------- Fine. You're so smart you rig up the lights. http://www.frappr.com/dlight - D-Light users Unite!
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Posted By: tonyjmartin
Date Posted: 16 Sep 2008 at 12:07pm
Hang on to your hats, kids. Starting with http://www.lightsonlogan.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=303&KW=&PID=2210#2210 - this post in the http://www.lightsonlogan.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=303 - ------------- Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson |
Posted By: Pony_God
Date Posted: 16 Sep 2008 at 1:00pm
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Right and I saw that.
Now that I've got arches and groupable stuff it's making more sence to group stuff.
The timing-per-group is new though and could be interesting. ------------- Fine. You're so smart you rig up the lights. http://www.frappr.com/dlight - D-Light users Unite!
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Posted By: ChrisL1976
Date Posted: 16 Sep 2008 at 1:17pm
 Thats what I was trying to explain....a way of timing just certain channels such as a group of arches, tree's ,ect where the timing for those may be completely separate from the rest of the sequence.  Cant wait to see it.------------- Chris www.lightsonsixth.com |
Posted By: Pony_God
Date Posted: 16 Sep 2008 at 2:17pm
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ah... Well, as long as I don't have to control 48 rows for my firefly I'll be happy. :) ------------- Fine. You're so smart you rig up the lights. http://www.frappr.com/dlight - D-Light users Unite!
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Posted By: webbtech
Date Posted: 28 Sep 2008 at 10:32pm
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Something we could all use...a built in audio normalizer....!
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Posted By: Pony_God
Date Posted: 28 Sep 2008 at 11:01pm
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Everyone's been using Audacity to normalise... Nice little free program. Give it a try. ------------- Fine. You're so smart you rig up the lights. http://www.frappr.com/dlight - D-Light users Unite!
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Posted By: jberner
Date Posted: 04 Oct 2008 at 7:26pm
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How about horizontal and vertical scroll bars on the screen? It would be faster to use them to jump to sections than having to use the arrow keys. Also, When using the waveform tool it seems to take a very long time if you select a couple of channels at a time. Can that routine be optimized to calculate the first channel and then copy that to the other channels rather than calculating the same information on each channel separately? |
Posted By: Pony_God
Date Posted: 04 Oct 2008 at 8:46pm
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like to see "copy". How about SHFT + arrow, like in Excel?Justing to the next spot that's not empty? ------------- Fine. You're so smart you rig up the lights. http://www.frappr.com/dlight - D-Light users Unite!
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Posted By: bdkeen
Date Posted: 04 Oct 2008 at 9:16pm
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Back in April I mentioned scroll bars http://www.lightsonlogan.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=125 - http://www.lightsonlogan.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=125 ------------- 
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Posted By: jberner
Date Posted: 05 Oct 2008 at 9:00pm
Well touch you!!  Hmmm How about using the scroll wheel on the mouse to zoom in and out on the time frame or to slide the scroll bars in BDKEEN's idea of scroll bars? |
Posted By: jberner
Date Posted: 18 Oct 2008 at 5:50pm
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OK, so i read this entire part of the forum again and I see someone else mentioned that they want the scroll wheel to zoom in and out, I guess consider that a popular request. I do have another unique one though. How about in the Bulk Channel editor each column can be sortable, and in regards to the ports, when you select 'Device' it also sub-sort the channels on that device. That would allow us to see what port are assigned to the sequence or not relatively easily. Something like a report that also shows unassigned channels (channels available on the device but not 'installed' in the the sequence)and also unused channels (assigned but not used) would also be a plus. Alternativly, representing the unused channels could be as simple as putting a small column after the channel names that would have a * or another symbol that could represent that there is an event in the sequence or not for that channel. |
Posted By: beavis
Date Posted: 24 Oct 2008 at 11:25pm
| Yeah, I was new (from Spectrum) when I brought up per channel timing the first time. Now that I'm more familiar, I like Aurora ALOT. But separate channel timing is still the thing I'd most like to have. I've learned to live without tap mode. But with things like arches and trees, where intervals are more a function of number of channels, vs other beat-oriented channels, it gets very difficult to sequence the beat-oriented stuff once you've subdivided to match something like a shooting arch or spinning megatree. The thing I've learned is to do those last, which helps. |
Posted By: joeengler
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2008 at 4:52pm
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How about displaying a counter/timer on the visualizer screen, this would big a big help when watching the visualizer and you see a place you want to adjust something. ------------- http://www.aurorashow.com/"> 
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Posted By: kedogn
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2008 at 6:52pm
Maybe I am not understanding you, but when I use visualizer, I can see the time rolling up in the upper left of my screen... its how I know where to look when I want to change or add something. ------------- BOOMER SOONER! 
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Posted By: joeengler
Date Posted: 26 Oct 2008 at 12:34am
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Thats funny, when I use the visualizer there is no timer which makes it very hard to figure out where I'm at.
Is there some setup I missed? ------------- http://www.aurorashow.com/">
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Posted By: jberner
Date Posted: 26 Oct 2008 at 9:04am
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The visualizer is the virtual show where you draw where the lights go. It does not show the timing. It is a good suggestion. It would be cool if we could put bigger pictures in the visualizer. When you have tons of channels it would make it easier to see what it happening. |
Posted By: ChrisL1976
Date Posted: 26 Oct 2008 at 10:49am
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The timing clock is shown and counts up during the playback with the Visualizer. The clock is directly under the Play/Stop/Light bulb/Visualizer. ------------- Chris www.lightsonsixth.com |
Posted By: ChrisL1976
Date Posted: 26 Oct 2008 at 10:50am
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opps...double post
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Posted By: jberner
Date Posted: 26 Oct 2008 at 12:38pm
| I see that clock but I think (or at least in my mind) we are looking for the visualizer to be sliding by at the same time. |
Posted By: bmpaul
Date Posted: 29 Oct 2008 at 5:46pm
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I would like to see some kind of jump to time feature. So when I find something that I would like to edit at 3min and 23seconds I could just enter something like 3.23 and click a button instead of scrolling all the way from the beginning or the end. On the other hand I would be one to vote for not making Aurora a very complicated program. I don't have a supercomputer and I would rather not buy one. -------------
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Posted By: jberner
Date Posted: 29 Oct 2008 at 7:14pm
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Pulling an idea from a different thread, how about an option in the program to have the save feature add a version/build number to the saved sequence name. i.e. Wizards.0004.dls ("Enable Versioning") It would also need the ability to limit the previous number of sequences saved ("Recent Saves"). I would recommend 10 or so (or also user configurable with a suggested number) with every 10th save permanently left in place so you could have a historical reference in case you needed to go way back ("Archival Saves"), perhaps in a separate directory. This feature should be able to be turned off for those space conscious folks. |
Posted By: Pony_God
Date Posted: 29 Oct 2008 at 8:20pm
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I think that would be a safety net and make a number of people feel mor comfortable. Although I'd like to see the historical saves in a history directory.
Also, since I save A LOT, I think that the "save point" should be created on sequence open, not sequence save. 10 historicals saves would only get me 1/2 hour back. ------------- Fine. You're so smart you rig up the lights. http://www.frappr.com/dlight - D-Light users Unite!
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Posted By: MrChristmas2000
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2008 at 6:18am
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1. The ability to move a group of channels from one page to another page.
i.e. the ability to select a group of channles and move them all at once. ------------- http://www.aurorashow.com/"> 
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Posted By: Pony_God
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2008 at 7:48am
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I think grouping came up already somewhere. ------------- Fine. You're so smart you rig up the lights. http://www.frappr.com/dlight - D-Light users Unite!
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Posted By: jberner
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2008 at 7:27pm
| What about a split (horizontal) sequencer window. So we can view two (or more) different parts of the channels at the same time with out having to move channels closer together. |
Posted By: MrChristmas2000
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2008 at 8:21pm
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The ability to change timing marks different colors for things such as main music beats. This would help visually when you have a lot of channels.
This may also have been mentioned before but here it is anyway.
A. The ability to jump to a particular channel.
B. The ability to page up/down the channels using an alt key + page up/down key.
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Posted By: cp1
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2008 at 5:59pm
| How about the ability to add more light types such as net lights, Deer, candy canes and such. Also maybe a drawing tool that draws where ever the mouse goes while you hold the button to make custom layouts instead of stright lines. The straight lines are great but you cant do things like trace the sidewalks or driveways with lights unless they are straight lines. |
Posted By: TheQueb
Date Posted: 09 Nov 2008 at 5:38am
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I'd like to see some visual indication of what's happening WITHOUT using the picture of my house. LOR does it by flashing/fading.twinkling/shimmering the channel name on the left side of the grid. When I use the visualizer as it is now, I don't get to see the commands in the grid as they go by. ------------- 80 D-Light-ful Channels http://www.SoutheastTexasLights.com - Southeast Texas Lights http://www.frappr.com/dlight - D-Light Users |
Posted By: BigDPS
Date Posted: 09 Nov 2008 at 1:55pm
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Just like Spectrum, right click on a box, should delete it. Left to put an event, right to delete it. ------------- http://www.aurorashow.com/"> 
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Posted By: jberner
Date Posted: 09 Nov 2008 at 3:10pm
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It would be nice if we could view larger pictures in visualizer |
Posted By: LightChristmas
Date Posted: 09 Nov 2008 at 4:48pm
Make the bloody bulk edit window bloody big enough to bloody see on a bloody 15" screen. ------------- http://www.aurorashow.com/">
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Posted By: bdkeen
Date Posted: 09 Nov 2008 at 5:03pm
Pair of +3.75 reading glasses from the dollar store solved this problem -------------
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- Like sitting in the front row now Posted By: cp1
Date Posted: 10 Nov 2008 at 6:24pm
I would also like to see something like a pre programmed patterns like maybe a chase. Even if it was only 8 channels it could be pasted in multiple times to get what we need. This would certainly speed up the sequencing process.
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Posted By: kalifi
Date Posted: 10 Nov 2008 at 8:00pm
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Posted By: jberner
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2008 at 8:03pm
Um, if you have blood on your screen you have bigger issues than your channel editor.... For that matter, if you can afford all these lights and controller, why do you have a 15" screen? As of today, TigerDirect has a 61" DLP (sans blood) on sale for less than your lights cost. Imagine sequencing on that sucker! Those timing lines would be a piece of cake to drop in... |
Posted By: Jonathan
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2008 at 11:58pm
Spoken like a true Brit (or Australian), mate. ------------- ~Jonathan |
Posted By: LightsOnLogan
Date Posted: 12 Nov 2008 at 11:26am
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At TCLW I had Aurora running on a 24" screen at 1920x1200 resolution. It was not intended as such, but I think a lot of people came in the booth to ask about the screen, not Aurora! Seriously, really nice monitors are available under $400 these days (cheapest time to buy is late January/early Februrary though). Aurora scales up very nicely to 1920x1200 (Remaining usable, I can fit about 80 channels at once on the screen). Ironically, 15" inch screens are the reason the font is so small in the bulk editor. Had the font been made larger the form would have went off the edge of the smaller screen resolutions. ------------- http://www.aurorashow.com/">
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Posted By: joeengler
Date Posted: 27 Dec 2008 at 9:31pm
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How about a log file that list the date/time each song was played. ------------- http://www.aurorashow.com/">
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Posted By: jberner
Date Posted: 13 Aug 2009 at 7:58am
| I know this was requested somewhere but it would be nice if we could have different colored timing lines. Particularly I would like to have my beat lines one color and my other timing lines another color. |
Posted By: LightsOnLogan
Date Posted: 13 Aug 2009 at 1:11pm
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jberner,
That request is on the list and will function similar to your request, however there are a few things we must get in place before we can successfully include this feature. It sounds simple, but when you consider this request leads to the next one (e.g. why not make paste have an option to only paste within certain timing "groups", and then why not let all tools have that same functionality), it becomes clear that we want to do this right instead of only halfway. Prerequisites of this are a revised copy/paste system and some database improvements. ------------- http://www.aurorashow.com/">
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Posted By: jberner
Date Posted: 13 Aug 2009 at 1:51pm
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lol. Then I should tell you my next request will be to have 2 timing lines occupying the same space so that a timing group can be adjusted without having to move a beat line... I figured I would spread my evil plans out over two revisions but if you want it to be in one I am cool with that. |
Posted By: BigDPS
Date Posted: 30 Sep 2009 at 5:53am
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It would be nice to be able to delete an event when we are sequencing by simply right clicking on it. Spectrum had it I think and it was very useful.
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