User Guide V0.
Setup Connecting to a DMX Interface Creating a Project Adding Fixtures Addressing your Fixtures Changing the order of fixtures Controlling with the Faders Setting Pan/Tilt Limitations 3 3 4 5 5 5 6 7 Live Colors Choosing an Effect Setting a color Moves Choosing an Effect Setting the Center Position Flash FX Special FX Strobe Dimmer Presets Sync Pulse BPM - TAP BPM - Ableton Link (iPad only) MIDI (iPad Only) Other Settings 8 8 8 9 9 9 10 10 11 11 11 11 10 12 12 13 14 15
Setup To get going with mydmx GO, connect your DMX interface by USB (Android only) or by WiFi (iPad and Android). Tap the menu on the left and select your interface from the list. Go to the Fixtures screen, select your Brand and Device from the bottom and tap Add a Fixture. This is all you need to do to get started. From here you can proceed to the Live page of this manual, or continue reading from here for a more in-depth explanation.
mydmx GO is compatabile with several interfaces as described below. mydmx GO for Android: ● Any SUT (Smart Upgrade Technology) USB-DMX interface with the mydmx GO license. See our website for a list of compatible SUT devices ● mydmx GO, Daslight DVC4-GZM & Sunlite SUITE2-FC Ethernet-DMX interfaces mydmx GO for iPad: ● mydmx GO, Daslight DVC4-GZM & Sunlite SUITE2-FC Ethernet-DMX interface. To connect to a DMX interface, tap the menu button and tap on the interface you would like to use.
Adding Fixtures You need to add some fixtures to your project before anything will happen. Head over to the fixtures screen by tapping the menu button and then ‘Fixtures’. To add a fixture: 1. Tap the ‘Brand’ button at the bottom of the screen and select the brand. 2. Select a device. Notice each device has a colored dot to the right: a. Red means the device must be downloaded from the cloud. An internet connection is required for this! b. Green means you have the device on your tablet already. c.
Controlling with the Faders mydmx GO has been designed to control the fixture automatically, however you can manually override the value of a fixtures channel. To do this: 1. Select a fixture by tapping it in the list. 2. Tap the fader you want to control. The fader will turn blue 3. Drag the fader up and down to change the value 4.
Setting Pan/Tilt Limitations The limitations grid allows you to limit and invert the pan and tilt values of a fixture or group of fixtures. There are several reasons why this is important: ● Moving Head lights can typically pan 360-600 degrees. For mydmx GOs effects to look good, it’s best that they only pan no more than 180 degrees. ● Depending on how a light is rigged, the center point is not always in the center of the stage/dancefloor.
Live The live screen is your controller. It’s where all lighting effects are triggered. Moves on the left, Colors on the right and flash effects in the middle. Change the Fan/Speed/Size/Shift/Fade of the selected effect by tapping in the center of the effect wheel. Pick your colors by tapping the color wheel in the bottom right. Touch and hold one of the 50 preset buttons to store, like with a car stereo. Sync with the the music by tapping the square button next to MOVES and COLORS.
Setting a color To set which colors will be used in the effects, tap the color wheel at the bottom right. The color wheel is used to set the colors for the effects, and the segments around the color wheel are used to override the effect and recall static colors on all fixtures with fixed color wheels. Tap in an empty space in the color wheel to add a color. Drag a color point outside the color wheel to remove it. Up to 6 colors can be selected in the color wheel + 6 static colors with the segments.
Setting the Center Position The center position of an effect should be set using the limitations, however sometimes it’s fun to move an effect around the room live. To do this, tap the center button to the bottom left of the moves area. Drag the point around the grid to adjust the center point of the effect. Tapping the reset button on the right puts the center point back in the center of the grid.
Special FX The special effects allow control of Iris, Zoom, Gobo and Prism (if your fixtures support this functionality). Tap the dial to enable the effect or select a gobo, then drag around the dial to control the selected effect- e.g. gobo rotation speed, Iris level etc… By default these dials are rotary, but if you would prefer to control these in a linear fashion by moving up and down, this can be set in the Mydmx GO settings which is accessible from the iPad settings on iPad, or the menu on Android.
● Tap the square button next to Moves or Colors to sync the respective effects with the BPM, a metronome icon will appear. ● Tap a second time to sync with the pulse, a microphone icon will appear. ● Tap again to stop the sync, a clock icon will appear. When in BPM sync mode, the speed control of the effects will change from a slider to a selector allowing you to choose the beat division.
BPM - Ableton Link (iPad only) mydmx GO can sync with over 100 different apps and software using Ableton Link. This is the most accurate way to sync your lights with the music. Setting up Ableton Link is really easy! 1. Be sure mydmx GO and the Ableton Link device are on the same network. 2. Open your Ableton Link compatible software and enable LINK (refer to the software/app user manual). 3. Open the mydmx GO menu and tap ‘Ableton Link’ (at the bottom). 4. Tap ‘Ableton Link’.
MIDI (iPad Only) The effect buttons, preset buttons, flash buttons and sub master dimmers can be controlled by MIDI. This is a bonus feature and custom mappings are not currently possible. We’ve fixed the mappings to match the Akai APC Mini, but if you have a different controller such as an Elation or Behringer controller, you can normally modify the commands the controller sends (refer to the respective user manuals for further info). To control mydmx GO via MIDI, you’ll need a Lightning to USB adapter.
Other Settings The settings screen can be accessed from the mydmx GO menu.. ● Light Cloud details - The name and e-mail address of the Light Cloud account is displayed here. Light Cloud allows you to synchronise data with other apps and devices. In future this will include fixture profiles, projects and in-app purchases. ● Automood Mode - Determines if an effect is synchronised to the BPM or pulse when Automood is activated.
