matt.beghin

For a party at ArKaos, an automatic installation, automatically synchronized on music BPM with ArKaos VJ DMX + LED Mapper. With Media Master or GrandVJ the interaction with audio input could be much more advanced developping audio reactive Flash Animations or using Generators:

I developped a software to control a camera from DMX or MIDI. The Sony EVI D100 Camera is one of the ones supported but about any EVI-D serie camera from Sony would be supported. This camera provide a very high precision (14 bits = 16536 values) rotation / zoom & focus control (auto-focus available). The moving speed can also be controlled.

The image quality is also very good, even in dark environement, and the optical zoom is very strong and powerful. When programming a position with high zoom, storing, tweaking all parameters and recalling the position, it really goes exactly where it was where you stored.

The setup is simple: a computer running DMX2Camera gets the DMX from the lighting desk through Enttec USB-DMX Pro or through ArtNet, and converts it to serial RS232 protocol that can be sent over a RS232 port or over a USB-RS232 widget that should cost about 20€. All the camera parameters are controlled in 16 bits DMX channels, the fixture (head or personality) of the camera is simple: pan/tilt/zoom/focus/speed.

You can control 3 EVI-D with one RS232 cable. And you can control more using more USB-RS232 widgets and running more instances of the software.

This is an exciting setup for nigh clubs, concerts, theatres, conferences etc.