Hey Fello DIYCers
I have been tossing around ideas for quite some time about which direction I am going this year. I had a great show last year and am looking to add/change it for this year but things have changed soooo much here over the past bit that I am not sure what to do. Last year I ran 184 Renard channels and have gotten to understand the whole Renard thing pretty well. This year I thought maybe I would start to ease into pixels so I started planning my show and came up with a new one which is basically adding some elements to my last year show(with Renard controllers) and I wanted to add a pixel matrix to attempt to ease into the world of smart strings. Here is the issues I have come up with and am not sure where to go anymore which is why I feel a bit discouraged which I know I shouldn't:
software- Last year I used Vixen 2.1.4 and felt I know it pretty decent. I am no computer guru by no means so I have to work with these things to get to understand them. With the Vixen 2.x I am comfortable and have no issues sequencing and running my show. I have played with HLS, Vixen 3.x, and Nutcracker and though I feel they are GREAT products I am unsure if I will be able to navigate them well enough to start a whole new show. Now I am not the type to just run and start asking questions right away but I have done some reading and playing around with some of this stuff but when I run into an issue and I start to read about them I tend to get overwhelmed with a lot of the technical jargon used(the computer words) on here and I stop doing anything so I don't screw something up.
I guess what I am attempting to say by all this is I am kind of looking for some insight on which direction is probably best for me. Like I said I am not a computer guru and am learning new things daily with the folks on here when I read things but is the hardware/software choice I am attempting to get into the wrong direction? Is it an option for me to attempt to use Vixen 2.1 and maybe Nutcracker to be able to still have my regular show with the pixel matrix or do I need to be looking in another direction. Like I said I would like to use maybe Vixen 3 or HLS even but after playing with them for some bit I get lost in the understanding of the new stuff and the don't want that to discourage me or hinder me in having a successful show.
Sorry for the rant on here just at the point where I need some help/advice from someone that can get me in the right direction for 2013. Would really like to have the matrix in the show and know I will have no issues with the building portion of the it but what is best for the "basic" type of person who wants to head this direction?
Thanks for reading this and your comments are definitely welcome!
I have been tossing around ideas for quite some time about which direction I am going this year. I had a great show last year and am looking to add/change it for this year but things have changed soooo much here over the past bit that I am not sure what to do. Last year I ran 184 Renard channels and have gotten to understand the whole Renard thing pretty well. This year I thought maybe I would start to ease into pixels so I started planning my show and came up with a new one which is basically adding some elements to my last year show(with Renard controllers) and I wanted to add a pixel matrix to attempt to ease into the world of smart strings. Here is the issues I have come up with and am not sure where to go anymore which is why I feel a bit discouraged which I know I shouldn't:
software- Last year I used Vixen 2.1.4 and felt I know it pretty decent. I am no computer guru by no means so I have to work with these things to get to understand them. With the Vixen 2.x I am comfortable and have no issues sequencing and running my show. I have played with HLS, Vixen 3.x, and Nutcracker and though I feel they are GREAT products I am unsure if I will be able to navigate them well enough to start a whole new show. Now I am not the type to just run and start asking questions right away but I have done some reading and playing around with some of this stuff but when I run into an issue and I start to read about them I tend to get overwhelmed with a lot of the technical jargon used(the computer words) on here and I stop doing anything so I don't screw something up.
I guess what I am attempting to say by all this is I am kind of looking for some insight on which direction is probably best for me. Like I said I am not a computer guru and am learning new things daily with the folks on here when I read things but is the hardware/software choice I am attempting to get into the wrong direction? Is it an option for me to attempt to use Vixen 2.1 and maybe Nutcracker to be able to still have my regular show with the pixel matrix or do I need to be looking in another direction. Like I said I would like to use maybe Vixen 3 or HLS even but after playing with them for some bit I get lost in the understanding of the new stuff and the don't want that to discourage me or hinder me in having a successful show.
Sorry for the rant on here just at the point where I need some help/advice from someone that can get me in the right direction for 2013. Would really like to have the matrix in the show and know I will have no issues with the building portion of the it but what is best for the "basic" type of person who wants to head this direction?
Thanks for reading this and your comments are definitely welcome!