COBRA Basics - Firing a Pyromusical with COBRA Show Creator and SMPTE

[@ssmith512]

Love these new Cobra Basics videos!! Thanks!!

[@robertmears9166]

Do we have to have the Cobra usb audio card? Too many concerns with quality.

[@mauror.6307]

awesome video, but not understood the last , I understan the conection between the main console with the lap top, but why or what about the other two consoles??

[@Envoy04XUV]

So I do not need the audio box to do a pyro musical?

[@fierworks100]

What's firmware? Are you working with?

[@lionelcos1]

Hey, on my computer I choose USB audio device to send smpt to 18R2, but I didn't have sound on my sono. we don't hear the music of the show. i Put a mini jack on my head phone output. do i need to connect the Left cable wich come from te cobra usb soundcard ? It means that I don't have stereo output , so ?

[@Jedimichael]

Do you have any systems that play an edited video with audio? Last year I had a computer running a long hdmi to a projector onto a giant screen and playing though a soundboard to speakers. But, all the fireworks had to be hand lit at the right time. A controller where I fire each off would be alright, but would be cool to someday have everything fully automated.

[@andreabagan1707]

when you add the time stamp for the fireworks does it mean when it explodes or launches? Also if your using cakes and you want them to explode on beats of the song how would you know the timing of when it explodes?

[@MorettiPyrotechnicsLLC]

You have to ad the lift charge timing in there. When you add product in show creator that all goes in there and I imagine it calculates that?

[@havoc_64]

So how do you add in the time for the fusing? I.e. you have a cake and it's 30 seconds long. How do you add in the initial 3-5 seconds from fuse ignition to the first tube firing?

[@boomchick2216]

Michael, you can add pre fire time, but most professional cakes, shells and single shots are instant. They are built with quick match that fires instantly. In the event you want to add pre-fire time, (say for shell lift time before the break) there is a feature for that in the menu. Igniter Pre-Fire Time is actually one of the columns in the user interface. If you add 1.8 seconds of prefire time, that will fire the cue 1.8 seconds before that beat in the music.

[@jacobrobbins3147]

Do I need to have my laptop connected to the internet to use the SMPTE show player?

[@zachgilbert6423]

Show Creator will run without internet as long as you've opened the software and that script on the computer once while connected to the internet.

[@realtormouser]

Can Cobra Show Creator be ran on a tablet instead of a laptop? (easier to transport to the field)

[@aronvic2627]

Yes, you just need to open a regular Browser on your laptop

[@Amberbocker]

So if you use your laptop how do then amplify the sound loud enough for your audience to hear? They won’t be able to hear laptop speakers

[@cobrafiringsystems]

John, you would need to use a sound system of sorts such as outdoor amplified speakers.

[@Amberbocker]

I see, would just connect the computer via hdmi to speakers? Or would there be another way

[@cobrafiringsystems]

@@Amberbocker Not necessarily HDMI, but just the audio output of the computer would go into a sound system that amplifies the sound into speakers for your audience.

[@MGM.Pyrotechnics]

This was my question too! Thanks for asking!

[@Skbowling2003]

Looks way over complicated. I’d rather keep shooting my shows by hand. Just as easy to hit a button as it is to take 15 min to load each one.

[@BrookieCooki84]

Keep firing basic shows then.

[@andrewjackson5127]

It's like Christmas. Some people just put the tree up and slap some lights on some people create art with amazing light shows.