Controlling DMX Lights with Reaper

A tutorial on the synchronized playing of music, display of video and control of DMX lights using Reaper and FreeStyler.

[@ZipSnipe]

This is awesome !!! Great job explaining everything!!! Now in my case I just rinse and repeat down the timeline, placing pause markers in between songs and I am good to go or if your a DJ no pause markers. Live show coming soon!!

[@davedunbar9334]

Brilliant! Just what I was looking for.

[@renezannini]

same here in 2024!

[@SceneOfAction]

If you use multiple machines you can use Bome Network to send midi to the other machines. Works great. I network 3 machines. Reaper triggers lighting PC live and triggers Live Cam PC. You just set the out of the midi track to the networked machine. Really straight forward. Bome Midi Translator is great too. No latency.

[@TheBluesking17]

Very well done Bruce. Thank you for sharing this information.

[@tech2044]

The only problem I had was I had to check the "disable double trigger protection" Thank you so much for the tutorial!

[@WayneDavisRocks]

Man I cant thank you enough, I've been struggling with ableton live and freestyler, reaper is so much easier

[@DoblyTufnell]

Good video. Exactly what I was looking for.

[@pakrauzer]

huge thank to you ! very clear and very complete !

[@matsadona]

Awesome, this might come in good use for a project I have. Thanks!

[@B3Band]

This seems good for general scenes that you plan on just leaving on for extended periods Wouldn't really work well for actually syncing a light show to the music.

[@PotentStudios]

Awesome! Thanks for this!

[@craigg8314]

Very well explained! Thanks

[@sjwMetal]

Brilliant! Thanks a Lot. really clear instructions.

[@eucabusas]

Was there a split-second delay before the lighting changes?

[@brucelane5923]

There may have been some delay but it is more likely the result of my editing trying to synchronize multiple videos into one.

[@danibarra1314]

Great video, thanks for the info. Do you know how to automate the use of more than the 20 sequences? Is it possible to switch to different page via MIDI control and play more sequences after the 1st 20 are all done?

[@juanra.ortizp]

Amazing video. Thank you so much for taking the time to explain it. Reaper is fantastic. Just one question... How would you route the video from Reaper to some LCDs or projector? Is there a way to telling Reaper that video has to go out by the HDMI output?

[@brucelane5923]

I think I had to use my laptop to send the output to a projector through a video port with a key combination like Alt F4 or something. I don't know how Reaper could do it.

[@SceneOfAction]

I have a Video track in the timeline in reaper and then just have the video window fullscreen on the other monitor. Super straight forward. Reaper is the best.

[@RaghavSehgal]

Can I use a standard USB to XLR cable for the same thing?

[@danibarra1314]

+1 +1 +1 ... Thank you!

[@DAVET0NE]

Thanks for the info man! Is there a way to control the dimmers using this method?

[@Ambergphil]

Hi Bruce, the Stop the Sequence action does not work for me. Turning on the sequence is no problem. I noticed that you didn't actually place the notes in you example to turn off the sequence. And how do you make just a simple flash that plays with a particular note. i had to make an extra sequence the black it out. is there an easier way?

[@brucelane5923]

Not really an expert but I believe the only way to change what the lights are doing, including turning them off, is to create a scene and call it. I don't think turning off a sequence will reverse what happened when you turned it on. I would normally turn a sequence off because I'm confused what would happen if I ran another sequence without turning off the previous one. I wouldn't want one sequence requesting red while another was requesting blue. If you don't turn the previous sequence, after a while you could have dozens running at the same time.

[@KrzyyU]

Hello Philip, did you find a solution for your issue?

[@APoisonAlibi]

Thank you man.