Forums > Technical Discussion > HyperLight Update (21-11-2006)

Little update for you all (thought I'd start a new thread as the last one was getting a bit big!!). I've been a busy bee tonight and I now have 4 pairs of the MK4 (dare I say final?) boards soldered together... now to get something to put 'em in ready for Synergy!




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I'll give that a try tonight if I've time.



I'm sure it's a good application, but seems massively over-complicated for what you'd need to program a set of HyperLights. What did you think of windows movie maker? I made the last vid with that and the fact that I could pick it up and use it within 5 minutes is the sort of thing I thought would be good for the HyperLight interface.



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[Edit] We could always fiddle with the (software) dimmer switch and shoot some more footage? [/edit]

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Plus WMM would rule out any Mac *spit* users

Have a look at Audacity audio editor - full waveform display, lots of er...stuff you can do with it.
Although it's meant for sound editing - sound is just frequencies innit, so I'm sure some clever bod could wangle a translation from sound frequency to colours.

But as Meg will point out, I'm both gay and un-cool so this is probably a rubbish suggestion...

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yeah precisely, an un-dumbed down, un-crippled and doesn't mollycoddle the user version of windows crap maker.

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I have no intention of making it easier to use if that means removing functionality.



I do intend to support some way of keying sequences to music, but my priority for now is to get something usable by everyone.



In what ways does WMM mollycoddle the user vs Audacity / Vegas? What do you want to do (thinking about glow toys here) that would be easier in something along the lines of Audacity / Vegas vs WMM?



If you can give me some pointers as to what I should be avoiding I'll do my best to steer clear of those sorts of issues.



[Edit] Damn, posted before I got a chance to reply [/Edit]



[Edit] Anyone know of any open source C++ MP3 importers? A quick google returned some fairly complex and unhelpful looking results (no free lunch) [/Edit]



[Edit] Actually, Audacity might have some stuff we could use [/Edit]

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My plan is to build this app with a release early / often scheme of working to get the basic usage worked out to everyone's satisfaction. I may well re-write the thing from scratch when we're 90% happy

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(from the more 'notes to jon for learning UI' department)

note how you click on a video or (unlinked) audio track you drag to move them separately, to select a chunk on your timeline you click and drag the whitespace at the top, above the numbers on the timeline, then that selection itself can be easily resized or moved anywhere



the current position/splice marker resides in the same bar as the numeric characters on the timeline, and live updates when dragged.



it may not be considered intuitive by all, but it can be taught in seconds, and makes it incredibly more flexible, unlike the interfaces in premier or (gag) WMM.



<sees Jon's posted in the meantime>



I just wanted you to be as aware of things as much as possible, so they were at least considered along the way, so it could be coded with things in mind for later additions if possible, rather than ending up later with too many 'ak, no way, that would require a total rewrite' problems later on



Forewarned is forearmed

and all that

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while you're there, could you write a tiny app to write stuff down the usb to the hyperlight?

And a spec for commands that go to the hyperlight?

like the sequence bits of this document: http://www.globall.com/uploadfiles/ultimate%20user%20guide.pdf
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yup, I'm still waiting...

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Yakumo: I totally agree... I'd definitely rather be aware of what else is out there that can be used to good effect. If there's a better way of doing things though, I would re-code things to suit. I'm just wary of making things unnecessarily complicated

I'm not 100% sure I understand what you're saying, but I'll have a look this evening and try and understand what you've said. Do you perchance have Skype and some time tonight?

Meg: I've already written an App that dwonloads an intel hex file to a HyperLight through USB... BUT, it currently has no error checking or anything like that.

I've written a very rough spec, but I'm hesitant to release what I've got because for one thing, there are features listed in it that are experimental to say the least. Also, I'm not at all sure the way various features are currently done is the way things will work and I'd rather not waste your time. If you'd like, I can release what I've got to you to have a look at, but be warned it may well change very soon

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11? I'll just be getting started

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You aren't thinking or really existing unless you're willing to risk even your own sanity in the judgment of your existence.

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Cool! Might take you up on that some time soon.

I'm on a roll tonight. Reloaded the firmware and button pressing now works (turning on and off). Just need to fix a minor bug whereby you can currently turn them on/off by pressing one then and then the other buttons (instaed of both together). I also need to tie in the code that resets the current sequence and shifts between the sequences... but that should be easy

I've also enhanced the fading routine so you can tell the poi to fade to a particular colour without worrying about the starting colour (trust me, that's a massive improvement!).

Sym reckons he can get the basic gui I posted above running under Linux... just the MAC to go and we're really cooking

I've nearly finished writing a spec I'm happy enough to release too

Dontcha just love it when things really start working?

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Yay! buttons!

Jon rocks!

There's too many home fires burning and not enough trees

Better than that, I sent the code to make them work across t'internet onto Sym's computer and he then loaded it straight into the Poi!! That's a big step because it means that if/when we add new features to the software people can just download and apply the new stuff to their yoys

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I'll throw you some cash if i win the lottery this weekend as I'm feeling generous

A couple of balls short of a full cascade... or maybe a few cards short of a deck... we'll see how this all fans out.

I'm going to bingo tonight

Gayle.....!

Sweet *crosses fingers*

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havn't heard from you since you didn't make it to bristol, hows things?

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