- Hey, what's going on everybody?
It's DJ Mojoe, saving the
city one party at a time.
In this video, I'm going
to help my friend Jerry,
from GTZ Entertainment,
uh, with Sound Switch.
I'm actually wearing
the Sound Switch shirt,
and I'm excited to show him
how to hook up these lights,
dongles, and how to use
the Sound Switch software.
So, if you're interested in
learning about this lighting
DMX software, stay tuned in this video.
I'm going to share with
you how to set this all up,
and answer any questions
that Jerry may have.
So, stay tuned to this video.
I'm DJ Mojoe and let me
talk about Sound Switch.
So here we are at Jerry's DJ lair.
(chuckles) This is his set up right here.
He's wearing the Pioneer
DDJ-SZ, his Macbook right here,
and on this stand is a little plate that
holds the Akai APC Mini MIDI Controller.
This is Sound Switch unit, right here.
And the transmitter dongle.
And his monitor speaker.
So he keeps all of his dongles right here,
in a case, all his cables right there.
And we're connecting the
dongles to the lights.
So right now, that's a
transmitter, and these
are all the receivers.
All that he had to do
was just turn them on,
using like a small pin or like a pen,
and to poke on that.
And it will light up.
Now there's different colors.
I think there's red, blue, or green,
indicating the different
channels that this receiver is set on.
So we have them all at red.
So right now we have two
Chauvet EZpars 64 RGBA.
And then we have two LED
mini moving heads right here.
And then the Chauvet Spot,
Intimidator Spot 260 right here.
So, I believe we have
four lights with dongles.
Actually five and six,
so six lights total.
And I'm going to share with
him how to use Sound Switch
using these lights.
So, we have the dongles set
up and then we're trying to
figure out the DMS, DMX address.
What you wanna do on your
fixture is find out how many
channels you have it set on.
Here it says four channel,
or do you want eight channel.
Let's do the eight channel.
That'll give you more options.
And then the DMX address.
Let's put that to one.
So it depends.
If you want all of your
lighting fixtures to
act the same way, you can assign this.
It's the same exact fixture as this one.
You can assign this as DMX address one.
If you want this to be, or
act differently than this one,
since this is set to
eight channels, right,
the next one will be DMX address nine.
So I just added eight
to the DMX address one,
to get nine.
Now Jerry, do you want
this to be the same?
Or do you want--
- (Jerry) Yeah, I think
we'll do it to where they are
acting the same, so that
there the same fixture, so.
- (DJ Mojoe) Got it.
So do the same with this.
You go to the settings.
- (Jerry) So we will go
to find the channel...
- (DJ Mojoe) Right, right.
- (Jerry) Now we'll go...
- (DJ Mojoe) Change that to eight.
- (Jerry) Oops, go back.
- (DJ Mojoe) There, enter, there you go.
Now, push, set that DMX
address to one, and enter.
There we go.
All right.
- (Jerry) So these are now the same.
- (DJ Mojoe) There we go.
So, those are the same, so
this in the DMX universe
is taking up eight spaces.
- (Jerry) Got it.
- (DJ Mojoe) So, one through eight.
All right, now these are these fixtures.
You cannot set your other
fixtures to the same address,
because they're different fixtures.
- (Jerry) Right.
- (DJ Mojoe) Completely.
- (Jerry) So I would do, I
would set to address nine.
- (DJ Mojoe) Nine, right,
correct, correct, yeah.
- (Jerry) And I don't
know if I know how to?
Do you know how to?
- (DJ Mojoe) Yeah.
I think this is a 15 channel right?
So hit enter.
- (Jerry) Okay.
- (DJ Mojoe) Just make sure
it's at 15 and then go back
to DMX.
And then DMX address, change that to...
What'd we say, nine right?
- (Jerry) Right.
- (DJ Mojoe) There we go, hit enter.
- (Jerry) Okay.
- (DJ Mojoe) All right, and
same thing with this one.
Let me make sure how many
channels, 15 channels.
All right, that's the
setting it's already at.
DMX address...
Nine.
- (Jerry) Oh, okay, got it.
- (DJ Mojoe) There we go.
- (Jerry) Got it.
- (DJ Mojoe) So we have
these fixtures at one,
and they're eight channels,
so the next that's available
is address nine.
- (Jerry) 15 plus eight.
Is that what it would be?
- (DJ Mojoe) So now it's nine plus 15.
That's what?
- (Jerry) So, 24.
- (DJ Mojoe) 24.
So these, right here,
will start off at 24.
- (Jerry) Got it.
- (DJ Mojoe) So, right here, turn them on.
So let's, automatically set
these up to DMX address 24.
Enter, and then, the thing
is, we need to figure out
the, how many channels this one is at.
Run mode, 14 channel.
So this is gonna be very helpful,
because when we go back to
the Sound Switch software
we need to input eight, this is a 15,
and this is a 14 channel.
And you'll see how.
So we got that there.
And it's on DMX number 24, all right.
So same thing with this
one, we want the same.
Enter, all right, and then there it is.
So is at DMX address 24 and
actually on top it does say
that it's a 14 channel.
Now let's go to the Sound Switch software.
So what we have on right
now, we just turn on this
Sound Switch software,
and what should happen is
that your Sound Switch unit
should glow, around the bottom,
which is really cool thing
about the box unit here.
And also, the dongles
should also turn green,
letting you know that
they're all connected.
So this one's green, green,
and all the dongles back there
are green as well.
So that's the first set
up, is just setting up the
dongles, the Sound Switch software,
and you know when it's ready
when it's lighting up green.
So here on the software, we
start off with a new venue.
There are no fixtures on the right side.
So what you wanna do is
click this puzz button,
find the, the name of the fixture,
which is Chauvet, and it's
the EZpar 64, RGBA mode,
and we have it as channel eight.
You click that, you hit that
fixture, and look in the back,
we have the two lights showing red.
So that, that first light
on the right is showing red,
the one next to it is
shining red on top as well.
I just wanna show you
visually, what it looks like.
So, Jerry, what was the
question you just asked?
Like, they were the same right?
- (Jerry) Oh, yeah, so I was just asking,
so they're, I think we mentioned
that they're responding
cause they are both the same address.
So I was...
- (DJ Mojoe) Correct.
- (Jerry) I didn't know if
I should add another EZ,
I was thinking, I would have
said let's add another light.
Cause we have two Chauvets,
but now it makes sense
that they're both responding
to the same commands
because they're both on the same address.
So...
- (DJ Mojoe) Correct.
- (Jerry) We only need to add one fixture
and they'll do the same.
- (DJ Mojoe) Yes.
- (Jerry) So I could
have eight different ones
and only have one fixture on there,
and they're all gonna do the same.
Instead of...
- (DJ Mojoe) Correct.
- (Jerry) Having eight different lights.
- (DJ Mojoe) Yes.
- (Jerry) Which explains, I
think I was doing it wrong.
- (DJ Mojoe) The reason why
it's all doing the same,
even though they're two
separate, they're two fixtures,
two of the same fixtures,
is that they're both in
address one.
If they're, if the, if the,
if the one on the left is
address one, the one on
the right is address nine,
and because it has an eight
channel fixture, or mode,
whatever it's set up as...
- (Jerry) Then you would add.
- (DJ Mojoe) Then you would, then,
then it would be different.
Then you would add another lighting
fixture here on Sound Switch.
- (Jerry) Got it.
- (DJ Mojoe) All right,
so now let's set up
the Mini Moving Heads back there.
So, I skipped a few
steps and I, here I am.
I added the other fixtures, I added the
LED Mini Moving Heads back there.
And I've also added the
Chauvet Intimidator Spot 260.
And they're all the same
color, just because they're
following the master track,
these auto loops back here.
So, whatever I set up right
here, they're all to the same
color and, and, and all
to the same auto loop.
So, the main thing is on the
right side, let me see if
I can zoom in here on the camera.
So, it's very important to input
the, the, channel addresses.
So, the EZpar, we're on channel one.
To address or change the DMX address you
have to double-click on,
just the number right here.
Channel one, we'll leave
this as channel one.
The things that we have to
change are the Intimidator Spots
and the LED Mini Moving Heads,
and that's what I did here.
For the Intimidator Spot, I put it to 24.
Because that's what we have
set in the fixtures, 24.
Wanna make sure we match
the same DMX address.
And then right here, for this
fixture, I have it as set.
DMX address nine.
So that's how, we just
have to make sure that
with whatever channel you
input here on the software
matches the address that
you set up on the fixture.
So there we go, that's how
you set up your lights,
even though they are different fixtures,
here on Sound Switch.
Jerry, what do you have to say about this?
- (Jerry) I like it.
I think, I think now is just
matter of putting it to work.
- (DJ Mojoe) Okay.
- (Jerry) Find a way
to synchronizing them,
and putting them to work.
- (DJ Mojoe) Okay, let's do that.
So, let me talk about these
LED Mini Moving Heads.
As you can see, that they are both pointed
in the same direction.
Some people like to have them opposite,
so then for your set up
it's more symmetrical.
So one of the things you wanna
do in one of the fixtures,
for example, this one on the left,
you go to pan.
Hit reverse.
And then go to tilt, go down, reverse.
There we go, so now, we have
pan, reverse,
and tilt, reverse.
What's gonna happen
for these Moving Heads,
once we program the to
different positions,
it's going to do the exact
opposite of the other.
So right now it's still
in the same direction,
but let me show you what that looks like.
So, Jerry has this APC Mini, right here.
And we want to be able to set that up here
on his Sound Switch.
So, what would he have
to do is go to MIDI,
right here, on top.
And then these are all the
overrides that you can use
or assign on this APC Mini.
As you can see right here on the devices,
it shows APC Mini on the left,
so make sure that's selected.
And if you notice that we
have different options here,
such as strobe rate, blackout,
full white smoke, UV,
all the colors right here, some
up faders, master controls,
and all this.
So to assign a button
to your MIDI controller
all you have to do is right
click on that function.
For example, strobe
rate is gonna flash red,
letting you know that
it's waiting for an input.
So what I do for my strobe
rate, now the thing is,
what's great about these
APC Minis, that are so many
faders, you can chose
whichever you want right here
to be that strobe rate.
So, Jerry, what do you want to use?
- (Jerry) I wanna go with
the first one, just to...
- (DJ Mojoe) All right, there we go.
So, what he, now what
happened is, he assigned that
MIDI fader to that and now
it's all lighted up blue.
So he's adjusting the fader and that's
adjusting that as well.
All right, so you also have
the scripted track master
intensity fader, auto
loop master intensity.
So all we have to do is
whenever you get the chance,
take the time to right click on this.
It will highlight red.
Now what do you want you're
scripted track master
intensity to be?
- (Jerry) Would it be easy
just to go channel two?
- (DJ Mojoe) Yeah, sure, let's do that.
- (Jerry) All right, so
we'll do channel two.
And as soon as I did that
it went, it turned blue.
From red to blue.
- (DJ Mojoe) Yep, yep, exactly.
So that's how you know there
is a MIDI assigned to that.
And if you put your mouse
over it, it will let you know
what channel and control
button that is assigned to
your MIDI controller.
Now auto loop.
What do you want, what
do you want that to be?
- (Jerry) I'll keep it
consistent to three.
- (DJ Mojoe) Cool, all right.
So, yeah, if you notice
what he's doing right now,
this is the auto loop master intensity.
He's bringing it up and down.
Check out the, the lights right here.
They're going up and down,
cause right now we have it
set to the auto loop control.
If it was scripted, it
would use the second
fader that we used.
But right now all of these
lights are going through
the auto loop master intensity.
So in terms of application, for example,
it's time for black out, like, you know,
it's dinner time, or speeches,
and you don't want any lights to go on.
- (Jerry) Right.
- (DJ Mojoe) Just bring
it all the way down.
Which is the, yep, the third one.
- (Jerry) Got it.
- (DJ Mojoe) So that's one
way how to black it out,
is just bring down the
auto loop master intensity,
or whatever that is, or your
scripted track intensity.
Which I think is your
second one right here.
Now, the other one you can
do right here is black out.
This one, it's more of a
button, it's not a toggle.
So black out, let me right click.
What do you want your
black out button to be?
- (Jerry) I'm gonna go with the last one.
- (DJ Mojoe) Okay, this
one is not a fader.
It's actually a button, so...
- (Jerry) Got it.
- (DJ Mojoe) It's not registered.
Let me right click again.
- (Jerry) I'm gonna go with this.
- (DJ Mojoe) Choose a button, on the...
- (Jerry) So second to last, oh, a button?
- (DJ Mojoe) A button, yeah.
- (Jerry) So maybe like,
any of these buttons?
- (DJ Mojoe) Any of
these buttons, or maybe
like that, a square.
- (Jerry) Shift?
- (DJ Mojoe) Yeah, it
looks like a stop button.
- (Jerry) Oh okay, got it.
- (DJ Mojoe) You know?
- (Jerry) Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah.
- (DJ Mojoe) So, right here, black out.
So it's highlighted blue,
letting you know that,
okay, we have a button assigned to that.
So, so let's do this.
Let's bring up, yep, there we go.
He brought up the, the up fader.
Now we have it red,
and then hit black out.
Hit black, hold it, there we go.
See black out.
- (Jerry) I see.
- (DJ Mojoe) Let go.
Turn's back on.
Hit again.
There you go.
- (Jerry) So this you
do have to hold, right?
- (DJ Mojoe) Yeah, that you have to hold.
- (Jerry) You have to hold it.
- (DJ Mojoe) Exactly.
So, so how this is helpful, for example,
there's a, like a build up of a song,
and then all you have to
do is just black it out,
and then after that, once
it's time for the drop,
it will go crazy and do it's thing.
So these are all overrides.
As listed right here on top.
So if you want to override
it with red, yellow,
whatever it is going
on to the auto loop or
the scripted track, you can override, and
do your manual stuff here.
The next thing that I wanna share with,
with Jerry right here is a
thing called Static Looks.
Now if you are having dinner,
right, and, or having speech,
and you don't want it to
be red, you want it to be a
certain color, and you want it
to be at a certain direction,
you can do whatever you
want for these Static Looks.
These lights won't move.
That's why it's called static.
So it's like a specific
scene, however you want.
You have 32 options right here.
All you have to do is right click.
There's two options, edit and mini map.
Mini map, means assigning it
to a button on your controller
or wherever you want, or edit.
So, just really quickly
about mini mapping.
I guess, you can also mini map on your SZ,
that's why you can choose
which device, right here.
- (Jerry) Okay.
- (DJ Mojoe) But for our
purposes, we're choosing
the APC Mini.
Right click right here, let's do edit.
Okay, the light fixtures change.
So you have complete
control of which fixtures
you want to change for your static look.
Whether you want the EZpar,
the Intimidator Spot, or
the Mini Moving Heads.
So you see these circles
right here, are filled in?
They're on.
So the top one is the EZpar,
so if I click on this,
it's gonna go off.
See that?
- (Jerry) Right, right.
- (DJ Mojoe) And then right
here, same thing with this.
But as you can tell here,
intensity is at 100.
So I can bring it down.
Just like that.
So it is perfect, so think
about the situation you want,
for example, grand entrance, all right.
So, we want it to be white,
and the things that move
are your Moving Heads right here.
So let's, we have your
general settings, and we have
it to the brightest
setting, at the color white,
you can choose different colors
that you want, right here.
But let's keep it to white.
And also let's change the position.
All right, so you have
the Intimidator Spot and
your LED Mini Moving Heads.
So let's use your Intimidator Spot.
It's highlighted as a blue icon, which
is represented right here.
There's a grid, and you can
move your Mini Moving Heads.
To wherever you want them to be.
So if grand entrance is
right here, actually usually,
it's like straight ahead.
Right in front of them.
So I'll leave it like that.
It's this marker, and then you can have
different position markers
that you can assign that to.
And then I hit apply.
There we go.
And okay, now, let's
assign this to a button.
Mini map it, what button
would you like for?
- (Jerry) I think I'll just try to keep it
somewhat symmetrical with the one.
So we'll just do one.
- (DJ Mojoe) There we go.
- (Jerry) So I press that
and it went from red to blue.
- (DJ Mojoe) Correct, all
right, so this is what we have
right now, without it on.
Now, Jerry, press that button.
There we go.
- (Jerry) Got it.
- (DJ Mojoe) So the thing is,
what he's doing right now,
he actually has to hold it down.
But it may be actually
helpful if you just toggle it.
So one of the things you can
do is right click it, edit,
and then you go to, instead
of play mode, instead of
press and play mode, you go to toggle.
Hit okay, now just press it once.
Then press it again.
- (Jerry) Got it.
- (DJ Mojoe) There we go.
Now what if you want a black out button?
I don't think right here there's
a black out button, per se,
that, that's in toggle mode.
Cause the previous black
out that I showed you is,
you have to press it, you
have to hold it down, right.
- (Jerry) Oh, right.
- (DJ Mojoe) So maybe you
can have a static look that,
that says black out.
Like who knows, maybe right here, this is
my second static look.
I have all these off.
There we go.
I have all these off, intensity
all the way down to zero,
and then I'll hit to toggle.
Okay, let's assign that to,
a what, what mini map button
do you want that to be?
- (Jerry) I'll do the one,
the one right next to it.
- (DJ Mojoe) Good, all right.
So one of the great things,
it's already listed as
disco ball, but let's change
that, the static look name.
So you can label it to whatever you want.
Go to edit, name down here,
let's do it black out.
Toggle, so I know that that's what it is.
Hit okay, there we go, so now
it's labeled black out toggle.
So that's how you know what it is.
So you can refer back to
it, like, "Oh what is the
static look again?"
So there we go.
- (Jerry) So it wouldn't do
the up lights, black out right?
No, cause that's just
what we're trying to do.
- (DJ Mojoe) So for the black
out toggle, the settings
that you want, if you
want a black out mode for
these lights right here,
is that you want all of
these lights selected on,
and then the intensity
all the way down to zero.
Because if you have these
light fixtures off, it's gonna
go off by the, the, the auto loop track.
So make sure you have all these on,
cause you're telling all of
these lights that you want
them to be an intensity of zero.
And that is your black
out function right here.
So, hit okay, so whenever
you wanna black out toggle,
you hit that button, it's all blacked out.
There we go.
All right, now it's time
to go to Performance Mode.
You go to file, switch mode,
and then you wanna choose
the perform option right here.
And the setting, the venue that
we were messing around with
is the one titled with "Joe", which is me.
So the lights are back at reset.
This is how you know
it's in Performance Mode.
We're gonna go to Serato right now.
Where's your Serato?
Over here?
- (Jerry) Yep.
- (DJ Mojoe) Here's Serato.
Now, one of the things
you wanna do right away,
is go to set up, MIDI,
choose your MIDI device to be
your Sound Switch.
Here we go.
And then let's load up
a track on the right.
You see that, I moved my
fader, and it's all B-grid,
we have, make sure that you're,
you're track on the right
side is set to, is aligned to the grid,
and then when you hit play...
So if you notice, it's
responsive to the fader.
Right now, it's all the way
down, but as I bring the fader
up, it gets brighter and brighter.
Just like that.
And don't forget, your
master control here.
- (Jerry) This is the master
fader here too, right?
- (DJ Mojoe) Yup, this
is the master fader.
So go all the way up.
So leave it up like that,
okay, and then, yep.
Just leave whatever MIDI
control setting, fader you have
all the way up, and then this dictates the
brightness, right here.
But for example, if someone's
complaining about the
brightness, like it's too
bright, but yet you don't want
to bring the fader down,
just to lower the brightness,
you lower down this thing right here,
to so it won't be so bright.
And then you can be fine with this.
So, anyways, let's start playing it and
see what will happen.
There we go.
So it's moving right now, perfect.
Now, depends on what auto loop
you have set for right here.
So what you can do, is either
you can press a button here.
We haven't done it just yet
but you can assign which bank
or which scene that you want,
which auto loop you want
on the MIDI Controller.
But, I believe you can also
do it on the software itself.
So I'm gonna go back to Sound Switch.
And then you go to MIDI.
And then you go to auto
loops, and you can choose
any of the preset, pre-made,
auto loops right here.
Want blue, it went to blue.
If I want the, the teal, it went to teal.
So if you don't have a MIDI
Controller, you can go to
the Sound Switch software
and actually press
one of these buttons here.
But the thing is if
you're live performing,
this take so much time, you know, and,
so having something like
this, and once you get
familiar with your settings
and what you assigned a
button to, on your MIDI
Controller, the faster
it will be to call that function.
So, yes, to answer some
questions out there,
you can go back to Sound
Switch software and
press the button, but it does take time.
So let's go to Static Looks, right now
I'm in Performance Mode
still, but let's hit
that black out toggle.
Here we go.
I'll do it.
I'm gonna do it on the computer.
So right now it's on, off, so there we go.
So you can do it two ways.
One, you can actually go
to software and press it,
or you can press the
toggle button right here.
Two ways, but this is the benefit of
having a MIDI Controller, for your set up.
If you don't have a MIDI
Controller, you can always go back
here on Sound Switch and choose the
function that way as well.
But what's really important
is that you just take the time
and figure out, "Okay, what button do
I wanna assign everything?"
Your layout is a little
bit different than mine.
- (Jerry) Right, of course.
- (DJ Mojoe) Okay, so it's
just a little bit different.
Whatever makes sense for you.
All right, so there we go.
And most importantly, just
make sure that your track
is aligned to the beat.
That way, because it is also
aligned here, in Sound Switch.
Really quickly, we're almost
done here, we'll switch modes.
Edit, you see these, grid right here?
This is, it's all timed to whatever grid,
whatever you have set up right here.
Sound Switch use the grid,
the same thing with Serato.
So, yeah, this is, this is it.
- (Jerry) Oh, nice.
- (DJ Mojoe) All right,
so Jerry, what kind of
questions do you have right now?
- (Jerry) I think I was just
saying automations, so...
- (DJ Mojoe) Okay.
- (Jerry) I think you so,
if we wanna automate some of
these songs, do we hit automation first?
Or do we select the song,
and then hit automation?
- (DJ Mojoe) All right, so,
yeah, what you wanna do is
select the track, and then
right click it, there we go.
Auto script, select a
track, hit that button.
Would you like to save?
Hit yes.
There we go, now you have
all these settings right here
that you can choose the colors,
the intensity, how fast,
what positions, and all that.
All the ques, hit okay.
So now, there's your
overall progress with that,
and then here we are, hit okay.
There we go so, you'll
know that there's a script
assigned to it when you see
that S over on the left side.
- (Jerry) I see, okay.
- (DJ Mojoe) So now, let's
go, just double-click
on the song, and see
what pops up right there.
There it is, so this is
the, the track itself,
and on top, Sound Switch
automatically generated a
script for it, and you can
always modify this later.
So let's zoom in to see
what that looks like.
Right here, so we have
the bars, right here.
One, two, three, four,
five, and just keeps going.
And on the ninth bar, which
is pretty smart, right.
You recognize something,
there's a change in the song.
Now you see the pulses.
And right now I'm just explaining to
you what this represents.
So this line right here represents the,
it's a middle intensity right now.
If you have it all the way
down, there's not gonna be
any light, and just the
fact, it's at 50%, and it
looks like it pulses up at these beats,
and down here, all the
colors, first it starts red,
and then turns green for the next
nine, eight bars, and then
turns to a different color.
So, let's play that
right now, just through
the computer speakers.
So right now,
if you notice, I play it but
there's no light, right.
Remember what we assigned our
fader to be your scripted?
- (Jerry) Oh, two.
- (DJ Mojoe) It's the one
on the left, yep, two.
- (Jerry) Ooooh.
- (DJ Mojoe) Now you see it,
now you see it up, all right.
- (Jerry) So let's talk
about the fader two and
the fader three, because
originally, if you guys remember
the fader three was, not for the scripted,
it was for the auto loops.
- (DJ Mojoe) Exactly.
- (Jerry) So fader, fader
three is only gonna work if
you are doing the auto loops
because this is scripted,
we use a channel two.
So we're gonna get the
intensity up, and then
we'll shoot it.
- (DJ Mojoe) Then we'll shoot it.
Here we go.
So this is the first one.
And I'll only do like the
first thirty seconds of it,
cause I don't want this song
to be taken down for copyright.
There it is, it's pulsing,
if you notice, a little bit.
Really hard to tell with my camera.
But it is pulsing, you see it?
- (Jerry) Ah, yeah.
- (DJ Mojoe) Cause right
here, that's what it's doing.
And then after this, three, two, one.
It's gonna go to stay one color.
- (Jerry) And it's not doing much so it's
staying pretty level, at half.
- (DJ Mojoe) Exactly.
- (Jerry) But then it's
gonna kick in here.
- (DJ Mojoe) See that pulse?
It's gonna pulse, in a bit.
There it is pulsing.
Changing colors, it's building
up the energy right here.
And here's the thing, if you
want the pulse to be more
dramatic, then you can
lower your bass intensity,
to maybe 20%.
Your bass intensity is
basically this thing right here.
- (Jerry) Right.
- (DJ Mojoe) So that way--
- (Jerry) It makes it
so there's a difference,
so it's a big difference.
- (DJ Mojoe) So you'll see
it, it is a big difference.
So, now you can actually play with it.
So right here, I lowered
down the bass intensity to
low, right here.
See how the bright
lights aren't as bright?
But then once it kicks, here we go.
It got bright all of a sudden, right.
- (Jerry) Right.
- (DJ Mojoe) So lower your bass intensity
to something small.
Not all the way down, like this.
This is all the way down.
But maybe something just a
little bit, maybe 10, 15%.
So that way whenever it pulses,
it's more of a contrast.
- (Jerry) More of a dramatic.
- (DJ Mojoe) More of a dramatic.
- (Jerry) Dramatic pulse.
- (DJ Mojoe) Exactly, exactly.
So, I know it may be a lot
of work to set up all of
your lights, but imagine
your at Starbucks or your
just chilling at your house
trying to script these tracks,
and you wanna see what your
lights should look like.
One of the main things
that you wanna do is
go to Sound Switch preferences,
and there is an option
that says "Display master
track visualizer", and now you
see a little visualizer
pop up in the bottom left.
You hit done.
And now you don't need
your lights back there, you
can just look at your overall visualizer.
Right here.
- (Jerry) Oh, I see, got it, got it.
- (DJ Mojoe) That's all you do.
- (Jerry) Okay.
- (DJ Mojoe) Now, there
is a Facebook group for
Sound Switch users.
A lot of people have been
doing many great things
with Sound Switch.
I think they've incorporated
some other lighting softwares,
which allows you to visualize it how it
would be at your set up.
I'm not there yet, but I'm
gonna take a look into it.
So that way you don't need
to have your fixtures set up.
You can have it visualize
in a separate software.
- (Jerry) Got it.
- (DJ Mojoe) That does it,
so Sound Switch is great
just because it is continually
developing to make it
easier for DJs, and for
more advanced users.
So yeah, yeah, this is it.
- (Jerry) I can see it,
I like it, I like it.
I think Sound Switch and Serato, Pioneer,
some of these big brands, they're just,
they're really putting it together, man.
I see it, thank you for coming out.
You know, sometimes we just
need that little bit of push,
and I hit up my boy Joe, "Man, I need you.
I need you to come in and just
give me that little push."
And it's what he's done today.
So, I think, from here and
on, basically got to practice,
continue, play with it,
mess with it, and master it.
And have fun with it.
- (DJ Mojoe) Cool, yeah.
All right, guys, so that is a wrap.
We're all done here.
It's been a successful day showing
Jerry about Sound Switch.
I hope you took some
value out of this too.
If you wanna dive into this software,
it is a great software, and
I love using at my events.
And it is one way to stand out among the
other DJs out there,
and if you portray that to
your clients, they'll see
that value, and overall you're creating
a better experience for them.
So, I'll leave the links
to the equipment and gear
down in the description below.
I'll also leave a link
to the Facebook group,
if you want to join the
Sound Switch user group,
and yeah, hope this was helpful.
Let me know if you have any
questions, and I'll be happy
to assist and help you out
with whatever you have.
So, I'm DJ Mojoe saving the
city one party at a time.
Make sure you follow me on
social media, and all of that.
So, anyways, I'll see
you in my next video.
Once again, thank you for
watching, I'll see you then.
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