Visit us at DJ Expo 2011.booth  221 during expo hours.  We are very excited to announce another revolutionary product specifically in the dj market.  Watch for the formal announcement on the first day of the expo.  Come by our booth to get a demo or just say hello.

 The Midwest Haunters Convention (MHC) is the largest Halloween show of its kind in the US serving a primary audience of Haunted Attraction Producers, Actors, Artists and Home Haunters. It features a 60,000 square foot vendor trade show with over 75 vendor booths – and provides regional businesses and residents the opportunity to shop for professional quality Halloween related products. The MHC Trade Show is free and open to the public with registration; and is held at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Ohio June 4-5, 2011. The MHC provides educational seminars and workshops and networking activities for haunted attraction industry professionals. The 2011 MHC features the world’s largest haunted attraction bus tour as well as a Monster Masquerade costume party featuring a the Body Art Fashion Show and contests including the Bloody Mary Monster Makeup Wars Competition, Ms Midwest Scary Pageant & the Scariest Character Contest.

Las Vegas, NV – VenueMagic show control software was presented to a crowd of over 100 people last night at MobileBeat 2011.  MobileBeat 2011 is the 20 year of the annual DJ show which has grown to a regular attendance of over 1500 industry DJs and others.  VenueMagic was presented at the annual DMX After Dark show sponsored by NFLX Professional.  We we very surprised by the extra large attendance and please with the response with a number of people staying afterward to ask questions instead of attending the annual first night party.  We will be in the NLFX Professional booth for the next 3 days to meet, greet and answer questions about the best show control software on the market today.

Ben Holmes VP of Product Management

We have finally shipped and VenueMagic is now available in stock in the following Guitar Center stores: Hollywood, CA (Store Page) Palmdale, CA (Store Page) San Jose, CA (Store Page) Hallendale, FL (Store Page) Atlanta, GA (Store Page) Chicago, IL (Store Page) Brooklyn, NY (Store Page) Las Vegas, NV (Store Page) Houston, TX (Store Page) SLC, UT (Store Page) And more to come!!! All Guitar Center stores nationwide can order it for you upon your request. About Guitar Center Guitar Center is the world’s largest retailer of guitars, amplifiers, percussion instruments, keyboards, and pro-audio and recording equipment. Its retail store subsidiary presently operates 214 Guitar Center stores across the United States. Guitar Center is also the largest direct response retailer of musical instruments in the United States through its wholly owned subsidiary, Musician’s Friend Inc., and its catalog and Web site, www.musiciansfriend.com. In addition, Guitar Center’s Music & Arts division operates more than 100 stores specializing in band instruments for sale and rental, serving teachers, band directors, college professors and students. More information on Guitar Center can be found by visiting the company’s Web site at www.guitarcenter.com. The Guitar Center logo is a registered trademark of Guitar Center Inc. Other brand or product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated.

• Timeline Markers
• Play timelines in foreground during Events and Cues
• Note fields available in most dialogs
• Improved Beat Tapper
• Flash Lighting Effect
• All Pan/Tilt Lighting Effects have been enhanced to allow more flexibility
• New Lighting Fixtures added to library

In the next few weeks we will also be making pre-built shows available to purchase and download.  The intention is to build a library that you will be able to just take and use in your own shows.  In order to do this effectively, we would like to get feedback on what people out there are using as a primary setup.  For example, one of our customers uses four LED Lights and four Moving Head lights, so we have already created a number of different timelines around this setup.  Please post your feedback and suggestions in the forums.

So far I have received the following fixture requests via email. I’ve added them here and invite everyone to add additional requests in this forum to help reduce duplication 

American DJ 46HP LED
American DJ 64WH LED pro
Chauvet Min wash
Omnisistem LED PAR 36
Elation Design PAR 575H
Chauvet Scorpion Series
Additional Generic Fixtures up to 20 Channels

Also on that last note, remember you can chain Generic Channels together to create whatever kind of fixture you need to have. This allows you to basically create any fixture you need immediately. For Example the Scorpion Sky could be put together as follows:

1: Generic 1 Channel – Mode
2: Generic 1 Channel – Pattern Selection
3-4: Generic Scan Head – Pan/Tilt
5: Generic 1 Channel – Size
6: Generic 1 Channel – Speed

You can also double click on each Generic fixture as you added it and change the name to the correct channel name.

Advanced Users Only… Once you create the fixture you can then create a fixture group and combine all of the individual Generic Fixtures you created above into a single group. This will allow you to more conveniently assign the fixture to different tracks in your timeline.

Remember to post whatever you need added as well so we can make our database the most complete in the DJ Lighting Industry.

1. Part 1 – Overview and Audio Tracks
   1. Main Screen, Timeline Overview, Audio Tracks, Audio Clips, Help Screens
2. Part 2 – DJ Fixture Effects and Usage
   1. Lamp Tracks, Lamp Effects, Fixtures and Fixture Library, Lamp Preview Window
3. Part 3 – Projects and Cues
   1. Project Window, Cue Control Window
4. Part 4 – Sound and Lamp Effects
   1. Audio Clips and Tracks, Audio Settings/Sound Effects, Lamp Effects, Envelope Editor
5. Part 5 – MIDI Control and Additional Features
   1. MIDI Input, Playlists, Events and Event Tracks, Lamp Calibration, Channel Routing, Virtual Control Surface, Channel Groups, Custom Lamp Chaser Sequences, Appearance Settings

We are in the final stages of the VenueMagic 2.0 DJ Edition product release.  As you can see from our website, we have been very busy preparing for the most exciting and revolutionary release DJ Lighting has seen in 20 years.  The Software is DONE, our product boxes are ready, the training is DONE, the CD disks are printing, the manual is DONE and we are just putting the final touches on the website and deciding the release date.  We are evaulating a number of methods for distribution and sales.  If you want to be part of this incredible release, sign up for a website account today.