Control using X-Keys

[Russell]

Hi, I'm a complete noob here but I'm hoping someone can answer a couple of basic(ish) questions before I go too far down the wrong road!

What I'm trying to achieve, is to control some DMX LED par cans (currently 8) using QLC+ on a Raspberry Pi and only a rack-mountable input device such as the X-Keys XK-16 Stick: http://xkeys.com/xkeys/xk16.php. This will all be housed in my mixer rack for convenience, so there will be no mouse connected, nor video output to a monitor. Is this possible? I've just seen the recent foot pedal video demo which has given me hope!

I would be using the above input device with a Raspberry Pi and a USB DMX device such as the Enttec DMX USB Pro Mk2 (or any other suggestions?)

One final question, is there a way of achieving sound-to-light with the above setup?

Many thanks in advance.

[Massimo Callegari]

Hello Russell, if the XK-16 stick acts like a normal PC USB keyboard, I don't see any issue to use it with QLC+.
You might wanna try it on QLC+ desktop version first and see if everything works correctly.

As for sound-to-light, that might be a little bit more tricky. You need to connect a USB audio card recognized by Linux.
However, the multimedia part on the Raspberry Pi is still a bit behind, due to limited CPU performances and software capabilities.

Just to experiment, I bought this a while ago:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/USB2-0-External ... 8Y0SQ4019M

VERY cheap (and also very low quality) but ideal to do some preliminary tests before switching to more expensive cards.

[Russell]

Hi Massimo, thanks so much for the prompt and useful reply, I shall take your advice of trying the desktop version first, and maybe have a go at the sound-to-light at a later stage when time permits. Many thanks again and keep up the great work!

[Russell]

[Jimmy T.]

Hi Russell,

I wish you had posted this before I created a USB keyboard connector. It works fine but the Xkeys would have been a simpler solution. Take a look at my stand alone project at http://traylorhead.com/wp/?p=88. I'm in the process of completing the enclosure and will be posting more information soon. I might have to change over to the Xkeys device.

[Tom Sepe]

I'm working on a similar project to Jimmy T's

However I plan on using potentiometers and selector switches connected via the GPIO pins on the Rpi to control the lights: 2 banks of RGBW LED par cans.

In addition the there will be a web interface that mimics the function of the analog inputs.

[Jimmy T.]

Ah, interest. Would like to se more information on the connections to the GPIO, could put in a foot pedal for dimming effect

Cool