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Software => Light Show Pro => Topic started by: otto on August 31, 2012,

Title: LSP and Channels for SS
Post by: otto on August 31, 2012,

Hi all,

I am looking at getting LSP 2.5, but I note everyone is talking about the sale of the company.

I have a few questions;
- How good is LSP compared to Vixen?
- If I have 20 strings at 128 Node and wanted to control them all at max channels ie. 384 channels per string, does that mean I have to purchase the Pro version at $400?

I note that in the tutorials for LSP they have some neat features for creating RGB Blends. Is this possible in Vixen. (appears to speed up the process, especially when having to start a sequence from scratch)

Any help with all this would be greatly appreciated.

otto

Title: Re: LSP and Channels for SS
Post by: Mickpat on August 31, 2012,

I would recommend LSP 2.5.  I have been using it this year to build and rebuild all of my shows.  Last year I used 2.0 and had a few issues with the scheduler, but it sounds like the issues have been addressed with 2.5.  You also have the option to use xLights or the Lynx Conductor to run the show when it comes out.  Check out the following video I created showing LSP. 

http://diylightanimation.com/index.php?topic=9127.msg127428#msg127428

How you program using LSP can be dramatically different than using Vixen.  Given you channel count, I think you could use the Advanced version, but you won't have room for many more channels. 

Title: Re: LSP and Channels for SS
Post by: Steve Gase on September 01, 2012,

I'd feel comfortable in continuing with LSP for quite a while longer -- until we see something to be concerned over.