⭐ Wolfmix Got Talent ⭐

[Wolfman_Malone]

Hey everyone! I've been thinking it could be fun to do a little friendly community challenge here on this forum:

Wolfmix Got Talent

The challenge is this: you choose a song to live busk with your Wolfmix. Record it on camera and share the video here. Then the community will vote on who their favourite is.

The winner of Wolfmix Got Talent will win an official Wolfmix Paw Hoodie thanks to the Wolfmix marketing team and your video will be shared on the Wolfmix social media channels! Thanks @Benno! https://wolfmix.teemill.com/product/wol ... logo/Black

Ben here from the Wolfmix marketing team

To help make things even more exciting, we’d love to offer a free Wolfmix hoodie to the winner — if you’re happy for us to share the winning video on our social media channels. Just a small way for us to give a shout-out to the winner and share how the Wolfmix community is putting the gear to good use.

Looking forward to seeing what you all come up with — best of luck to everyone entering!

Video submissions should show your Wolfmix unit actively being used, and also the light show.

If you only have 1 camera angle, that's okay as long as both the Wolfmix & the lighting is in the shot. Multiple camera angles (as seen in my example submission) is perfect if you overlay the video -- however if you have both camera angles recorded, but can't edit them together for whatever reason, just send me both video files and I'll edit them together for you!

This competition will be about the act of lighting busking, not just the output itself!

This is a way to show off your skills, creativity, and maybe inspire others in the community!

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What to include in your post:

- Your video
- The name of the song (and artist)
- (Optional) any notes about your set

SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN!

Submissions CLOSE: Saturday, July 31st @ 12AM EDT

Videos showcasing & Voting: August 1st & August 2nd

Winner ANNOUNCED: August 3rd here on this forum!

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SUBMISSIONS

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User: Wolfman_Malone
Song: Porter Robinson - Knock Yourself Out XD
Notes: I overlayed video on my curtains what would normally be a projected video on the wall in real life that plays along with the song.

https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/1097371421

Reminder: this is my own submission, and I've disqualified myself from receiving votes since I started the competition. I just wanted to share what I would have done!

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User: Pawel
Song: Fingerlyxx - Cannonball
Notes: Turn the youtube subtitles on for a commentary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbK1kIFlDKs

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[Wolfman_Malone]

Submissions are open!!

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I guess I'll start it off with my own video, however since I started this competition I should probably be immediately disqualified from receiving votes & winning. So, my submission is completely just for fun. I am late by a day because I got busy but I finally recorded it!

https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/1097371421

The song is "Knock Yourself Out XD" by Porter Robinson.

- Wolfmix WMX1 mk II (using current beta firmware)
- Akai APC Mini mk II

Sorry for my small messy room, and my round ceiling light! I don't have any actual space for my lights yet. Also, I digitally overlayed on my curtains what would normally be a projected video on the wall in real life that plays along with the song.

I made lots of mistakes in this but it was still fun!

[swangletang]

https://youtu.be/1I0EnpkIqEs?si=T6MXSZGRv8K_CHdo

First gig with the new wolfmix for the band I do lights for.. go easy, I'm a newbie.

[swangletang]

Submissions are open!!

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I guess I'll start it off with my own video, however since I started this competition I should probably be immediately disqualified from receiving votes & winning. So, my submission is completely just for fun. I am late by a day because I got busy but I finally recorded it!

https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/1097371421

The song is "Knock Yourself Out XD" by Porter Robinson.

- Wolfmix WMX1 mk II (using current beta firmware)
- Akai APC Mini mk II

Sorry for my small messy room, and my round ceiling light! I don't have any actual space for my lights yet. Also, I digitally overlayed on my curtains what would normally be a projected video on the wall in real life that plays along with the song.

I made lots of mistakes in this but it was still fun!

Looks good, i'd love to see more videos like this. How do you overlay the video of your hands doing the work?

If more users posted videos like this we could probably all learn from one another.

[swangletang]

What are you using the faders for? Is that just for for the dimmer?

I have so many questions after watching your video lol

[Wolfman_Malone]

Thanks for sharing your video!! It looks really cool with the fog! I wish I had a smoke machine lol.

If more users posted videos like this we could probably all learn from one another.

100% agreed, that's one of the reasons I thought this would be a fun thing to do in this Wolfmix community. There are (not many, sadly...) videos on youtube of people playing with their Wolfmixes and showing their hands using it as well as the result. This post was also inspired by that type of video as well.

What are you using the faders for? Is that just for for the dimmer?

Exactly, I am playing with the faders which control the dimmer on each group. The fader on the far left is the master dimmer. The 4 dimmers on the far right are for group A/B/C/D.

A= front wash
B= 4 par lights aimed at each corner of the room
C= 6 tube lights
D= wall wash bars

In this song I think I used 6 base presets that I made. The rest is me triggering effects and "live edits"* with my Akai pads. I have each row on the wolfmix dedicated for a certain color or color palette. Then it goes:

1st pad= slow pink with twinkle effect
2nd pad= faster pink with medium laser effect
3rd pad= rapid strobe pink (with solid wash on group A and D if needed)
4rd pad= crazy pink (with a simple solid but quickly changing color on group A)

* By "live edits" I mean that I made live edits which I assigned to a preset WITHOUT color/move/beam effects and I have them set as FLASH. So I'm basically triggering a flash live edit with my MIDI pads (this has its own limitations but it's good enough for my purposes)

Then the rest of the time I'm playing with my lights like a piano with my midi pads (like the split second before the chorus where the tube lights do a kind of chase), as well as a sort of twinkle effect I made via live edits which you can see I used as the final 4 notes of the song as it ends. Each "frame" of the twinkle animation is its' own separate live edit which I assigned to a (flash) preset, which I then assigned to a MIDI pad.

I also have two midi buttons (the two glowing red ones) near the faders which do "previous preset" and "next preset". I mostly use the pads closest to the faders so that I can do both at the same time. The bottom row is strobe, blinder, blackout, ADJ/wolfmix flash, and a white blinder flash for each fixture group (done with live edits. the "REAL" blinder is assigned to the wall wash lights and it's really fast so I can use it as a snare). Then finally the top pads are assigned to preset pages... it's just faster to snap to a preset page than to sue the encoder dial on the Wolfmix imo.

OH also I forgot about the "go freaking crazy" preset I use at 2:15 which is fun to trigger as a flash effect (it fades out in 1 second because the preset it reverts back to has a fade-IN time of 1s)

[Benno]

Ben here from the Wolfmix marketing team

Just wanted to say a big thanks to @Wolfman_Malone for kicking off this awesome community challenge — Wolfmix Got Talent is such a fun idea, and we absolutely love seeing the creativity in here!

To help make things even more exciting, we’d love to offer a free Wolfmix hoodie to the winner — if you’re happy for us to share the winning video on our social media channels. Just a small way for us to give a shout-out to the winner and share how the Wolfmix community is putting the gear to good use.

Looking forward to seeing what you all come up with — best of luck to everyone entering!

[Pawel]

Hey!
Here's my submission for the contest

https://youtu.be/rbK1kIFlDKs?feature=shared

Song: Cannonball
Band: Fingerlyxx

Turn the youtube subtitles on for a commentary

Setup:
Showtec easy 16 faderboard going into a stairville dmx foot 2 going into a wolfmix mk I via WLink.

The faderboard is used to:
- control fronts and hall lights (dimmer box with OTHER channels+DMX IN)
- set dimmer channels of LED front lights via DMX IN (group dimmer always at 100%)
- group dimmers.

The dmx foot 2 is used to switch next/previous preset.

Cheers!

P.S. can I post more than one song ?

[Wolfman_Malone]

Hey!
Here's my submission for the contest

https://youtu.be/rbK1kIFlDKs?feature=shared

Song: Cannonball
Band: Fingerlyxx

Turn the youtube subtitles on for a commentary

Setup:
Showtec easy 16 faderboard going into a stairville dmx foot 2 going into a wolfmix mk I via WLink.

The faderboard is used to:
- control fronts and hall lights (dimmer box with OTHER channels+DMX IN)
- set dimmer channels of LED front lights via DMX IN (group dimmer always at 100%)
- group dimmers.

The dmx foot 2 is used to switch next/previous preset.

Cheers!

P.S. can I post more than one song ?

Thanks for your submission!

Also I'm subscribed to you on youtube lol, and I've seen that video multiple times it looks fantastic! I've learned a few things from your videos, a couple of them that I have incorporated into my workflow (which is another reason I thought this comp would be a fun idea). Everybody has a different workflow and I think it's important that people see each other's (if they have the urge to learn more anyways)

As far as posting multiple songs within this contest, submissions are being limited to one (at least for season 1 of WGT ). That also gives everyone time to improve even further for the next one!

[Wolfman_Malone]

https://youtu.be/1I0EnpkIqEs?si=T6MXSZGRv8K_CHdo

First gig with the new wolfmix for the band I do lights for.. go easy, I'm a newbie.

I just want to follow up with your submission -- are you able to provide video of your Wolfmix being used as well? And we do need one song per submission as your video is about 20 minutes long I just need to know which song you are planning on officially submitting.

Remember, if you only have 1 camera angle, that's okay as long as both the Wolfmix & the lighting is in the shot. Multiple camera angles (as seen in my example submission) is perfect if you overlay the video -- however if you have both camera angles recorded, but can't edit them together for whatever reason, just send me both video files and I'll edit them together for you!