@bvg73 Thanks much for the help. After trying it all on my iMac and not having success, I went to my laptop with the M1 chip and it made all the difference. Since they both have the same operating system I'm guessing that is what made the difference? I'm now hooked up and working and figuring out the Matrix Value Send Actor and its relation to the Channels on the Chauvet, which is a bit counterintuitive at this point but I'm getting that sorted. Again, thanks!

@rwillats A dedicated wifi that you control is the only way to go. I like UNIFI products - they are designed to work from the ceiling and can be attached to a clamp to hang on a lighting bar or truss easily.

Get the biggest bandwidth you can - connect all computers via LAN and use the config software to scan for the best free frequencies.

The Unifi U7 has pro/max and long range versions if you want long range.

You will want a controller and router with that too - the cloud gateway ultra is the smallest and cheapest. 

Together these give the flexibility, control and throughput you need to have reliable wireless on stage.

BUT I also doubt you will be experiencing issues with a sub net unless there is some really big config issues or the devices are connecting to different networks (many theaters have a public wifi, an admin and a tech - on all the devices make sure you forget all of them except for the tech wifi you are using. Next turn off the SIM based internet. iPhones have a feature that will switch the network to the sim card if it thinks the internet there is faster - this will mess up your wifi network too. Depending on the config of the in house system you can make manual IP addresses on your devices and have them reserved in the in house wifi matching the mac addresses (be sure to turn off the wandering mac address feature on ios/mac os.

Getting any settings changed on the in house network infrastructure is often impossible  - ergot it is way easier to bring your own isolated network you can tune to your needs.

Fred

@video-architect

I am not sure to understand exactly what you want but if it is something like that:

you only need to set "bounds width" and "bounds height" in the Text draw actor to limit the text to a square inside the circle and then choose the correct text size. If you need or want to change the text size for each new text you can add the size for each text in your file (after the text with a tab before)  (Extract from the actor description: "The data may be stored on disk in a standard, tab-separated text file"). In the Data array actor you add a second value and link this second value to the font size of the Text draw actor. It will change with each new line.

Best regards, 

Jean-François 

@dusx

I would like to applaud this release 👏🏻 - thanks for this amazing effort!

Best wishes

Russell

@tr742

We no longer sell Isadora 3 Licenses, but all the license types we currently sell (rental, subscription, perpetual, USB) can be used for both Isadora 4 and Isadora 3. The prices vary depending on your local currency and VAT so it’s best to just check the store and see the prices it shows you there: https://fastspringstore.troikatronix.com/

While an external drive will be fine for prototyping and editing while traveling, we would always suggest running a show with all the files on the internal drive of a computer as it will allow for the best performance (eliminating the problem of transfer/read/write speed bottlenecks that can occur when using media from an external drive for a live show). That being said, you may be fine and experience zero issues using an external drive for the actual performance itself, we just recommend using the internal drive when actually running the show.