Sanity check my LSP version selection (# of channels Q)

nutz4lights

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Hey all,

So I'm looking to get into pixels in 2013. I'm starting now in January because I'm going to make a pretty big plunge I think. Thinking about 12 wire/stick trees with 300 pixels each and a megatree with 48 strands of 50 pixels. By my math, that is 3600 + 2400 = 6000 pixels, which is 18,000 channels right? The other option I'm still considering is to run the wire/stick trees as dumb RGB which would greatly cut down on my number of channels.

I have been a LOR user since 2005 and I can't seem to find a channel limit in the S3 software. I see that LSP has an 8192 channel limit in the $249 advanced version and you have to go to the $399 version to get more channels. Considering I have a license to S3 already and it seems to have unlimited channels (completely unsure if this is correct), I'm having a tough time with moving to LSP, but it seems like most of y'all really like this software.

I guess if I go with advanced then I am committing to running the wire/stick trees as dumb setups.

Any guidance is appreciated.

-Louie
 

Benslights

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i would look at your maths again as if you have 300 pixels a tree that is 900 channels a tree x 12
and then your mega tree is 48 x 150 channels. so if that is right your talking alot more then 18,000 more like 45,000 if i have my maths right.
 

nutz4lights

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Mcas4380 said:
I still get 18,000 what i'm i missing?
I agree, I think I added up right, but let me do it again.

wire/stick trees: 12 x 300 pixels = 3600 pixels x 3 channels / pixel = 10800 channels
megatree: 48 strings x 50 pixels = 2400 pixels x 3 channels / pixel = 7200 channels

10800 + 7200 = 18000 channels total

I guess I was looking for confirmation that I do indeed have to go to the $399 version from a perspective of is it really channel driven or pixel driven etc. If it was pixel driven, then 6000 pixels would be under the limit of the 8192 "channel" version... I think I know where this is going, but just looking for confirmation.

Thanks!

-Louie
 

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nutz4lights said:
Mcas4380 said:
I still get 18,000 what i'm i missing?
I agree, I think I added up right, but let me do it again.

wire/stick trees: 12 x 300 pixels = 3600 pixels x 3 channels / pixel = 10800 channels
megatree: 48 strings x 50 pixels = 2400 pixels x 3 channels / pixel = 7200 channels

10800 + 7200 = 18000 channels total

I guess I was looking for confirmation that I do indeed have to go to the $399 version from a perspective of is it really channel driven or pixel driven etc. If it was pixel driven, then 6000 pixels would be under the limit of the 8192 "channel" version... I think I know where this is going, but just looking for confirmation.

Thanks!

-Louie

It is channel driven. You would need the $399 version. You could use grouping on your mini trees to cut down on the amount of channels. But you still would not get under 8192.
 

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dpitts said:
It is channel driven. You would need the $399 version. You could use grouping on your mini trees to cut down on the amount of channels. But you still would not get under 8192.
Ok thanks!

-Louie
 

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ok no more late night maths for me i do not know what i was doing then. as your maths is right and mine well who knows what i was thinking.
 
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