CHAUVET DJ Obey 70 Universal DMX-512 Controller | LED Light Controllers

Left my old review below, see update for latest info. It gets 2 stars because it appeared to be a decent quality. I purchased mine certified refurbished by Chauvet. Not only did Chauvet get this unit wrong once, it was still non fuctional after being refurbished. Upon plugging in the unit the fixture button indicators would begin flashing alternately and the blackout indicator would flash. Lights connected to the console were getting no signal from the DMX controller. In the process of attempting to troubleshoot I discovered all of the sliders were non functional, the screen and programming buttons appeared functional but without the speed and fade sliders working it was useless. This review is more of a jab at the manufacturer than a product review. I'm sure a functional unit is great, and as stated earlier the build quality looks good. Update: The seller (hifisoundconnection) called me and offered an exchange instead of a refund. I took the exchange and received my replacement today. The new unit works as it should. I had an OBEY 6 controller but wanted the 70 for my cheap chinease moving heads I added to my DJ system. The OBEY 6 is designed for PAR cans and isn't a wise choice for moving heads. This OBEY 70 controls the moving heads perfectly. I was able to assign the joystick easy enough, the manual is somewhat vague and hard to follow but I figured it out. Controlling the moving heads via joystick is great, far better than using a slider. I'm going to retire the OBEY 6 and use this for my PARs and other lights. I haven't played with scenes and chases yet but look forward to tinking with those settings.

Controller is well built and is pretty easy to operate, but I purchased it for stage lighting and I'm having a lot of trouble getting from manual control to scenes and chases either with manual or auto control. Still trying to figure out how to get out of one mode and into the other without the lights "freezing".

Manual is poor, but there's good functionality here. 30 banks, each with up to 8 sets of programs. Six chase scenes, which I wish there were a few more, honestly, but it's okay. Each program can program up to 12 sets of fixtures. Couple of nit picks, but relative to the price, this is a fantastic controller. 1) The joystick is a nice feature, if you are using something with movable heads, but it sits at position 15 and 16, so depending on your lights settings, some things you wish you could control with a slider may have to be controlled via the joystick. I understand you can remap things, but I still wish it didn't sit right there. 2) Between page A and B, there are 32 "sliders" (really 4 less since some of them are controlled via joystick). I'm using among others a Chauvet ColorBand PIX, which has 12 RGBA lights. In 18 channel mode, I can control the lights in pairs of 2. It supports 36 channel mode, to control lights individually, but the Obey controller only has 32 positions, so I can't use that mode, I can't control the last light at all, or the blue for the second to last light. Again, weigh the price of the controller, it's still fantastic for the price. 3) There's a big disconnect between timer/fader as sliders, and as pre-programmed scene settings. You can save timer/faders into a scene, but then if you bump the fader, it overrides it, until you hit program again. 4) When activating a chase, it doesn't deactivate a previous chase. So if you are running chase 1, and hit chase 2, it will cycle through chase 1, then 2, then back to one. We often forget this, and forget to deactivate the older chase. 5) Every issue above is minor. My one major gripe is changing from scene to scene across banks. If you are on bank 1, scene 1, you can go to bank 1, scene 2 no problem. Or bank 2, scene 2, etc. If you go from bank 1 scene 1 to bank 2 scene 1, it will not realize what you've done, and blackout the lights, just like if you were on bank 1, scene 1 and hit scene 1 again. Annoying, and when you do it in the middle of a church service, horrifying. :) 6) I sure wish fader operated in manual mode. It works great in running through a bank in auto mode, or running a chase, but it'd be nice to be in manual mode and go from 1 scene to another and have it fade. There are some pretty harsh transitions because of that. All in all, we're a month old church plant, and this is my first time running lights. For the price (under $100) I'm thrilled. If you are new to DMX, the manual isn't the best, it will be trial and error, so def. take some lights home with the board and practice a bit, but I'm very pleased.

I mostly do DJing however every once in awhile I end up doing a live production event ranging from bands to dance recitals. All events are fun in there own way. My Chauvet DMX-44 died at an event one night and I had the unit since it first hit the market back in 2004 until February 2013. That tells you about the quality of the product Chauvet Lighting puts out on the market. I decided to purchase a controller from Chauvet that had a Joystick since I own a set of Chauvet Intimidator 2.0. I also rent in Martin MX-4s and Martin MAC family of products. What is great about this unit is that you can reassign any channel that does Pan or Tilt functions and set it for the joystick. Takes a little bit to learn how to do it but once you do. Any time you need to do it you can. Another great thing is that on the page A you have channels 1-14 of control, 15 & 16 is the joystick and then on page B you have 17-30. Specially with larger units such as the Martin MAC250 Entour you need that kind of numbers of control. I have not had any issues with any parts of the unit. Make sure you keep the manual handy for address of your fixtures if you had multiplies like myself... I do have a lot of programed stuff going on so I myself have labeled my unit so I know what chases do what and also have an excel spread sheet so I can change up my chases to make the fixtures or lights I bring with me....

Chauvet never disappoints. Their lighting control panels always do the job.

Cette table OBEY70 est un bon compromis entre les tables premier prix ( Séries 192) et les tables plus "pro et programmables". Les faders sont cheap et les touches se désolidarisent facilement. mieux vaut pas trop la chatouiller. Pour le prix , ( plus de 130€) ca fait cher les 384canneaux DMX. Le joystick pour les lyres et scan n'est pas précis. le seul vrai point positif , c'est l'écran LCD brillant et efficace.

E' un prodotto solido. Ben confezionato. Forse un pò scarno nei controlli. Mi riservo di aggiornare il giudizio dopo alcune prove in opera. Contenuto il prezzo. Può gestire, in programmazione, dodici apparecchiature DMX, ognuna delle quali può essere controllata tramite 30 canali slider, e due + due canali joystick. Non ci sono le istruzioni in italiano, e quelle in inglese sono davvero molto sintetiche. Al momento a questo prezzo non si trova molto. Ottobre 2018 Gran bella consolle per discoteca . Ho peso confidenza con i comandi, ed inizio a sfuruttàrli. Formidabile per le teste mobili. Poco o affatto adatta al teatro perché non si riesce a gestire la dissolvenza manuale e le scene sono solo on/off. Se si vuole comandare direttamente fumo e strobo questi devono essere chauvet anche loro. Per me cinque stelle

Works Great for now without spending a huge amount of money. Running a Behringer FCB1010 MIDI FOOT CONTROLLER with this so I can run the stage lights hands free and it works fantastic.

petite prise en main à s'adapter, Un conseil : allez voir des vidéos sur YOUTUBE, cela est bien plus explicite que le manuel ! Rapport Qualité Prix abordable.

Più che una vera e propria recensione questo è anche un appello. Allora in primis tengo a dire che la spedizione è l'imballaggio come ogni cosa spedita tramite Amazon era impeccabile. Arrivata nei tempi stabiliti. L'ho già messa in funzione per mandare il pensione l mia vecchia e devo dire che per il prezzo che ho pagato va benissimo ben fatta, solida e si presenta alla vista in modo molto elegante. Adesso il piccolo appello... I tasti dedicati fumo e strobo non hanno un indirizzo dmx anche loro e la possibilità di essere programmati, così facendo sia la mia strobo dmx sia la macchina del fumo in dmx non sono in grado di usarle con i su detti tasti. Nelle istruzioni si parla che hanno una uscita dedicata presumo da un jeck per la strobo e da un connettore a 5 pin per il fumo. In pratica avendo oo una ciabatta da 34 Canon non ho concluso nulla poiché non ho la possibilità di usare i due tasti dedicati tramite il normale cavo Canon che uso per il dmx. Chiedo a chi ha più notizie di aiutarmi. Magari sono io che non sono in grado di utilizzarla in modo corretto. Grazie.