The lightning machine I’ve been using for the last 4 years uses an optocoupler which simply uses the varying output voltage going to the speakers and triggers a triac so 115 vac will flow to the flood lights with varying intensitySo you say you have four sources
I’m guessing source #4 won’t trigger an effect. Numbers 1 & 2 will and the sounds should occur after the effect - not the other way around. Source #3 may or may not have an effect (are you going to use fans?). If not, it can be treated the same as the pirates talking. If you have fans, I’d treat it like effects 1&2, but with a zero delay.
- Thunder
- Cannon
- Wind
- Pirates
This design has an effect triggering the sound with a delay (variable, but dependent on the source).
The question is... What is the source of the sound (MP3 player, recordable sound module, ...). And how is that source triggered? And can the trigger be replaced with an intermediate module?
It then simplifies to the following for each channel:
- Effect trigger
- Effect control
- Sound trigger
- Sound source
- Mixer
I’m sure I’m not using the best terminology to describe how the trigger works but that’s it in a nut shell. So I was planning to use the same trigger for the cannon. Same theory so I thought why not?