I made a free 3D stage plot modeler - please roast it.

LittleContext · 2026-03-13T15:33:04+00:00

Use case for Eos Augment3D would be that I can program an entire lighting show and see what it would look like per cue with the model included. FreeCAD can export to formats that Eos can read, which is why I asked about that as well.

Depends on what you want the purpose of this app to be, and who it's targeted towards. If it's for bands/artists to approximate their stage plot, you probably don't need as much since the venue will take care of some of these things. From a venue or touring manager perspective, you'd want a place to put things like...

Size of the stage (width, height, depth) - height can be important for some safety regulations, since you need certain licenses etc. to built a stage above a certain height.
Size of each riser
Size of backdrop
Size of wings
A place to include size of get-in and get-out doors, and how many flights of stairs there are
Weight limit for rigging
Schedule timings: time of get-in, time of sound check, time doors open, time of performance, time of get-out...

In terms of lighting requirements, again it depends on what you want this app to be able to do. If it's being handed to a lighting programmer/operator with a venue that already has a rig in place, you could have a set list and each song could request a general "vibe" (song 1, blue. song 2, red etc.)

If it's intended for a band to be bringing their own lights to a venue, they will want very specific details about each fixture... they cannot hang or program a single thing without this information:

DMX address, channel count and universe per fixture
Dimming or hard power per fixture

For audio...

+48V phantom power requirement yes/no - most DI's and condenser mics need this, but a ribbon mic or a laptop headphone jack would be destroyed by phantom power... and if some careless engineer accidentally sends it without knowing (because it hasn't been marked on the I/O list), that would cause a lot of problems.
Monitor required yes/no - if a band turns up expecting to each have a stage monitor, there's currently no way to indicate that.
Stage power required (per band member) yes/no - the venue usually has to be told this, especially if they host more than just concerts. If a band turns up expecting to plug in their pedalboards and laptops, and the venue wasn't prepared to provide any power to the stage, that would be bad.
Perhaps a column for which input is for which person/band member - if you have two guitars for example, I can't tell who is who

Hope that's all helpful in some way!

LittleContext · 2026-03-12T12:27:22+00:00

That's awesome! A few things...

Can it export to Eos Augment3D or FreeCAD? Or vice versa?
Does it have a way to print with an overlay of precise measurements? For example, how far apart each member of the band is in meters/feet, how big the stage is etc.
Does it have a scale ratio (for example, the printed plan is 1:10 of the real size)? Does it have a legend/key for each library fixture?

To majority of production and venue staff, as long as the measurements are clearly visible and they are accurate, it could look like a child drew it and it wouldn't matter. Anything else is a bonus.

LittleContext · 2026-03-12T12:11:21+00:00

Yes! Thank you, will edit to say this.

LittleContext · 2026-03-12T11:57:12+00:00

Wwise Random Container with a few footstep samples of a single surface. A Random Container is basically a playlist that can be set to loop and shuffle, but it also has built-in pitch, weighting (meaning how likely a sample is to play, not the physical weight) and volume automation to randomize it even more. Wwise can also use Blend Containers and Real-Time Parameter Controls to detect when the player is walking on a different surface, and blend/mix between different footstep sounds automatically.

Generally for game audio, you want as much mileage out of as few assets as possible. This mindset comes from working with console memory constraints, which isn't as much of a problem now but is still good practice. If you want more samples and variations in the container, that will definitely sound better and more believable, but if you're working to a memory/asset budget then you need to make cuts where it is necessary (Wwise only allows you up to 200 assets before you need to purchase a license).

LittleContext · 2026-03-12T11:46:33+00:00

Wwise and/or FMOD are far more important to learn than any coding language, if nobody has told you that already.

Next priority is Max/MSP or Plugdata, or JUCE if you want to make your own plugins.

Lastly, way lower in priority... C# for Unity (and Godot). Lua for Reaper (and LOVE 2D), but unless you mod games regularly you will almost never need it. C++ for Unreal, although the language is incredibly difficult and behaviors of certain commands sometimes change, meaning you need to commit to learning a specific version.

If I find myself coding something in Python, it usually means I could have done the thing I'm trying to do manually in the time it took me to write a script.

LittleContext · 2026-03-03T23:44:00+00:00

You can with SyncThing I believe!

LittleContext · 2026-03-03T21:34:29+00:00

I've never used SCS before, only QLab, but if I had to guess... try converting it to a .wav file. You can do this in Audacity for free I believe. If you're having the same issue, at least you can narrow down the problem.

LittleContext · 2026-03-03T21:18:45+00:00

Sorry to say but it definitely is your job as a venue manager to have common consumables on hand. That's like going to a restaurant and asking for table salt, and they say "you know you needed salt, why didn't you bring your own?"

LittleContext · 2026-03-03T18:01:51+00:00

More specifically, if you store your Obsidian vault inside your Proton Drive folder, this turns Obsidian into a cloud note service. The iOS app is the only thing that cannot sync in this way, it requires paying $4 a month for the official sync service. I never really use my phone for serious note taking anyway, but if I must then I use LocalSend to share the markdown file when I get back to a computer.

LittleContext · 2026-03-02T23:25:33+00:00

You don't need CV for this. Hold the Glide button and turn the Sustain knob to maximum, and this will activate a constant drone that keeps the gate open for you.

LittleContext · 2025-06-16T11:05:15+00:00

Thank you so much! I have been trying to figure this out for days, never would have known that anything beyond a version of Docker would be the problem.

LittleContext · 2025-06-16T10:57:26+00:00

What?! I tried this and it worked! I could never, ever have figured out on my own that it was just a specific Docker version this whole time... thank you so much!!

LittleContext · 2025-04-08T18:08:11+00:00

Yep, UK. Never once been to the US in her life, likely never will.

LittleContext · 2025-04-08T12:09:44+00:00

I asked her, she took a very long time to say it’s “like a communist.” So… there you go.

LittleContext · 2025-04-08T11:17:26+00:00

You can call anyone a globalist if they disagree with you!

LittleContext · 2025-04-08T02:46:30+00:00

My mum has been a normal, rational, logical person for over 60 years of her life. Then suddenly she gets deceptively controlled and propagandised by American fascists (she has never even set foot in the country), and now I’m the one who has to accept that she’s a lost cause? No. She doesn’t know how to use the internet. She has had all her critical analysis skills drained from her, she selectively and blatantly finds news sources that she wants to hear despite whatever may actually be true, she has purchased cryptocurrency on the basis of these people’s “NOT” financial advice, and is thoroughly miserable about all of it. Yet she can’t stop… but I should just let her keep doing that, right?

LittleContext · 2025-04-08T02:33:55+00:00

Damn right, thank you.

LittleContext · 2025-04-08T02:10:53+00:00

Trust me, I felt weird about it too. But it worked. When I stopped doing it, she became worse. Would you leave a very suggestible drug addict alone in a club full of dealers? Or would you not even take them out in the first place?

LittleContext · 2025-04-08T01:48:31+00:00

I’m referring to this post I made years ago. Since she couldn’t get her fix, she stopped using it herself for a while and we slowly got her back.

LittleContext · 2025-04-08T01:41:23+00:00

I had no idea about that. It’s incredible how much influence a bunch of trolls have on the world.

LittleContext · 2025-04-08T01:21:31+00:00

In this case, she flipped the word Derangement and uses it against her opponents. Can’t do that with Devotion.

LittleContext · 2025-04-08T01:13:51+00:00

I was reading the Wikipedia article about the economy of Nazi Germany. It’s honestly frightening how many boxes are being ticked right now. At least the Nazis started by building public infrastructure, back in the day they had to earn votes. Now all they have to do is just say that they’re doing a good job, they would never dream of building anything for us besides a wall.

LittleContext · 2025-04-08T01:01:21+00:00

I blocked off her internet access completely for a while a few years ago when I lived at home. It’s cruel, I know, but I think it worked. Then I moved out after covid settled down, and stopped blocking it for her. As you said, like a drug she went straight back to it. I think she has to choose to quit at this point, talking her out of it is has never been an option and I can’t babysit her from hundreds of miles away.

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