That’s good to hear!
My frame rate is set up on 35Hz though, is it a problem ? Should I set it to 40 as you mentionned ?
35 Hz will work, but unless you have a very specific reason to use this (rare fixtures that cannot handle higher frame rates), I would suggest going with the highest frame rate available, which makes for smoother lighting animations. 44 Hz is the DMX standard, but a lot of interfaces only support up to 40 Hz. Whatever you set this to, use the same value as the Update Rate in Beam’s Settings.
I take your advice for the Beam upgrade, i didn’t know the upgrade to Beam 2.0 was for free.
I’m a little anxious that it could cause problems with my patch or my light writings in Ableton… Is the change of version completely safe for my work ? Will it work for sure ? Because I must be ready for a gig in a week…. What does this upgrade imply, Should i change the patch, the fixture folder, anything ?
It is always necessary to thoroughly test any setup before going on stage, especially after making changes and updating. We take extra care to make things backwards-compatible, but there is always a slight chance things will look differently when updating.
Since your gig is in a week, I would suggest using 1.6.3, as it fixes a critical issue in the versions before it and the only measure needed to upgrade from 1.5.2 is manually replacing the Beam Instruments and Effects in Live with the new ones, e.g. by drag-and-dropping them over the existing ones - any parameters should remain in tact.
Upgrading to Beam 2 is also very simple, but a few extra steps are necessary, see this article: Upgrading to Beam 2 | Showsync Support
You can see what each version update brings in the release notes: 2.0 | Showsync Support