ShowXpress is intuitive and easy to use lighting control software. With just a few minutes of set up, you're just a few clicks away from incredible lighting control experiences. CHAUVET DJ is committed to helping you get up and running and on the road to creating amazing light shows with this powerful software. DMX Stage Lighting Software ChromaKinetics provides free and open source software for stage lighting equipment, which supports the DMX interface. StageConsole – a simple 512 channel 2-scene preset light board with unlimited cue memory and auto timed cross fades.
I'm a lighting designer for a small theater in NJ. We've finally switched over to DMX and found this program when buying the Entec dongle. It's just what we were looking for in terms of simplicity and function. If anyone has written any updates to the program, please contact me as I'd sure love to have any new functions you may provide! Thanks very much!
This is the best first introduction to PC control of stage lighting for the small theatre that I have found. Its the sort of porogram I've been trying, for years, to find the time to write myself. Thank you Terry for saving me hours of time. It does just what is needed without being too complicated.
Good work:)
Great little program - actually does what it says with the ENTTEC Open DMX USB dongle. I've come here after hours of trying with more complex programs! Simple to set up, learn and use, but actually it is a much more powerful application than it initially appears, now I have had time to work with it. I've written some new instructions for it if anyone is interested.
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J.J. i'm not sure what version of FreeStyler you are using or the system that it is running on, but ever since i have started using it a few years ago it has been nothing but flawless for me.
have you tried running it virtually on your mac?
the reason that i love it is because it is free, works with any interface and has some extremely powerful features. recently i started getting into the midi mapping and submasters.
i've tried myDMX, lightjockey and showexpress.
myDMX is win/mac so that a plus. runs stable as far as i can tell. you can't create/edit fixtures on the mac. the interface is horrible (pretty tho). especially when you have a lot of lights. alot of space is wasted with the dmx faders.
the scene builder is ok, but the scene system is extremely limited. basically you can only create a scene with x number of steps. and you can only run one scene at a time!
no notion of cue buttons (recall multiple scenes), no notion of override (override currently playing scene) and no notion of submasters/subcues (mix and match different parts of different scenes on the fly).
and the fact that no 3D until (let's just say 2014) is wack.