When you’re gigging as a small band or run the worship for a small church, choosing to automate some or all of your lighting can make a HUGE difference in the impact you make. Learn the basics of “why” here and what steps you need to take BEFORE you automate.
Visualizers can be a great way to work with stage lights in a virtual world, whether to work ahead, practice, or mock up designs for a client. In this post, we’re going to go a little deeper and explore (4) 3d stage visualizers and some of the differences between them.
Once you’ve got some test signal running from your LED drivers or pixel controllers, it’s time to actually run some “content” across your lights. But the question is this – what content or media do I run?, and can I make this happen from a regular lighting console?
LightKey is what I would consider to be an intermediate console and it’s definitely made it’s way to the lighting community. But is it the right fit for your needs? In this post, we’re going to cover some of the pros and cons of working with LightKey as well as why it’s users enjoy working with this lighting software.
Perhaps you have heard of ENTTEC’s ELM. What is it exactly? ENTTEC ELM is basically a Media Server. It’s a software that allows you to layout LED’s, play video, and create generative content.