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THE BEST APPS TO HELP YOU WITH STAGE LIGHTING
ASTERA APP
The Astera app offers fast , intuitive control of complex lighting setups with fully customizable programs and effects . It is designed to work seamlessly with other control methods .
You can set DMX addresses and footprints for CRMX control and Astera ’ s IR remote can be used to send app commands to individual lights .
Talkback , its two-way communication applied to wireless event lighting . You get a list of all your lights and their states , even when you control them with DMX . And you keep a permanent overview by filtering and sorting by different criteria , changing the DMX addresses of your light , footprints , etc . without touching the lights .
Select multiple lights and change their settings to save even more time . Create complex programs of colors , effects and settings . The lights will remember and repeat these effects without the need for a constant wireless link . DJ feature , auto BPM analyzes beat and matches programs , flash buttons can trigger special effects while held down .
SWEETLIGHT
This app makes stage lighting design fun and easy , and is available for download to your Windows or MacOS computer .
For Theater , From a vertical list , you can select the next scene and trigger the transition with a simple “ go ” button . In real time , you can rearrange the list while you ’ re running a scene .
You can control and modify the show regardless of last minute changes . This turns the software into a theater lighting console .
Under Synchronized shows , with the help of the cursor , you can move from left to right in a timeline view that can automatically trigger scenes accompanied by a video and / or audio file in real time . Create and save complex timeline projects in sync and with just one button you can play them .
UPRTEK
An LED lighting expert in theater lighting design tells us that the price of most theater lights is high , and the dimming system can only be used with the same lighting brand , the closed system can not customize customer needs .
Through the self-developed library of the UPRtek uSpectrum PC software , there is an application program for the lighting control system ( Color Navigator ). Now , the LED light source is maturing , professional lighting designers have also started to use a wide range of LED lights due to the low temperature and energy
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