Learn
From zero to your first show: the first steps, the example shows, guides for DMX beginners and the full manual.
First steps
- 1
Download and install
A minute, with no sign-up and no administrator rights.
Download - 2
Open an example
The first-steps guide takes you through the program in five steps, and Open ▾ › Examples has four shows ready to try.
- 3
Connect your lights
Choose your interface in Outputs, add your fixtures in the Patch and fire your first scene.
Guides to get started with DMX
If this is your first time connecting lights to a computer, start here.
What is DMX?
The basics of controlling stage lights from a computer or a lighting desk — DMX universes, channels, addresses, cables and terminators, explained simply.
Read moreHow to connect DMX lights to a computer
From the box to the first flash — the USB DMX interface, the cables, the DMX addresses, the patch in the program and what to check if nothing lights up.
Read moreArt-Net and sACN — DMX over the network
How to carry many DMX universes over one network cable with Art-Net and sACN, what a node is, how to set IP addresses and how to view the show in a visualiser.
Read moreHow to choose a USB DMX interface
Open or Pro type, isolation, DMX input, one or two universes, or moving to the network — what to look for in a USB DMX interface for what you do.
Read moreThe example shows
They come with the program, in Open ▾ › Examples. Open them and try things freely: if you want to keep your changes, use “Save as…”.
- «Primeros pasos»The guide’s practice show: 4 PARs, 2 moving heads and an empty group to record your scenes in.
- «Bolo pequeño»PARs at the front and at the back, strobes and a smoke machine, with colours, effects and general looks in three groups and a SHOW page.
- «Concierto con cabezas móviles»Colour and position palettes, a mirrored circle and a song as a cuelist on the playbacks.
- «Sala con playbacks»One cuelist per song on the first playback page and a SHOW with those playbacks.
The manual
The whole program, page by page, in six languages. Inside the program, F12 opens it on the page you are on.
Open the manual