128 GUIDE - LIGHTING CONTROL
STRAND | PALETTE VL www.strandlighting.com
The Palette VL console features an integral trackball, moving light encoders and direct action attribute keys to extend its power, and it is also available with 500 to 8,000 channels, two DMX ports with 1,024 outputs, a USB key library storage, and now offers an optional second video display to present more information to console operators, including an advanced moving light control screen.
SWEETLIGHT | LIGHTING SOFTWARE www.sweetlight-controller.com
SweetLight offers the possibility to control simple par cans to the most complex moving lights. The SweetLight package comes with software and a DMX interface. The software is powerful and easy to use and is available for Windows and Mac OS computers. The DMX interfaces have different standalone abilities, adapted to the various lighting applications and the software can be controlled from iPhone and Android smartphones.
VISUAL PRODUCTIONS | CUELUX PRO www.visualproductions.nl CueluxPro is an advanced and scalable lighting control application from Dutch manufacturer Visual Productions. The software is designed to control medium to large lighting installations, for both architectural and live-entertainment situations. CueluxPro works in combination with the CueCore and IoCore as its DMX and IO interfaces and with the B-Station user-interface. CueluxPro is cross-platformed for Windows, Mac or Ubuntu Linux andworks with an industry-standard Cuelist system and is 100% touchscreen compatible, it is also a scalable system. Users can start by using a single CueCore and expand up to 10 CueCores, several IoCores and multiple B-Stations. All hardware peripherals are connected via Ethernet. The software’s matrix control, a pixel mapper for controlling LED matrices, is a feature deeply embedded within the operation of CueluxPro. It is very intuitive to control the matrix in unison with the other fixture types. In fact, multiple matrices can be controlled from CueluxPro using a variety of internal effects or external graphical content. CueluxPro features a timeline editor for programming accurate light shows. The timeline can be synchronised by time-code protocols like SMPTE and MTC. The CueluxPro software supports many protocols including DMX-512, ArtNet, Midi, UDP, OSC, MTC, SMPTE, RS-232 and GPI. The protocols can be used for triggering events within the software or for converting into one of the other signals.
ZERO 88 | ORB FX www.zero88.com
The ORB XF features 60 multi-function faders, along with theatrical syntax providing intuitive control of both generic dimmers and moving lights. Operating on the ZerOS family software platform, ORB XF lets users make dynamic ‘on the fly’ adjustments to cues, supports advanced tracking functionality and enables creation of powerful effects. For theatrical playback, there are 1,000 cue stacks of up to 1,000 cues addressable through the two playback masters or via the multi-function faders. Software features include an onscreen colour picker, gobo image display and a sleek, clear user interface placing the latest in lighting control technology at the user’s fingertips. A familiar programming interface gives ORB XF users the flexibility of customising displays and default settings, making the desk their own. As part of the ZerOS family of consoles, show files can be shared and modified by any console including the off-line editor and PC backup. An internal fixture library of more than 3,100 fixtures makes it easy to swap between fixture types, maintaining flexibility.
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