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ShowLight DMX

Software / ShowLight DMX

ShowLight DMX

Lights that hear the music.

A lighting operator that listens to whatever is playing, recognizes the character of the track and runs the whole show by itself. You connect the fixtures and press START.

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What it does

Understands music

It analyzes the sound live and recognizes the character of the track — techno, funk, ballad, rock — then matches the mood of the light to it: colors, pulse, movement.

Catches the drop

A sudden jump in energy switches the light to the sharpest scene at once. No waiting, no programming.

Knows the tempo

It measures the BPM of the track itself and changes scenes on the beat, like a planned choreography. You can also tap the tempo with a single key.

Tuning on the fly

You drag a slider and the fixtures respond instantly. Crossfade, smoothing, minimum brightness and scene stability — all while the music plays.

Start in 3 steps

Connect the lights. DMX fixtures through an Art-Net node or converter on the same network as the computer.

Point it at the sound. In Setup choose what the program should listen to — whatever plays on the computer, a line input or a microphone.

Press START. Play the music — the show runs itself. You can take over at any moment with a single click.

How it looks

Scene console — channel strips with category, spectrum preview and a GO button — Scene console — every scene is a strip with its category, a spectrum preview and a GO button.

ShowLight DMX main panel — scene console with the live scene and the HUD panel — The main panel while playing: on the left the scene console with the scene currently on air, on the right a live view of what the program hears and sends.

Download

ShowLight DMX — Windows 64-bit

build 2026-08-08·Windows 10/11·size: —

Test build. The program is under active development — it works and it plays, but some features are still maturing. Every piece of feedback shapes the next release: tell me what worked and what did not — [email protected].

Manual

Two pages of specifics: what to connect, what the program should listen to and what the sliders do. The same text in two variants — pick the one that reads better on your screen or prints better on your printer.

Light variantDark type on white — for printing and reading in daylight. PDF Dark variantLight type on a dark page — for screens and work at the stage. PDF

Requirements

System Windows 10 / 11 (64-bit)
DMX output Art-Net node / converter (network based)
Fixtures this version drives 4 RGBW units
Scenes 39 built-in scenes across 11 moods
Sound any input: system, line, microphone
Internet not needed — everything runs offline

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