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publicAll lighting movieFilm & TV movie_filterCommercials live_tvTelevision theater_comedyTheater stadiumLive Events nightlifeClubs & Venues churchHouses of Worship attractionsInstallations

Timecode or a channel fires the show.

A full console, built for the person with hands on it. Everything below is the spec sheet.

attractions Installations · on the console

The show starts from timecode or from a DMX channel. We sit downstream of a clock, we are not the clock. Route per universe with unicast destinations and fan-out to the nodes that are actually out there, and merge next season’s changes in with a universe remap rather than rebuilding. The architecture we recommend is deliberately dull: clock, then us, then nodes.

Uncapped output over long runs and many nodes, fired by a clock somebody else provides.

check_circleTimecode or a DMX channel fires the show
check_circlePer-universe routing, unicast destinations, fan-out
check_circlePartial merge with universe remap for next season
check_circleClock → console → nodes, drawn out and boring

Start here (suggested)Command

2U to Uncapped

Long runs, many nodes

Output routing

Any universe to any node

Pixel mapping

Façades and pathways

Cloud backups

Every seasonal show archived

A day with Blackout · Installations

How it actually runs.

01Lay the site out as a plot

02Map the façade and pathways

03Season looks

holiday, themed, everyday

04Fire it from timecode or a channel; archive each season

Pixel mapfeature-pixelmap

Installations · tailoredThe façade is a pixel map.Map a sculpture garden, a bridge or a pathway in LivePlot, drive it from video or ISF shaders, and keep every fixture in its native color model.

Fixture controlsfeature-fixture_controls

Installations · tailoredArchitectural RGBW, kept honest.Floods, linears and nodes from different vendors land the same color; per-fixture trims fix the one that always runs warm.

Effects enginefeature-effects

Installations · tailoredSlow, seasonal, long-period.Long-period effects and season looks for holiday shows and everyday operation: one showfile, all year.

The numbers that matter

Everything a desk does. None of the setting-up.

LivePlotfeature-liveplot

Universes2 universes on Core. Uncapped on Command. Pick the tier by the rig and the tools the job needs.Every plan is the whole console at its core: patch, cues, effects, faders and LivePlot. Universes, collaborators, backups and the deeper color tools step up with the tier.

2U to Uncapped

Universe output, by plan

5 min

Auto-backup, local + cloud

2 collaborators

Showfile sharing, Pro and up

4 GB

Cloud storage on Command

sACN Art-Net DMX inOSC MIDI

ProtocolsOut over Wi-Fi or Ethernet to any node. In from any desk, pad or clock.Merge, monitor and trigger from DMX in; timecode and controllers over OSC and MIDI.

Fixture controlsfeature-fixture_controls

Color pipelineNative color in, native color out.RGB, CMY, HSI or CIE xy per fixture, per-fixture color trims, NDI® media in on Pro, the whole pipeline in ACES on Command.

Fadersfeature-faders

Never lose a showAuto-backup down to every 5 minutes, local and cloud.Up to 15 timestamped copies per showfile, and sharing with the programmer or designer you're working with.

Protocols & integrations

Talks to what's already on your truck.

Output & input

ethernetsACNOut over Wi-Fi or Ethernet, to any node
ethernetArt-NetOut over Wi-Fi or Ethernet, to any node
DMX inMerge, monitor and trigger from any desk

Control & triggers

cableOSCCue and parameter control from any app or desk
midiMIDITimecode, controllers, encoders
Stream DeckTap-to-map buttons, saved in the showfile

Fixtures & wireless

AsteraBattery, runtime and config, natively
CeriseWireless DMX to the rig
StardustDirect control from the console, wireless to the receivers

Color & media

Lit Duo 1Meter-driven color matching (Advanced+)
castNDI®Video into the pixel map, with WHIP, RTMP, SRT, SRT pull and RTSP inputs too (Pro+)
paletteACESColor-managed pipeline (Command)
tunePer-fixture color trimsTrim the color of each fixture on its own, for the unit that always runs warm (Command)

NDI® is a registered trademark of Vizrt NDI AB.

Inside the console

Every tool in the console.

Patch screenfeature-patch

PatchPatch by the hundred, not one at a time.Batch address, label and sort fixtures in a visual patch built for speed. Every profile comes from the Blackout Fixture Database™: verified, updated daily, with a Fixture Creator for anything custom.

Multi-mode profiles, one-click patchingBattery and status readouts for Astera fixturesCustom fixtures in minutes

Fixture controlsfeature-fixture_controls

Fixture ControlsDial in color in the model the fixture actually thinks in.HSI, CMY, RGB or xy. Switch between them mid-look and stay consistent across brands. Every other parameter is one swipe away.

PixelMap · LivePlotPixel mapping, inside the console.Pixel mapping normally means a second machine and an hour of networking before anyone can test a look. Here it is the console: same showfile, same screen, nothing to network. Sources are tagged with the color space they were made in, composited in ACES on Command, and delivered to each fixture as RGB, CMY, HSI or CIE xy. NDI® input on Pro and up; ISF shaders and per-fixture trims on Command.

A live map of the rig: intensity, color and position as they changeQuickPlot for fast layouts on the dayPixelMaps drive color + dimmer per pixel (Command)

Effects enginefeature-effects

EffectsAn effects engine that doesn’t need a manual.Nearly any effect in two steps: intensity chases, color loops, lightning, phaser and spline waveforms, effects layered on top of a cue. Phase, spread, offset, rate and size are controls, not a spreadsheet of hand-typed offsets, and effects run per group so a 200-fixture rig behaves like one instrument.

Built-in library + custom effectsPhase · spread · offset · rate · sizeEffect on top of cueGroup-based, audio-reactive

Fadersfeature-faders

Sequences · Faders · MacrosCue it like a desk. Carry it like a tablet.Per-fixture fade and delay, layered cues with priority handling, faders for live transitions, and macros for the one-tap looks your client wants.

EDIT RENAME DELETE CLONE

QuickHUD

Five actions. One finger. Always the same place.

Press and hold any effect, group, look, favorite or macro and the HUD opens under your finger. Edit, Rename, Clone, Move, Delete. Six slots, five actions, and the bottom one left empty so your finger never covers what you are reaching for.

The smallest details carry the most weight here. Actions that don’t apply dim where they sit instead of disappearing, so the shape never changes and your finger stops hunting for it.

Blackout Fixture Database™

A console is only as good as its profiles.

Every cue, every color, every effect is built on the assumption that channel 14 does what the chart says it does. Get that wrong and nothing above it can be right.

40,000+profiles, built in-house and human-verified

Verifiedprofiles tested working on the real light, an industry first

Hourstypical turnaround on a new profile request

Dailyupdates, delivered inside the console

On most consoles, fixing a bad profile lands on your programmer’s clock before a single cue exists.

The libraries you can license are built once, at scale, from paperwork, and the mistakes ship with them: wrong channel counts, missing modes, a profile that doesn’t match the light in front of you. The shared formats don’t rescue it either. A GDTF file only carries what the manufacturer put into it, errors included.

The crux of the whole thing

We tried to buy one. We licensed an industry library, went through it, and found too much of it wrong to patch. So we threw it out and rebuilt every profile by hand.

40,000+ profiles, human-verified. Built in-house, not licensed, updated daily, and new ones typically land within hours of a spec sheet. It is the largest human-verified fixture library in lighting and it lives inside the console.

Industry first

Verified profiles.

A verified profile has been tested working on the fixture itself, not just checked against the manufacturer’s chart. Patch one and every channel does what it says.

Fast turnaround