If they get the software they will be much more likely to serve more! The one thing is, the hardware to run it is not cheap! The software is free so you can start learning the software right now while you wait for funds. Great if you are having volunteers run / program services! Its very user friendly which makes training time for volunteers shorter. The guy that's running Tobymac's tour right now is using it. I work at a fairly large church (not trying to brag) but we use it, and its amazing. Another product I would recommend would be Jands Vista. They have a non-time restricted dongle for $100 FYI. Which for a church service you would never come close too. The $15 dongle has a 5 hour limit, after you hit the 5 hour limit you just have to restart the software. I totally agree with Chamsys, its 15$ to get started with one universe, which is crazy cheap! It will give you a good start into basic knowledge about lighting terms (It doesn't make up its own terms to make it more user friendly). I personally think LightKey is really good for churches because the interface is really easy to learn and intuitive - as opposed to other programs like M-PC and chauvet showxpress which i think are a bit ugly (subjectively) to be honest.
For volunteers at church, I've found that its hard to find someone who will sit down and take hours to learn an entire lighting control software as opposed to LightKey where I can teach someone to control the basic lights in maybe ~15 minutes because it is so easy to use. LightKey has a feature that lets you map colors of lights directly to the usb midi button, which then it also lights up the launchpad to the corresponding color automatically. To control the interface, we use a Novation Launchpad for colors and position midi mappings and a cheap Korg usb midi fader for the dimmers.
#Lightkey dmx pro#
For us, we use an ENTTEC DMX USB Pro for dmx output.
When it first came out, there were a lot of features missing, but the development is very active and they add features and fixes all the time. I've been using it for about four years now at my church, and the program has come a long way. I’ll add a photo of the set in the comments.
#Lightkey dmx how to#
I’ve seen a few tutorials on how to configure LED strip designs, so I have a fairly general idea on what equipment I needs Any and all suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Would it be a good program? Or should I go with something else? How should I go about controlling each SourceFour light when they are all connected to Dimmer Packs on the same channel?Īlso looking into a doing an LED strip backwall design that I would like to tie into the set, need some tips on that. Now the questions: I am thinking about throwing down $100 on LightKey to have as the software to run the lights. I’m working towards individual control for each light, so I just purchase an Entecc ODE POE Mk2 to move from our physical 12 channel controller to a software option. We have 4 dummy LED cans that light up a plastic set and two spare LED cans that light up two side columns. Then we have 6 LED Chavet Slim 64? on a truss on the backwall that act as hair/backlight for the stage. ALL of these lights operate on 4 DMX channels. We currently have a bunch of can lights that connect to dimmer packs that face the stage, along with 4 sourceFour 750 that light up the center of the stage. It is a fairly low ceiling building but we do have a few truss’s and I would like to make the most of our lighting. I’m very new to this subreddit but I’m looking for some advice on improving light design at my church.
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