Awesome Audiovisual 
Curated list of software, libraries and resources for lighting, video
and audio professionals and hobbyists.
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Contents
Lighting
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Lighting Software
- Avolites
Titan - PC version of the Titan software which runs on the Avolites
desk. Free to use until version 11.4 although it spits out random data
once in a while. Requires a dongle from version 12.
⚠ not free.
- Chamsys MagicQ - MagiQ is
a professional lighting software providing up to 64 Artnet universes for
free. It includes powerful features like 2D/3D pixel mapping, effect
generator, media server and visualizer.
- Daslight - DMX lighting
software for PC and Mac.
- Dot2
software - Free, offline software for the Dot2 consoles. Includes
Dot2 onPC and Dot2 3D.
- EOS
Family - Software for ETC’s EOS-family consoles.
⚠ freemium.
- Freestyler - Free
lightning control software
- GrandMA2
software - Free, offline software for the GrandMA2 lighting console.
Includes GrandMA2 OnPC and MA3D. Does not output DMX for free.
⚠ freemium.
- GrandMA3
software - Free, offline software for the new
GrandMA3 lighting console. Includes GrandMA3 OnPC. Does not output DMX
for free.
⚠ freemium.
- Hog 4
software - Free, offline software for the Hog 4 lighting console.
Includes Hog 4 pc. Does not output DMX for free.
⚠ freemium.
- LightFactory - PC
Lighting Control software witch also is the backend of the NEO Console.
⚠ not free.
- ONYX - Modern
lighting control system with alot of features.
- QLC+ - QLC+ is a free and
cross-platform software to control DMX or analog lighting systems like
moving heads, dimmers, scanners etc. Source Code
✓ open-source.
- xLights - Meant for home
Christmas light shows but is a great way to sync lights to music on a
budget. Source Code
✓ open-source.
Visualizers
- Capture - Documentation and
visualisation software. Capture is a native macOS and Windows
application that lets you work with lighting, video, laser, moving
scenery and water effects. Does have a free Student Edition.
⚠ freemium.
- Depence²
- Depence² is a unique application, which combines the design and
visualization process with the potential to control the real show.
⚠ not free.
- Ma3D
- Free lighting visualizer for GrandMA
consoles/software.
- wysiwyg
- wysiwyg is an all-in-one lighting design software with fully
integrated CAD, plots, data, visualization and virtual show control.
⚠ not free.
Audio
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Audio Software
- Audacity - Audio file
editor and analysis tool, great for cropping down sound effects and
music tracks.
✓ open-source.
- Ardour - A full realtime audio
recording and editing suite. Source Code
✓ open-source.
- da-Share
MultiPlay - MultiPlay is a Windows based program designed to play
audio cues for theatre or corporate use. It is free to use.
- Linux Show Player -
Free cue player designed for stage productions. Source
Code
✓ open-source.
- QLab - QLab is sound, video, and
lighting control for macOS.
⚠ freemium.
- REAPER - REAPER is a complete
digital audio production application for computers, offering a full
multitrack audio and MIDI recording, editing, processing, mixing and
mastering toolset.
⚠ freemium.
- ARTA - A collection of
programs for audio measurements and analysis.
- REW - REW is free room
acoustics analysis software for measuring and analysing room and
loudspeaker responses. Free SMAART alternative.
Video
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See ebu/awesome-broadcasting.
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- Livescript -
Insert a musical/theatre-script from Google Docs and use this for a live
“autocue” and scroller with everyone on the site.
✓ open-source.
- Ontime -
Browser-based application that manages event rundowns, scheduling, and
cueing. Plan, track your schedule, manage automation and
cross-department show information in one place.
✓ open-source.
- stagetimer.io - Browser-based
remote-controlled countdown timer.
⚠ freemium.
CADs
- AutoCAD -
AutoCAD® is computer-aided design (CAD) software that architects,
engineers, and construction professionals rely on to create precise 2D
and 3D drawings.
⚠ not free.
- Vectorworks - Vectorworks
is a versatile, on-premise application that provides extensive 2D
drafting, 3D modeling, BIM and rendering capabilities for your
architectural and landscape design needs. Also had a special
entertainment version: Vectorworks
Spotlight.
⚠ not free.
Timecode
Timecode is a sequence of numeric codes generated at regular
intervals by a timing synchronization system. Timecode is used in video
production, show control and other applications which require temporal
coordination or logging of recording or actions.
- El-Tee-See - LTC wav
file generator.
- TCgenerator
- Reaper time marker to GrandMA2 TC Generator.
✓ open-source.
- Timecode -
ArtNet and LTC timecode generator, made with Java.
✓ open-source.
- Time
MIDI sender - A free tool for sending time data to DasLight (via
MIDI).
✓ open-source.
- TimelordMTC - Advanced
timecode management tool.
⚠ not free.
- M2Q - Python
application capable to trigger Chamsys Consoles/Software via MIDI for
advanced synchronized shows.
✓ open-source.
Monitoring
- AES67
WebMeter - Server that receives an AES67 audio stream and presents a
webpage with meters.
✓ open-source.
- meters.lv2 -
meters.lv2 is a collection of audio-level meters with GUI in LV2 plugin
format.
✓ open-source.
- Open Sound Meter - Clean,
open-source sound meter. Supports RTA, magnitude, phase and impulse
response, coherence, group delay and more.
✓ open-source.
Libraries and frameworks
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ArtNet Libraries
- artnet - Node.js
module that can be used to send ArtDMX packages to an Art-Net node.
nodejs.
- artnet4j - Art-Net
library for Java and Processing.
java.
Hardware
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See HARDWARE.md.
Graphics
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- GIMP - GIMP is a cross-platform
image editor available for Linux, Windows, and macOS.
- Inkscape - Inkscape is a
professional vector graphics editor for Linux, Windows and macOS.
Management
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- Rentman - Cloud rental software
for AV & Event companies. Resource planning, scheduling and more.
⚠ not free
Resources
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- Chamsys
Programmers and Users facebook group - The best place to find
information about Chamsys consoles and software.
- Christian
Jackson - YouTube channel about concert lighting. Also has great MA
tutorials.
- ESTA
Technical Standards Program - Collection of technical standards in
the entertainment technology industry.
- Geezers of Gear -
Entertainment Production Industry veteran talking about pro-audio,
lighting, staging, video + the people and companies who work in this
great industry.
- @limelightwired
- Lighting production community on Instagram.
- awesome-linuxaudio
- A Awesome list with all things Linux audio.
- QLab Cookbook - The
cookbook is a collection of projects, examples, and experiments using a
broad range of QLab programming techniques including AppleScript, OSC,
external control using QLab Remote, third-party MIDI and OSC
controllers, and other software.
- /r/lightingdesign
- The Reddit community for lighting designers worldwide.
- /r/techtheatre - The
reddit community for all production designers and technicians!
Blogs
Tutorials
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GrandMA2 tutorials
Misc/other
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- Blender
ArtNet - Blender script to push ArtNet data to Evee lights. Runs at
30fps with Evee rendering in the viewport.
✓ open-source.
- Linux - A free
operating system that can run on pretty much every kind of computer and
is great for breathing new life into old computers that aren’t supported
by the newer Windows editions. There’s tons of different distributions
to choose from,. The most common one for general computer stuff is Ubuntu.
✓ open-source.
- MIDI Monster
- MIDIMonster is a universal control and translation tool. It can
translate between many different protocols such as MIDI, Artnet, sACN
and OSC.
✓ open-source.
- UsedLighting -
Marketplace for buying/selling used lighting hardware.
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