DMX lighting
The mood changes
with the music.
Design lighting scenes in Strofa Studio. Assign one to each song. When you open a song, the lights change — automatically, before you play the first note. Art-Net over your venue WiFi.
Art-Net over WiFi
No lighting console needed. Strofa is the controller.
Strofa's DMX system sends Art-Net UDP packets directly from the iPad over your venue's WiFi network to an Art-Net node (such as an eDMX1 Pro, Enttec ODE Mk3 or similar). The node converts Art-Net to a physical DMX-512 signal and drives your fixtures. Strofa replaces the lighting console for live performance.
The native Swift module (strofa-artnet) uses raw BSD sockets with SO_BROADCAST and runs its own 40 Hz timer to maintain a continuous DMX refresh rate. This means fixtures don't drop to black between song cues — the last scene is held continuously until a new one is sent.
Works with any Art-Net-compatible node. You don't need to buy Strofa-specific hardware. If you already have an eDMX adapter for another controller, plug it in and it works.
- Art-Net UDP, standard protocol — any Art-Net node works
- 40 Hz refresh rate — no flicker or blackout between cues
- Full 512-channel DMX universe (Universe 0)
- Configurable IP address, universe and fade time
- Compatible: eDMX1 Pro, Enttec ODE Mk3, DMXking, etc.
DMX Studio
Design scenes once. Use them every night.
The DMX Studio is a visual lighting editor built into Strofa. You define fixture groups — logical groupings of your lights (left wash, right wash, backlight, strobe) — and map each group to a channel range in the 512-channel DMX universe. You do this once when you set up a new venue.
Then you create named scenes: "Warm amber for ballads", "Blue for intros", "Full stage white for the big chorus", "Dark with purple back for jazz". Each scene stores dimmer, RGB, strobe and pan/tilt values per group. You can preview scenes live while designing them — the lights change as you drag the sliders.
Each song in Strofa can have one scene assigned. When you open the song — manually, from the setlist, or via a foot pedal — Strofa sends the scene to the Art-Net node immediately, with a configurable fade time (0–10 seconds). The transition is smooth. You never operate a separate lighting board.
Scenes are stored locally and in the cloud. A shared band library means the guitarist, bassist and lighting person all see the same scene assignments, and any band member can update them.
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Light cues that actually follow the music.
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