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Show Control

  • Bitfocus Companion Use an Elgato Streamdeck as a controller for switchers, playback software and broadcast equipment.
  • LanScan LanScan is a simple and efficient IPv4 network scanner, with bonus features like vendor identification by MAC. Free, but $6 to unlock a few new features.
  • CuePoints Marker-based timeline tool for preproduction timecode and show control planning. Generates timecode and exports to Unreal, QLab, Eos, Disguise, MA, and more.
  • TheatreChat A chat app for backstage folks and stage managers. Runs on OSC, so the apps that run your show can chat too. By Kai Malcolm
  • Stamp Collect events from consoles, media servers, and MIDI, then view them inline with your teams notes and recorded video.
  • Vor Records a video file of your show with show control data overlaid on top. Watch back the video and know what cues were running at any point.
  • Chataigne A central hub to control OSC, MIDI, DMX, Art-Net, PJLink, and more! Map inputs to outputs and set up playback sequences.
  • CoolTerm Simple free serial port terminal application to exchange data with hardware connected to serial ports such as microcontrollers. AppleScriptable!

MIDI

  • MIDI Monitor The classic open source app for viewing MIDI signals going in and out of a mac. Updated for Apple Silicon! By Snoize
  • ShowMIDI Advanced MIDI monitoring dashboard. Sort messages by device or channel and generate live graphs.
  • Protokol A powerful and simple console for troubleshooting OSC and MIDI. Includes filtering and debugging logs. By Hexler
  • MIDI View A pretty app for monitoring MIDI. By Haute Technique
  • MSCmonitor Always know what cue was last fired. By Audioström

OSC

  • Protokol A powerful and simple console for troubleshooting OSC and MIDI. Includes filtering and debugging logs.
  • ZoomOSCControl Zoom user interface functions, such as pin, spotlight, mute/unmute, video, on/off with OSC. Or rearrange the grid! Windows only.
  • OSCRouter Simple UDP/TCP packet router for Mac and Windows, with optional OSC specific options. From ETCLabs on GitHub.
  • OSCulator Route MIDI and OSC between devices and wireless controllers
  • Open Stage Control Design complex custom OSC interfaces + serve them to browsers on the network
  • ShowPlay App to play locally-stored video and sounds from an iOS device or Mac using remote OSC triggers.
  • TouchOSC Build custom iPad interfaces for OSC and MIDI compatible apps $5
  • atemOSC Bridge between OSC and Blackmagic Design ATEM switchers.
  • Powerpoint OSC A Powerpoint add-in for basic control of powerpoint presentations with OSC by Ben Kuper
  • The Wizard of OSC (TWO) Tool for recording, replaying, and creative manipulation of MIDI & OSC. Inspired by live electronic musicians.
  • LanScan LanScan is a simple and efficient IPv4 network scanner, with bonus features like vendor identification by MAC. Free, but $6 to unlock a few new features.
  • osc-cli osc-cli is simple command line application to listen, send, load test, and validate OSC via TCP or UDP. By sndwrks

Networking

  • Wireshark The venerable go-to for debugging and deply investigating all network traffic including OSC, Art-Net, and sACN
  • Packet Sender Packet Sender can send and receive custom network packets. It also has a built-in HTTP client for GET/POST requests, and you can even build simple macro button panels that send packets.

Timers

  • OnTime Free open-source software for managing rundowns and event timers. Runs on the local network with apps for Windows, macOS, and Linux. OSC controllable.
  • Stagetimer.io A web service for remotely controlled timer displays. Also includes talent messaging, to remind them to hold the mic closer. Free for limited devices. By Lukas Hermann
  • OSC Timer iPad App that displays a countdown timer and is completely adjustable via OSC, with messages for adding time, sending text notes to the presenter, and changing the animation. Also includes simple OSC debugging tools! $4

Video

  • ProjectorManager Mac App for control of any PJLink enabled video projector or display over network.
  • BetterDisplay Utility for advanced troubleshooting and configuring of native displays on macOS.
  • Hide Privacy indicators The official way to turn off the orange microphone light on macOS 14.4 or later. For earlier macOS versions, use Recording Indicator Utility.
  • Pierre-Henry Pauly’s Audiovisual Database Incredible repository of high quality test pattern files for video engineers, plus additional notes like manuals and logins. By Pierre-Henry Pauly
  • NDISyphon Free utility to send Syphon video streams (with alpha!) over a network using the NDI protocol from Newtek.
  • NDIstuff All sorts of nifty tools for NDI playback and troubleshooting. A video router, logo player, false-color monitor, a simple mixer, and more! Windows only.
  • Maskerator Tool for making mask images. Designed for QLab but works on all servers via NDI + Syphon.
  • Cobalt.tools Safe, non-scammy web app for downloading and converting Youtube videos.
  • Testpattern Generator Browser-based utility for generating highly customizable projector calibration images. By Vioso
  • Handbrake Convert video from nearly any format to a selection of modern, widely supported codecs.
  • Tally Arbiter Send Tally data just about anywhere- to USB peripherals, phones, Arduinos, or even to the cloud.
  • DicaffeineNDI player and NDI/RTMP streamer for Raspberry Pi OS and Ubuntu
  • VDO Ninja Stream video from a remote device into OBS or a browser. Free, simple, browser-based setup with no user accounts or logins.
  • ShowPlay App to play locally-stored video and sounds from an iOS device or Mac using remote OSC triggers.
  • Vingester Open Source app for capturing websites (video players, websites, games) into NDI streams. Control pixel dimensions, frame rate, audio channels, and more.
  • Projection Mapper. A simple utility for outlining objects with a projector and exporting the result as a PNG image.
  • Zoe Ultra simple free macOS media server for digital backdrop control by sACN. By Ross Henderson

Sound

  • TheatreMix Manage DCA assignments and mutes for up to 48 channels separately from console scenes, for DCA-style theater mixing. Also monitors meters for dropouts and clipping.
  • Open Sound Meter Free sound measurement application for tuning audio systems in real-time. Includes advanced features like coherence and group delays. No subscription. By Pavel Smokotnin
  • ProdCom Transcribes audio inputs into a chat interface. Turn intercom chatter into text or see what you missed on a talkback channel.
  • AES67 Stream Monitor Tool for monitoring AES67 (Dante, Livewire, Q-Lan, REVENNA) audio sources. Streams are found automatically or can be added manually.
  • Patrick-Gilles Maillot’s X32 Tools Tons of research and hacking on the X32 console, including the incredible Unofficial X32/M32 OSC Remote Protocol document and many single-purpose utilities.
  • OSC_VoIP Trigger calls and hangups on a VoIP phone via OSC.
  • Remotely Possible Control a Yamaha CL or QL console from another CL or QL, even over the Internet. Monthly or Annual subscriptions.
  • spatial audio tools catalog Directory of tools for working with Spatial Audio, by the lab for spatial aesthetics in sound in Berlin
  • MarkerMatic A tool to automate cueing and marker placement between consoles and DAWs, primarily used for multitrack recordings. Supports Yamaha, DiGiCo, Studer Vista, and X32/X Air.
  • AES70 Explorer Utility for exploring the available features of AES70/OCA devices, most commonly d&b audiotechnik and Focusrite products.

Lights

  • Q Light Controller+ The venerable swiss army knife of lighting control apps.
  • LXSeries Software A suite of charming apps for lighting designers, including the free basic lighting CAD app LXFree. By Claude Heintz Design
  • sACNView Advanced tool for monitoring sACN data on the network, plus troubleshooting, logging, and output tools.
  • luminosus Powerful MIDI and OSC controller for Eos, programmed by connecting virtual nodes.
  • lcxl-eos Simple script to use the Novation LaunchControl XL as a fader wing and encoders for ETC Eos / Nomad consoles. By Ross Henderson
  • LightFinger iPad app to control moving lights as followspots using the touchscreen. By Colin Grenfell In-App Purchase
  • ArtNetView Simple yet beautiful app to monitor Art-Net data on the network. By Haute Technique
  • Multicaster Windows app for checking if sACN/multicast networks are well configured.
  • CueCam iOS Application to record your show with Eos cue data overlay and the ability to add notes in realtime. Also functions as an RTSP source for Eos. There's a web-based companion file browser tool, see https://qcam.app. By Ross Henderson One-Time In-App Purchase

Docs

QLab Tools

  • panLab panLab is a multi-point audio panner, designed to work exclusively with QLab. By Daniel Higgott.
  • Cue View Open source tool for remote monitoring of ETC Eos Family, QLab, Watchout, PJLink, X32/XAir, Art-Net, and sACN.
  • Cue Wizard Label and mark QLab cues in bulk, perfect for cleaning up messy workspaces. By Gareth Fry
  • CueBilt Turn a TSV-formatted cue sheet into a skeleton cue list in QLab. Designers can build their cue sheets, download them as a TSV file, import them, and watch QLab magically make a group cue for each cue in their sheet.
  • qlab-scripts A ton of useful scripts to make QLab (and other equipment) perform special tricks. By Sam Schloegel
  • macroLab Macro assistant for QLab, triggered with GUI or a Elgato Streamdeck. By Daniel Higgott. $3
  • qlabspotify Spotify “plugin” for QLab
  • FolderToQLabSlideshow Turn a folder full of images into a QLab slideshow that automatically updates when images change.

Dev Tools

  • osc-min The best (imo) OSC package for Node.js. Simple, lightweight, and up to date with OSC 1.1.
  • OSCKit Swift port of F53OSC, a library for sending, receiving, and parsing OSC messages
  • sendosc A simple command line tool for sending OSC packets.

IRL

  • DeckRack Professional metal mounting hardware for Stream Decks. Up your Companion game.
  • Triangle Mount Slick bracket for mounting shallow rack units (button panels, digital comm panels, monitors) at a comfortable angle on a desktop.
  • MakerPipe Really slick system of connectors for rapid prototyping and framing using cheap EMT conduit.
  • SendCutSend High quality and affordable CNC routing and laser cutting of a variety of materials. Friendly online ordering system includes bending, tapping, and powder coating services.
  • MotionGen Online tool for prototyping complex 2D motion mechanisms using linkages, actuators, and motors.
  • IKEA Racks IKEA furniture that happens to also be a different and weird way to mount 19" rack equipment. Also, IKEA BROR fits 19” equipment.
  • Mosquito Curtains An affordable and durable alternative to theatrical scrims. Takes projection very well, paintable and washable.
  • ThisToThat Find out what adhesive is best to attach anything to anything.
  • Glossary of Pixel Protocols List of addressable LED protocols, including details like color resolution and max framerate.
  • Penn Elcom MSB Clever system of modular mounting plates and enclosures to build custom black boxes and rack mount components.
  • The Big LED Google Sheet Massive Google Sheet of crowdsourced resources for using LED pixel tape. DIY and Pro options for sourcing tape, drivers, software, and mounts.
  • MakersLED Custom aluminum extrusion that's perfect for building custom linear LED fixtures.
  • r.Cup Reusable plastic cup vendor for live events, to reduce single-use plastics. Here’s some additional literature.
  • Luxeon Star LEDs Cheap, customizable PCBs with the same LEDs that lighting manufacturers use. Integrate pro-grade color mixing into your own circuits.
  • Snap-On Rack Panels Lightweight fabric “blanking panels” for tidying up racks and improving ventilation.