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L.E.D. Lab

L.E.D. Lab

LED display client

⭐️4.6 / 5
Rating
🙌15
Ratings
📼5 scs
Content
📦~ in 1 month
Updates frequency
🗣❌ unsupported
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🧾$9.99 - $209.99
In-App Purchase

All Versions of L.E.D. Lab

2.26

June 3, 2024

• In the Scene Grid and Track Grid Display Modes, any scene or track set to be "skipped" in the normal play order are not displayed. • There are several fixes and improvements to the Edit Map File screen. • Virtual Strips text now allows there to be trailing commas • In the LED Setup screen, the icon displayed for each PixelPusher controller now displays the "controller ordinal" number specified in the PixelPusher controller. • Sometimes when there was an error sending data to a PixelPusher controller, and there was more than one controller, sending to the controllers and the preview would hang until the program was restarted. This has been fixed. • When the program went to the background and then the set of connected PixelPusher controllers changed, upon returning to the foreground, the old controllers would mistakenly be assumed to still be connected. This has been fixed.
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2.24

January 2, 2024

• In a Pictures or Strips Scene, when Hue is modulated with the Wheel waveform, it is now possible specify Acceleration. • In a Pictures Scene, when Rotation is modulated with the Wheel waveform, it is now possible specify Acceleration. • A rare startup crash in the In-App Purchase code has been fixed. • The "OSC Output..." Edit Popup item in the Scene List no longer crashes. • XCode 15 caused a bug that would prevent the use of a Multicast IP address with an LED Controller. This has been fixed.
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2.22

November 28, 2023

• Full support for Dark Mode • Better layout on iPhones X or later • Re-vamped Edit Map File and Scan Map File screens • There are new options for setting the start time of a Scene in Track editing • No longer does double-tapping a Scene set its start time in a Track. There is now a button for this. • Better handling of when images/videos move to different folders • Tapping the current Scene re-starts it without crossfade • Fixed bugs in Virtual Strips Screen's "sequence" UI • One instance of LED Lab can now control the current Scene of another (on a different device) • In Waveforms, "DMX" has been changed to "ArtNet" • Rectangular tiles now have no gaps between them • In the Upgrades screen, the upgrades are once again in order • Since Xcode no longer supports iOS 9.x, the minimum supported iOS version is now 10.0
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2.20

November 27, 2023

• Full support for Dark Mode • Better layout on iPhones X or later • Re-vamped Edit Map File and Scan Map File screens • There are new options for setting the start time of a Scene in Track editing • No longer does double-tapping a Scene set its start time in a Track. There is now a button for this. • Better handling of when images/videos move to different folders • Tapping the current Scene re-starts it without crossfade • Fixed bugs in Virtual Strips Screen's "sequence" UI • One instance of LED Lab can now control the current Scene of another (on a different device) • In Waveforms, "DMX" has been changed to "ArtNet" • Rectangular tiles now have no gaps between them • Since Xcode no longer supports iOS 9.x, the minimum supported iOS version is now 10.0
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2.18

August 14, 2022

• When OSC external control was turned on, Apple's Bonjour service would consume the LAN's bandwidth and cause jittery display, particularly on WiFi. This has been fixed. (Bonjour is no longer used.) • Updated help strings for External Control Screen and Embedding Options Screen • Improved Logic for when Scene thumbnails are created • Removed Crashlytics framework
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2.16

May 12, 2022

• When new images and videos are added to LED Lab's documents folder, they now automatically appear in the UI. • The default size of the bitmap used to render embedded Scenes is now half of what it was, leading to much faster rendering. • The Embedding Options Screen is a lot clearer. • The Embedding Options Screen for Strips Scenes allows the number of strips to be fixed. This is great for embedding Strips Scenes that need small numbers of strips for the desired effect. • When a Scene has OSC Out data, tapping the "OSC" in its list cell now opens the OSC Out screen for the Scene. • After "New Embedding Scene" and making a change, the Revert button would remove the original embedded Scene. This has been fixed. • Revert and Redo no longer display their result with a transition. It appears immediately. • When an image or video is missing from the documents folder, a warning message is now only displayed when the scene that refers it becomes current. • Fixed a bug that sometimes caused the start time of a Video Picture to be ignored when the rewind button was tapped. • Tweaked some colors in the UI to look better in Dark Mode.
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2.14

October 24, 2021

• When the current track is tapped, it is no longer re-started. • When the Track "Auto-Show Scenes" setting is turned on, the current Track's scenes are shown and all others hidden. • When a Track's scenes are manually shown or hidden, "Auto-Show Scenes" is turned off. • Flicking to scroll the Track Editing scene list sometimes would result in a scene being dragged. This has been fixed. • Some audio hardware causes a large delay when starting up. This would sometimes cause the audio of a Track to lag behind its scenes. Now, the audio system is kept running so that these delays are not an issue. • When the Track "Gap" was non-zero, the next Track's audio would be started twice. This would result in an audio glitch and cause the audio of a Track to lag behind its scenes. This has been fixed.
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2.12

October 19, 2021

• Fixed bug that sometimes caused crash when selecting Waveform type.

2.10

September 15, 2021

• Importing videos from the Camera Roll works again • Finding LED Lab with Touch OSC or other OSC client app works again • Global brightness can now be controlled by MIDI, ArtNet, or OSC • Global speed can now be controlled by MIDI, ArtNet, or OSC
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2.08

September 7, 2021

• Virtual Strips Specifications can now have blank lines, which are ignored. • The XParency feature in Pictures Scenes now has sharp and soft versions • The app now asks for permission to use the Local Network • When a Scene is restarted by tapping it again, it no longer crossfades into itself. • Fixed a bug that caused bad rendering when the Rendering Bitmap Size is smaller than the LED Bitmap Size • Every part of the UI is now properly visible when the device is in Dark Mode • Fixed bug that caused many parts of popup screens to be positioned too far to the left. • Any time a Scene, Mapping, or other name is entered, any whitespace at the beginning and end is trimmed. • Every Picture in a Pictures Scene now has an orientation parameter - x/y flip, 90-degree rotation • The zoom level of the Live Camera is now remembered • The New Map screen now has a popup to specify which camera to use, on devices that have multiple cameras. • Pictures Scenes now have a screen that allows positioning of a Picture by entering coordinate numbers. • Updated some code that may improve the positioning of the UI when running on an M1 Macintosh. • When a Scene is embedded in a Scene with a default name, when the embedded Scene's name changes, the name of the embedding Scene changes as well. • Setting the Mid injection points by dragging across a Strip Scene preview works again.
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L.E.D. Lab In-App Purchases History

$9.99

Live Microphone

Use audio from the microphone to control Brightness, Size, Rotation, etc...
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$9.99

Live Video

Use live video from either camera in Pictures Scenes.

$19.99

External Control

Control scenes, strips, and parameters with MIDI, Artnet/DMX, and OSC data.
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$19.99

Music

Play songs from your music library, with sychronized Scenes.

$19.99

LED Display

Display on PixelPusher, ArtNet, DDP, RGB123, and OpenPixel LED displays.
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$49.99

Authoring

Required for saving any and all editing to your Shows.

$59.99

LED Artist Pack

Authoring and LED Display upgrades.

$79.99

VJ Pack

Authoring and External Monitor upgrades.

$84.99

Advanced Mapping

Use Map Files, Compound Maps, Map Editing.

$209.99

Everything Pack

All the upgrades at a 20% discount.

Price History of L.E.D. Lab

Description of L.E.D. Lab

L.E.D. Lab is the quickest, easiest, most powerful way to drive your LED display! Custom programming is no longer required to get up-and-running. It is ideal for artists, professional display designers, architects, VJs, lighting designers, hobbyists, and anyone wanting to add a little animated color to their sculpture, art car, home, business or wardrobe. L.E.D. Lab allows you to create a list of Scenes, which can be played back in order or shuffled. There are currently two kinds of Scenes: ● Pictures Scene - A montage of still images, videos, and live camera feeds is designed. The position, velocity, rotation, size, and coloring of each picture can be animated. You can use your own photos and videos, and the iPad camera. Rendering to odd-shaped displays is made possible with photographically-generated map files. ● Strips Scene - Particles of color are sent down each strip. The velocity, hue, saturation, and brightness of each particle can be animated. Other features include: ● Music - Create lists of Tracks. Each track plays a song from your music library, along with any number of Scenes. You can elaborately choreograph a song, or let the Scenes play in random order. ● Audio Reactivity - Any animatable parameter may be controlled by the amplitude of audio in a specified frequency range. ● External Control - Any animatable parameter may be controlled by MIDI, DMX, ArtNet, or OSC. ● Color Keying - An image, video file, or live video feed can be made selectively transparent, making it easy to mix in with other images. ● Tiling - Any image, video file, or live video feed can be tiled in any or all directions, with adjustable spacing and fade-out. ● Display Modes - Editing can be performed with or without the LEDs connected. The editing UI can also be hidden, allowing operation in a "kiosk" mode. So what kind of LED display can you make with L.E.D. Lab? Some Examples: http://ledlabs.co Any iOS device can be used to play Scene Lists. An iPad is best for full editing. L.E.D. Lab works with the following LED controllers: ● PixelPusher (our favorite) ● Art-Net ● sACN ● DDP/Minleon/TekLights ● RGB-123 ● FadeCandy/FCServer ● OpenPixel It can also display to an external monitor or projector, serving as a VJ app. Extensive help information is provided for the rich user-interface: ● Help Explorer - Displays help text for any knob, slider, button, popup, list, or view inside a magnifying glass you drag around the screen. (See this in the last screen shot.) ● Help Topics - Little chapters to read about some of the more detailed functionalities. ● Help Tutorials
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L.E.D. Lab: FAQ

Is L.E.D. Lab iPad-compatible?

Yes, the software for L.E.D. Lab is compatible with iPads.
The L.E.D. Lab app was launched by Christopher Schardt.
L.E.D. Lab minimum iOS requirement is iOS 10.0.
With an overall rating of 4.6 out of 5, L.E.D. Lab is a must-have app for users.
Productivity Is The App Genre Of The L.e.d. Lab App.
2.26 is the most recent version of the L.E.D. Lab app.
The L.E.D. Lab app was last updated on July 2, 2024.
L.E.D. Lab was released on February 6, 2023.
Child-friendly content, no violence or scary images.
The L.E.D. Lab app can be used in English.
Unfortunately, L.E.D. Lab is not on Apple Arcade.
Absolutely! In-app purchases are available within L.E.D. Lab.
No, you cannot utilize L.E.D. Lab with Apple Vision Pro.

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Reviews of L.E.D. Lab

  • Interesting... but takes a great deal of time to learn

    I spent over ten hours trying to wrap my head around how this app works. It has a strange help system that is context specific, so you cannot read the help information outside of the context of the various modal environments. Additionally, due to a bug in the help system, it took me a while to discover that some help pages spanned beyond what was shown. The developer insisted it wasn't a bug... which contributed to me giving up and requesting a refund (which was immediately granted). I suspect the program is quite useful… if you can figure out how to use it.

    As he has not released a version since I reported the bug: To get around the help system bug, click on another help topic and then click back to the topic you want to view - the ability to scroll will then be available. The developer insisted that I didn’t know how iPads/Macs work instead of investigating my detailed description of the bug, which I found off putting as I worked with Apple prior to the Mac release in 1984 (including pre-release hardware) and have used Macs etc ever since then.
  • Interfacing to LED Matrix panels

    Any suggestions on how to interface with LED Matrix panels that use the HUB75 interface?

    I’m currently using both a Teensy microcontroller with SmartMatrix and a Raspberry Pi with an Adafruit LED matrix shield and would like to drive it from the LED Lab app.
  • Not for the faint of heart

    This is NOT a simple program - it will take no small amount of trial and error to get things set up the way you want them - but once you've got it set up, it's an AMAZINGLY rich and flexible resource. I've used it with a Fadecandy-based Neopixel matrix as well as with RasPi-based HU75 matrices (both emulating PixelPushers), and it's been great with both.
    (And in addition to that, the author was very helpful via email in working out specific settings tweaks to get me up and running.)