Blackout Next (Legacy) vs Slyyd Lighting Control

Blackout is a revolutionary professional Art-Net/sACN DMX Lighting Console app for the iPad. Redefine your lighting with our incredibly intuitive interface and powerful effects engine. Features: - Cloud Fixture Database: Access over 44,000 fixture profiles licensed from Carallon, the leader in fixture profile services. - Create Custom Fixtures: Utilize our Fixture Creation Wizard to design your own profiles, perfectly matching your specific lighting needs. - Fixture Patching Made Simple: Effortlessly categorize and label LED fixtures with a streamlined Patch interface, ideal for batch management. - Intuitive Fixture Controls: Adjust parameters with ease in Fixture Controls and experience our NEW multi-dimensional color picker. - Robust Multi-Cuelist Platform: Organize and save lighting looks within Sequences, complete with customizable fade times, delays, and links. - Presets for Quick Access: Save and recall fixture parameters instantly, streamlining batch changes across multiple fixtures through our Favorites. - Dynamic Effects Engine: Explore limitless creative possibilities with our advanced Effects Engine, featuring intensity chases, color loops, and more. - Macro Functionality: Simplify complex lighting tasks into single-button actions for maximum efficiency. - Enhanced Data Visibility: Experience our reworked UI with new view states for displaying data in various formats, aiding quicker analysis and decision-making. - Advanced MIDI Support (Input & Output): Gain tactile control over your lighting with MIDI compatibility, suitable for both wired and wireless controllers.

Transform your lighting with Slyyd: the ultimate app for creators, gaffers, cinematographers, lighting professionals, and enthusiasts. Slyyd's intuitive and powerful controls enable colors mixing, fixtures management, and design of stunning lighting setups — whether you're working with cutting edge LED fixtures, LED tape, dimmers, or complex DMX rigs. Build shareable projects and control lights with precision, regardless of your experience with traditional lighting consoles. Control your DMX-connected fixtures with sACN E1.31 or Art-Net over WiFi, ethernet, or LumenRadio BLE. Save your favorite Looks, create looping animations, and effortlessly share projects with colleagues. Whether you're new to lighting or an experienced professional, Slyyd empowers your workflow. UNIFIED LIGHTING CONTROL INTERFACE ∙ Dynamic color selection using precise CIExy values, a color wheel, plus/minus RGB buttons, swatch libraries, or a combination ∙ Fine-tune CCT adjustments for high fidelity white light ∙ Visual controls without the need for typing at a command-line ∙ Creamsource control channel features are fully integrated ∙ Save and name reusable color swatches for different fixtures ∙ Gel library and source match presets for accurate color replication ∙ Additional features like pan/tilt, strobe, gobos, and color wheels for supported fixtures DIRECT LIGHTING CONTROL ∙ The interactive Scratchpad allows simultaneous, direct control of multiple fixtures ∙ Organize fixtures with tags for quick selection and streamlined control ∙ Smoothly dial in exact values and make relative adjustments with the encoder wheel LOOKBOOK & LOOKSTACKS ∙ Save scenes with colors and intensities as Looks and organize them in your LookBook ∙ Fade between Looks with adjustable timing and precision ∙ Create and play stepped or looping sequences with LookStacks (advanced functions require subscription) COLOR PRECISION WITHOUT THE PAIN ∙ Match colors across fixtures with different light engines: including CIExy, RGB, RGBW, and RGBAW, etc (note: color matching depends on fixture quality; CIExy modes/profiles are recommended when available) ∙ Experience smooth transitions with an advanced color engine that maintains accuracy and intensity ∙ White light is optimized for photographic precision ∙ Preview color gamuts within the color picker for rec709, rec2020, AdobeRGB, and other color workflows ∙ The color engine’s device-independent model ensures consistent controls and results, no matter the DMX profile PROJECTS ∙ Organize all patching, lighting metadata, Looks, and swatches in one place ∙ Share projects via AirDrop, email, iCloud, Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, or any Apple Files-supported service, including iMessage and WhatsApp PATCHING ∙ Name fixtures, assign numbers, or set icons to organize them within your projects ∙ Re-patch, un-patch, or move fixtures between connections at any time ∙ Batch patch multiple fixtures automatically PROFILES ∙ Trustworthy profiles library built by lighting experts ensures compatibility with industry-standard fixtures ∙ Effortless cloud updates keep profiles up-to-date while preserving existing projects PROTOCOLS & NETWORKING ∙ Creamsource Vortex can be controlled directly via LumenRadio BLE and transmitted into larger fixture networks, without any additional hardware ∙ Supports up to four connections, including E1.31 sACN, Art-Net, LumenRadio BLE, or a combination, with one connection per DMX universe. (subscription required to activate more than one connection) ∙ Requires E1.31 sACN, Art-Net, or LumenRadio BLE compatible hardware or fixtures ∙ LumenRadio BLE devices, such as the MoonLite, can serve as transmitters ∙ Works on WiFi or ethernet (with compatible accessories such as the FTSLED Cerise 1U) on iPhone and iPad ∙ Hardware is only needed to control fixtures; Slyyd is fully usable for project prep and with virtual fixtures (Unreal engine, Capture, etc) CURRENTLY UNSUPPORTED FEATURES ∙ Zone control and some DMX modes