Neither needs the other. One gets the rig moving before the show; the other gives the LD and crew eyes on the whole room once it starts — and Patchwork runs the paperwork behind both.
Record your rig. Play it back. No console required.
Capture a full sACN universe mid-rehearsal, loop it back to the rig, and let fixtures move while the console is still in its case.
Available now for macOS and Windows.
RigLoop is not a replacement for a lighting console during a show. It's a load-in tool — so a tech can bring the rig up without having to tie up or borrow the tech desk to do it.
Representative interface — your actual app may look a little different.
Capture any sACN or Art-Net universe in real time. Full 512-channel passes, no dropped frames.
Play a recorded pass back to the rig continuously, with one action. Fixtures move on demand.
No console, no dongle, no license key to move light. Runs on the machine that's already on site.
Point RigLoop at the universe. sACN / E1.31 and Art-Net auto-detected on the network.
Hit record during rehearsal. The full data stream is captured frame-for-frame.
Play the loop back to the rig. Light moves while the console is still in the case.
Talk back to your fixtures over the data line. RigLoop discovers RDM-capable fixtures and reads their info, then batch-sets DMX start addresses, modes/personalities and labels — and fires Identify across many units at once. No ladder, no thumb-wheeling an address on every unit.
Needs an RDM-capable Art-Net node — RDM is bidirectional on the DMX line.
Build a real patch, not just raw channels. Import GDTF fixture profiles and patch by fixture → mode (footprint and channel names come straight from the GDTF), pull a grandMA sequence export into a cue stack, and save the whole rig — interface, universes, patch, fixtures — as a one-click Show.
GDTF profiles · grandMA cue XML · saved Shows
The set of eyes you put everywhere you can't be at once.
A show-run luxury for the LD and the crew. Watch what every RoboSpot sees, keep eyes on stage, in the wings, backstage, and anywhere across a large site — every feed in one real-time multiview.
Representative interface — your actual app may look a little different.
Auto network scan with brand-specific RTSP URL detection. Cameras appear without hunting for paths.
Organize your camera feeds so they're easy to see and understand — easy to label, and easy to navigate.
Live demo footage coming soon.
A drawing and a patch sheet in. A complete show bible out.
The project manager's workspace for the paperwork. Import the plot and the patch, and Patchwork assembles the hookup, channel counts, circuiting, soca runs, positions, gear and network into one organized, printable source of truth — with the power and address math kept in sync as the show changes.
macOS & Windows · pricing coming soon.
Representative interface.
A drawing (CAD / VWX / DWG / PDF) and a patch sheet, mapped into fixtures. Autofill make, mode, DMX footprint and watts from a built-in GDTF fixture library.
Hookup, channel counts, circuiting and 6-way soca runs — with amps rounded up, a 10% power safety margin and 120/208V, single- or three-phase, all live as you edit.
One printable show bible — plots, hookup, counts, circuiting, plus network / VLANs, gear and consumables lists. The whole package a crew can hang from.
Download them and try them free, or get pricing for your house.