BEST LIGHTING SOFTWARE FOR CHURCHES | Lightkey Review
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Hey Jake, glad to see a video about Lightkey! Reading thru the comments I guess we ought to make the feature about grouping/attaching live buttons more obvious one day. ;-)
Regards from the Lightkey team
Hey! Thanks for making a great product! Yes lol, the attaching live buttons thing is so simple but for some reason not immediately obvious like everything else. I was so close to emailing you about it but finally stumbled across it somewhere in the manual.
Churchfront with Jake Gosselin help please which interface do I need for this software ?
Am I able to run midi for Keylight from Pro Presenter all on one imac?
Lol. Sorry, lightkey.
Hi Charlie, yes, you can run Lightkey and Pro Presenter at the same time (and perhaps Keylight too ;-) ).
If you're worried about the performance, simply download the free Lightkey edition and give it a try.
This is an excellent video! We began using Lightkey a few months ago and it's set up very similar to this. This enabled us to start sending MIDI cues via ProPresenter and cue all lights in that way. By eliminating a position in the Production Booth completely, we've been able to take those volunteers and train them in a completely new role!
Thanks for sharing!
I personally use Lightkey as a wedding DJ! I love it, as I can send my MIDI clock out from VirtualDJ into lightkey, and all my effects match the beat of every song! It's super user friendly, especially for movement patterns with moving head fixtures!
Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for this. Your ability to clearly and simply state what you did and why is so valuable. Also, the links are great too...guessing at the right products (like the dongle) has given me headaches and wasted money on bad items in the past.
Hi there! What single are you using? I can’t find the one he suggested.
our lighting program died beginning of December and I switched to lightly as well. it is absolutely awesome and super easy to use
Awesome!
This is awesome! Our church really needs a new modern lighting setup! We'll be looking back to this video when were ready to invest in that for sure!
Awesome!
Can you film exactly how to set this up in the space? Just how to plug it in and get it working with the computer as well as the dmx cables? Thanks
I need help setting the lights
This is awesome! Thanks Jake! We've been using one of those clunkier lighting programs you mentioned and this just looks 1000 times nicer to use. I'm going to try it out!
You will LOVE this software
Hey jake quick question it’s great to see the lighting software and things like that but what kind of lights would best work for the software?
Love this video! Thanks for the tips. We use MyDMX3 as well and we had the same CPU usage problem as well. We use MainStage on the same computer as MyDMX so it was crashing MainStage. I found out that if I shrunk the window of the MyDMX app, it DRASTICALLY dropped the CPU usage. So. Weird. Not crazy about the solution but it's working for now. Will be looking at Lightkey for sure! Thanks Jake.
Whoa! That is a weird solution but I'm glad you found something that works. It's too bad cause MyDMX is a great app too, I just feel like there isn't good development behind it. Thanks for sharing!
Hey Jake. Awesome video. MyDMX has been giving me a lot of issues lately. Let me try out LightKey this week. Plus from your video, it looks like it's more user friendly. Thanks man.
the DMX King adapter is no longer available on Amazon. Any ideas where I can get it, or something that works like it?
Great video, like all your videos. We just invested in DMXIS (enttec controller) running with Logic prox to control the automation of our stage lights. DMXIS isn't the most user friendly software, to say the least, and takes a lot of time to program our lights. Do you know if lightkey could replace DMXIS and integrate into logic pro to have full automation of lights to our songs for live performances? We also use wireless donners for our lights, how would lightkey/DMXking communicate wirelessly lights? Thanks!
So if you're running ProPresenter and Lightkey on the same computer, which is taking precedence with respect to user control? In other words, do you let PP6 run in the back and control the advancement through the slides using MIDI controls while Lightkey is primarily up and controlled by the operator?
I'll try it. Thanks.
What do you think about ChamSys MagicQ? In my church are we using MagicQ. I did design the lightning for the stage! We are also using a MagicQ PC Wing Compact! I am working as a lightning tech and have always used ChamSys MagicQ!
Love your vids!
Do you think you could do a quick video showing how to run Lightkey from a separate iPad? I have my sound board on one iPad and would like to control lighting on a separate one
Hey Jake! Awesome video, I have a quick question. What if some of your lights/haze machine isn't one of the pre-recognized fixtures in the software, will I still be able to have control through the computer to the fixtures? Thanks for your help man!
Check the database on Lightkey's website. They have many more fixtures that didn't come with my original download, and if the profile isn't there, you can send them the specs and they will build it and email it to you.
Hey jake you talked about really stable midi network app You guys use.
What is that app, and what exactly is the use?
Have you tried using the ProPresenter 6 midi module to send midi out to Lightkey running on the same computer? We switched to using the Prime app instead of Ableton, and don't use tracks for all songs. Would be nice for our PP/Lighting techs (not trained in lighting stuff at all) to not have to switch between screens and have to learn how to use a new bit of software. Also don't want to have to get ANOTHER computer for the desk.
Hey Jake when getting the DMX King did you have to download the drivers with it? Or was it a seamless plug and play. After reading the comments for the product it seems that many people had to download some type of software to get it working. Looking forward to hearing from you!
I purchased the eDMX2 Pro and didn't need any software or driver for using it on with USB on MacOS, it was plug and play. If you want to configure it for Art-net (not applicable with the DMX interface in this video) you need DMXKing's free configuration software.
Hey Jake, thanks for all that you do.
Quick question for you,
Do you run the lightkey software and pro presenter from the same MacBook Pro?
Can you run them both simultaneously ?
Thanks in advance.
Yes I'd like to know this, too!
Hey Jake! Could you do a rundown of your entire lighting rig? We are a small mobile church looking enhance our worship service with better lighting. We just invested in 4 ADJ led PARS and I want to know how to best use them.
I'll add it to my list of future videos!
Please!
What facebook group were you talkkng about that you checked? Is there a good group for Praise Tech crew?
Hey do you need a dimmer/relay to work the the lights like the “ Chauvet dj D-6 pro” or all you need in the interface?
Did you have to install drivers for that DMXKing interface or is it just plug and play?
Just spent an entire night figuring out the driver for the Eurolite dongle and it was a horror show. It's an open source one and the driver had to be copied in and built in terminal (M1Mac Mini).
Hey jake is there a time limit for how long you can use the free version of the software.
Hi Dan can you explain how you copied the patching assignment from one computer to another. I’m running clarity on a pc and want to run our church rig with Lightkey. How do I copy patch assignment over.
Any information on how to set up transitions between scenes/presets so the next one doesn't just pop up but reader fades in slowly or the previous fades out slowly. Hope that makes sense 😃
About to purchase Lightkey and the interface as you have it here. Any update on any better options? Thanks!
What can you use besides Ableton to cue lights while playing an MP3? I am working on a basketball arena lighting setup and we don't play "live" music so we don't use Ableton, but we play MP3s as hype/player intro music. What else does Lightkey work with that can give cues to scenes without a separate midi controller, etc.?
Hi Jake, I was just curious if I could build out a full cuelist for volunteers to run just by clicking a "go to next" type of button? Just for the volunteers who are brand new to lighting. Then that way I can pre-program cues that are song specific and then just let the volunteers run through on Sunday
This is of GREAT interest to me as well. I'm the lighting director at our church and we switched to LightKey last November. I've been trying to find a way to just set colors for our fixtures, assign these colors to one of four (or five) different songs (cues) but, when I do this we get delayed lights turning on or off but most annoying is when we get flashes of lights when we change to a different cue. LightKey has told me it has to do with the priority of the cues but we still have the previous issues. I've also noticed that many times LightKey ignores fade times. Any help will be GREATLY appreciated!
The DMX Interface is not available on Amazon anymore. What would be your recommendation?
Hey Jake, are you able to connect light key to a lighting board?
I've been using mydmx for a while now but i'm just tired of the problems especially with 3.0. I just started learning about Lightkey
Hey Jake, question any idea on how to control the lightkey software with a separate computer. We have ableton that control our tracks on the stage and on that we create the keys for the light. but our lightkey software is on a computer in booth... any idea on what to do?
Hey Jake! Thanks for the video.. could you not just use your mydmx controller to run lightkey instead of having to buy the usb to dmx cable? Or was it not compatible with lightkey?
I don't think it's compatible and our controller was kind of falling apart anyway so it made sense to get a new one
Hey Ryan, happy new year! Not so long ago you made a video called 'amazing church production gear' and you mentioned the app luminair, can you make a video explaining how to set it up? Thanks in advance
Yeah, I'm definitely gonna look into that app as it may be a good option for an iPad based lighting control setup.
I saw that you use the amhaze stadium, I’m curious how thin the haze is, and how well it’s worked for you? Have you had issues with it setting the fire alarm off?
Works great. No issues with the fire alarm.
What kind of lightbulbs are compatible with light key? We have plenty bought from LIFX, will they be compatible
I have used QLC+ and it's the most simple to use of the free ones I have found. We are a small church of approx 80 each Sunday. Pitching 500 to our church board for lighting software is a little more than we could swing.
Nice video, thanks for posting. Looks like a good value if you can swing it.
Hey man, I just purchased the full version of lightkey together with the king ultra USB DMX interface I’m using my MacBook somehow it’s not working, it’s not even reading the USB DMX I can’t even control our lights. Any solution?
Thanks
At around 11:25 you mention how it only triggers one at a time and I cannot figure out how to do this! Any chance you can quickly explain how or what keyword I should research to find the instructions how to set that up?
Thank you advice
What light fixtures are you using for the ellipsoidal and washer lights on the truss?
Hey Jake! My Church recently looked into this program. We've been looking ableton live as well but at the moment we use Mainstage 3. I was if there is a way to send the same Midi signals with mainstage to control the lights like with ableton?
Ethan MainStage can send Midi notes like Ableton and other software. As long as you set your midi in on Lightkey and midi out on Mainstage to be the same device you should be set.
Jake, are you guys still using this software??? If so, is it still solid??? Thanks again for all of the great content for A/V minded church people.
When I get lightkey and I start with like 4, fixtures can I add more fixtures later?
Do you have a video of light suggestions, if we are just getting started in church lighting (affordable lights, and stands for a start up)?
I too want some help through light suggestion as what devices to buy . Maybe a crash course if someone need to do the basic setup and shopping for the fist time.
Jake, great stuff! Wow this is what I have been looking for. How long does it take to midi map a whole service for you?
Not long! They actually have a built in feature that generates midi cues in Ableton. I didn’t cover it in this video but that will save you a ton of time
Just realized you asked about midi mapping a service. I’d say it depends on how detailed an elaborate I get. On average about a half hour
Churchfront with Jake Gosselin I would love to see the workflow that you use, who triggers your tracks? Do you sync it with ProPresenter?
Question: we have a wireless dongle that sends signal from our DMX 512 to a receiver on the lights. Would this work the same way?
I do have a question: I am using Proclaim presentation and am able to use MIDI cues. I was able to set it up to where I could cue a set of lights when selecting a song. However, when using lightkey i have to click off the previous lighting cue make sure the next cue is solely cued. Not sure if this makes sense. What I am curious about is how do i use the midi functions to not only cue the next lighting cue but also turn off the previous one?
You have to use the grouping feature in lightkey's control panel. You'll notice in my setup that all of my "LED color combos" are grouped together so that only one of them can be selected at a time. So for whatever scenes or looks you want to be enabled one at a time, make sure they are in the same group.
Hi Jake! Great video. I bought Lightkey as a Christmas present for my church a few weeks ago! It's really helped my credibility when the worship leader saw you post this. (Though he asked if I paid you to make this video... LOL!)
Would you be comfortable running Ableton Live, ProPresenter6, and Lightkey all on the same Mac if it's a beefy (16GB i7) system?
Pretty sure it could but if you can have separate PCs it is always ideal
What stagelights do you use at your church?
Thanks Jake!
I'm still on My DMX. I've been thinking about trying something else- I might have to check this out!
You will love it
How do you balance programing/automating your lights and lyrics while still utilizing volunteers? In other words, what do the volunteers do if the songs are automated with ableton live?
They monitor the computer and run it for non-automated time (host, sermon, etc)
Hey, so what’s your take on the Luminair app that’s here?
Do you know if the Soundswitch Micro DMX Interface USB will work with Lightkey?
yo God bless! just how a can connect 20 lights to a laptop! sorry! im a beginner! is there an interface that can plug all you lighting and then send it tru that king cable you mention?? im a 4 day beginner and jeje
Anyone know if there is a work around in Lightkey and ableton to not have the light scene change (resort back to default) when the ableton playhead stops? For example, I create song cues in lightkey and drop those into my ableton timeline for each song. However, when we have a break in the set and I stop the ableton playhead, the lights change from the cue used for the song, back to whatever light scene was being used prior to starting our set. I find this distracting sometimes. I wish that I could stop the playhead and not have the lighting look change to the default. Anyone have any pro-tips or encounter what I'm 'splaining?
We just got Lightkey. Are there any ipad or android apps that can control this?
I’m new to lighting. Is there a need for a board and the software?
My Macbook Pro 16 m1 pro couldn't work with enttec open dmx usb & Lightkey! I think it's Apple silicon driver problem with FTDI chips.
Will LightKey work in session view as well?
Sorrry if this has asked already but can you control this software with ableton LITE?
Hey jack, how do I stream or send the lyrics feed from proclaim to obs?
For this software can you add a lighting console?
So sorry to bother, but after you plug in the usb to dmx cable. Where does the dmx end go to?
hey, I'm not really English, so I'm not so sure what do you mean by church. do you mean like temple?
Hi.....
How is the compatibility with moving head lights?
Hey, we just bought moving head lights and was wondering if we can place our lights above the projector screen facing down? Would that effect the way the projector hits the screen?
If you use hazers or fog machines like we do you will need to be careful because sometimes our movers block the screen view because of the fog. A big factor for us is whether or not our HVAC systems are running!
Hi Jake, I already renew the license and how can I update the software
Hello I’m having some problem with this program my lights don’t obey my Mac 🖥 went I want to change something I have to reset the output everything I want to do something different I hop you can help me thanks.
I bought the wire usb to dmx and i direct my LED lights to my computer. But i can't control it. What's wrong with it? Can you help me?
Please where can we get light key live triggers for ableton live. You didn’t give us a source.
Elation Onyx is free of charge and works on any artnet interface. Midi is also stable. just a thought
Awesome video, I’m new to all of this, would this work with Ableton Live wirelessly sending the midis from one computer the other thanks.
Yes it would!
@@Churchfront @Lightkey Hey guys, just stumbling on this a year later. I would like to send the midi notes from ableton on stage to our iMac at front of house. I'm assuming I can do this via Audio Midi Setup? just like I do with Propresenter? Just setting up a session/bus?? Thanks in advance!
What do you recommend for windows Os?
hey jake....our church is currently working on make several av upgrades....one of which is lighting....im seriously thinking about light key.... currently we have 2 macs.... we are planning on doing upgrades in march....i could use help with the setup....do you guys do any zooms to assist in that area?
Yes you can reach out at Churchfront.com/apply
Does it have sound to light in the software?
Can you pre-program a group of scenes for a particular song, and then send a midi cue to cue that group of scenes?
I know you can using Ableton live.
I am loving the Tai Lopez style bookcase in the background, you look way smarter now
Hey it’s Jake just hanging out here in my garage with my lambo
Can you use m-touch // m-play light boards with this?
No, the M-Touch/M-Play are proprietary and only for M-Series/Onyx
What Dongle do you use?
Does anyone of you experience with asterabox connecting via dmx cable to MacBook and using the lightkey software? Is this possible? Cause I didn't found anything on the net, although the software can connect to astera lights.
Please help, if somebody can help me out 🙏
Thank you, cheers from ICF Austria
I tried running the free version on my Mac (using the provided link) and it wouldn't allow me to install the software.
Hey, are you going to invest in moving heads as well?
I would love to. Since we set up and tear down every week we aren't in a hurry to add more fixtures. Hopefully someday soon
Hey Jake! Great Video! Any updates on the audio fusion iem system?
Audiofusion system works great. We've got two musicians on it regularly.
Churchfront with Jake Gosselin Great! Any idea if they have the Android app coming soon? 3 of our vocalists don't have iphones 😞 but we do have 3 macs in our tech booth😁
Hey Jake what do you think of the ADJ mydmx 3.0 compared to Lightkey?
I got the midi working! However, when it activates a cue it does not fade on. It just activates the lights without using the built in fade. Any ideas on how I can make it so midi activates the cue with the included fade?
You need to right click the cue and then adjust the fade time settings.
Is this also usable with an iPad?
So the DMX king just goes straight from the dmx cable from the lights to your computer? you don't need anything in between the dmx light cable to the DMX king?
Correct
Does lightkey enable cue stacking
Hello Jake could you pls give me a very simple and very affordable light system that I can start we ate a very small church without big money but I would like to have a decent light
hey is there some kind of interface for lightkey?
I still choose martin software running the m touch
Pretty cool! QLC+ is a legit free option that can do most if not all you’ve mentioned.
thanks for sharing
Is Mac needed?
Can you set these lights up off campus or do need the lights to be plugged to set this up?
If your fixtures are properly patched then you can create all your presets/cues without needing to be connected to your lighting rig. The preview will tell most of the story, but obviously you'll want to run through cues on your rig too, especially if moving heads are involved.