DMX lighting software
for Mac
Describe the look. HitLight programs it for the fixtures you actually own. You keep the GO button.
How it works
From a sentence
to a lit stage.
There is no black box in the middle. A description resolves to ordinary DMX values on the fixtures you patched — the same numbers you would have dialled in by hand, and the same ones you can still change.
You say it
“sunset vibes, slow fade”
Plain English, in the assistant. No channel numbers, no patch sheet.
HitLight resolves it
MOVER
1/025–032
- Dimmer
- 153
- Red
- 255
- Green
- 95
- Blue
- 122
- Pan
- 153
- Tilt
- 190
- Zoom
- 180
- Strobe
- 0
Strobe stays at 0. Auto Show never drives it.
Your rig does it
The same bytes go out over USB, Art-Net or sACN — and to the 3D preview, so you can build the show before you are anywhere near the venue.
Fast scene creation
You have the lights.
Now build scenes faster.
Professional systems create stunning results. HitLight helps you sketch, save, and adjust a usable first look in minutes.
Start with a generated scene, then refine it by hand or let Auto Show run live.
Guided first-light setup
Patch your fixtures
Choose the exact profiles, modes, addresses, and stage positions. A physical output can be connected later.
Define the vibe
Tell the Assistant the mood, colors, intensity, response, and movement. It saves one reusable Auto Show profile.
Check the microphone & go live
Review the live meter and safe fixture plan, then explicitly press Game On. Silence and 3D-only operation do not block rehearsal.
You stay in control
A real console
you can also talk to.
The assistant is how a show gets built, not a black box that runs it. Everything it makes is an ordinary scene, cue or console widget you can open, edit by hand, and fire yourself.
Cue stack
Drawn in your browser — not a screenshot
House, 2 second fade
Cues fade over the time you give them; Blackout is immediate and sits next to the Auto toggle. The same list runs from a MIDI footswitch, so you can leave the laptop alone.
Matrix scene editor
Steps down, fixtures across. Edit any cell by hand — colour, intensity, position, gobo — or let the assistant fill it in.
Cue lists
Chain scenes and step through them live with GO and BACK, with per-cue waits and auto-advance.
Multi-track timeline
Lay scenes on parallel tracks against a clock and let the show run itself.
Virtual console
Buttons, faders and XY pads you arrange yourself — then hand the laptop to someone who has never used it.
MIDI learn — including a footswitch
Bind a pad, a knob or a foot pedal by pressing it. Put “next cue” under your foot and run the whole set without touching the laptop.
Palettes
Edit a colour or position once and every scene using it updates.
Who it's for
For people who need scenes
before showtime
Bars, clubs and venues
Move from a lunch look to an evening one quickly. Invite collaborators, save reusable scenes, and hand over a console anyone on shift can run.
Mobile DJs and performers
Auto Show follows the room through the Mac's microphone rather than a pre-analysed track list, so it works with live instruments and unreleased music. Bind the next cue to a footswitch and keep your hands free.
Schools and community theatres
Cue lists with GO and BACK, per-cue waits and a multi-track timeline — the manual side of the app, built for a volunteer operator who needs the show to run the same way twice.
Will my lights work?
Your fixtures are
probably already in here.
Patching is where most people give up on lighting software. If the profile for your light does not exist, nothing else about the app matters — so this is the part we spent the most time on.
Patch a rig
Typical modes — your fixture’s may differ
| Fixture | Mode | Address | Remove |
|---|---|---|---|
| LED PAR | 8-ch | 1/001–008 | |
| LED PAR | 8-ch | 1/009–016 | |
| LED PAR | 8-ch | 1/017–024 | |
| LED PAR | 8-ch | 1/025–032 | |
| Moving head wash | 13-ch | 1/033–045 | |
| Moving head wash | 13-ch | 1/046–058 |
58 of 512 channels used in universe 1 — room for 56 more LED PARs. What a universe is
The manufacturers you actually own
A searchable library spanning the major fixture makers, with real 3D models and gobos so the stage preview looks like your rig rather than a row of generic cans.
Not in there? Upload the manual
Point HitLight at the PDF that came with the light — or a photo of the DMX chart — and it drafts a working profile in seconds, instead of emailing someone and waiting days.
A draft until you say otherwise
Generated profiles stay marked as drafts. You test the channels on the real fixture and confirm them before they are used in a show — we would rather be slow than confidently wrong about your rig.
Built for a live rig
Your show is running.
We treat it that way.
It won't go dark because the software hung
A native watchdog outside the interface latches DMX to an all-zero frame within two seconds if the app stops responding, and output stays down until you explicitly restore it.
It will never fire pyro or atmospherics on its own
Smoke, haze, fan and flame-ignition channels are stripped from every automatic path in code, not by convention. The assistant cannot arm them either.
Signed, notarised, and updated over a pinned key
Builds are Apple Developer ID signed and notarised. Updates are verified against a public key committed in the repository, so a rotated key cannot silently push you a build.
The assistant reads your real DMX frame
It never invents your fixture's channels. It works from the profile you patched and the values actually on the wire — and generated fixture profiles stay a draft until you test them.
What you need
A native Mac
+ its default microphone
Auto Show requires the native app on macOS 14 or later. Patch at least one eligible fixture; connect physical DMX output only when you are ready to drive real lights.
Prefer a locking connector? HitLight also outputs Art-Net and sACN, so any network DMX node works — no USB adapter required.
Pricing
Join the public beta. Help shape HitLight.
Launch pricing has not been announced. Auto Show remains explicitly labeled Beta, and its supported platform and hardware scope stay intentionally bounded.
Global launch access
Beta
- Native macOS 14+ Auto Show master
- Safe mic-reactive color, intensity, and movement
- 3D-only rehearsal with optional physical output
- Browser and iOS status/Stop remotes
FAQ
Common questions
What is Auto Show?
Will Auto Show strobe, or set off my hazer?
Does HitLight run on Windows?
Can the browser version control my lights?
What hardware do I need?
Does HitLight work with my existing lights?
Is it a subscription?
Can multiple people control the lights at once?
How is this different from grandMA or Daslight?
Do I need internet to use HitLight?
Can I delete my data?
Still have questions? hello@hitlight.app
Get HitLight for Mac
Join the Auto Show public beta and help shape the future of lighting software.
It's free, and we'd love your feedback.
Auto Show requires a native Mac on macOS 14+ · physical output is optional