Both versions offer an intelligent USB to DMX interface box with 512 DMX channels. One of the software's handiest features is that the USB Box can be used as a portable stand-alone controller without the computer, thanks to Stand Alone Software which allows scenes created with Compu Ware to be imported into the USB Box. Up to 255 scenes can be stored in the USB Box and run anywhere, anytime, without a computer.
Both versions of Compu Ware software also include an on-screen 3D Visualizer, allowing users to preview lightshows. Hot Key Triggering is another of the software's convenient features. After creating a scene or show, the user can assign the scene to a key on the computer keyboard. The scene can then be triggered simply by pressing the designated key. Both the Compu Club and Compu Pro versions of Compu Ware software also feature Multi Media Triggering for creating a lightshow to music. With the Multi Media feature, a song and an accompanying light show can be triggered simultaneously, utilizing whatever sound device is installed on the user's computer. In addition to all of the above, the deluxe Compu Pro version of the software offers additional features, including MIDI In, MIDI Out and DMX in, which enable it to be used with external components.
(Lee Baldock)
