Starting today, you can download Beam for Live 1.5 from our website, or you can update your existing installation.
Announcement trailer
To celebrate the new release, we have published a video made using Beam for Live 1.5, controlling a virtual lighting rig in Unreal Engine 5.1.
New features
Monitor: Grid view
- Added a new default Monitor view that visualizes the output DMX data as a grid, with a cell for each DMX address, displaying the DMX address index and the DMX value as digits, as well as visualizing the DMX value as a vertical slider in the background of a cell.
- The previous default slider-based Monitor view is now known as the “Compact” view and is accessible via the “Compact” toggle switch.
Other improvements
- Improved performance: it is now possible to work more reliably with sets containing larger amounts of Beam devices and automated parameters.
- Stopping the transport now pauses the ongoing MIDI-triggered envelopes.
- The default update rate for FTDI devices (such as Enttec Open DMX USB interface) is set to 30 Hz, instead of 40 Hz. This reduces the occasional DMX signal dropouts (manifesting as lights flickering), known to occur with this type of devices.
- The FTDI devices update rate can now be set via Preferences.
Important fixes
- Fixed an issue where sometimes some Beam devices would not be initialized when opening a Live Set.
- Fixed a bug that was responsible for MIDI notes not triggering envelopes, if the transport was at a different location before playback was resumed (e.g. when looping).
Read the full 1.5 Release Notes here.
