EMU – Sound to Light Controller
Lighting software for musicians and DJs Easy lighting control, built for live performance. Design your show, sync it to your music, and play. EMU handles the lights so you can focus on your set.
Lighting software formusicians and DJs
Easy lighting control, built for live performance. Design your show, sync it to your music, and play. EMU handles the lights so you can focus on your set.
Everything you need to
put lights in your set.
Never ran a light show before? Here’s the
whole picture, in three parts.
EMU software
Your laptop. Your show.
Download EMU free and you’ve got a full lighting desk on your laptop. Build scenes, sync them to your audio, trigger cues from MIDI, and run the whole show live.
EMU DMX interface
The bridge from laptop to lights.
The USB-C box that connects your laptop to any DMX rig. Trigger cues hands-free with a footswitch or MIDI pedal. Includes 1 year of Premium — 32 universes, unlocked.
Lighting fixtures
Your lights.
PARs, movers, bars, pixel strip, hazers — if it speaks DMX, EMU can control it. Pick the fixtures that fit your stage/setup; EMU’s library handles the rest.
Ready to start?
with free 1 year premium license
EMU, Evolved
Rebuilt from the ground up so creating light shows feels as good as the shows themselves.
Made for playing live.
Audio-reactive effects, MIDI learn, pixel-mapped LEDs, VST3 plugin for your DAW. Everything you need to run a show without a lighting tech in the room. The free version runs 1 universe; Premium unlocks all 32.
Audio-Reactive
Plug in a mic or any audio source and your lights follow the music automatically. Tweak how they react to bass, mids, or highs.
Fixture Library
Get started fast with the Cresit cloud library (Premium version), build your own GDTF library, or create using the custom fixture editor.
LED Mapping
Place your lights on a 2D canvas that mirrors your real-world layout, then create your scenes and watch it map across them.
VST3 Plugin
Control your lights directly from Ableton, Logic, or any DAW. Map EMU’s faders to your timeline so lighting runs perfectly in sync with your production.
MIDI Learn
Connect faders, knobs, pads, or foot pedals and map them to anything in EMU with a single click. Just move the control, and EMU learns it.
Oscillators
Add automatic movement to any parameter. Choose from wave shapes like sine or sawtooth, sync to BPM, and layer multiple effects together.
Own EMU. Two payment paths,
one
perpetual licence.
Pay $99 upfront and own it today, or $9.95/month for 12 months and own it at the end. Either path leaves you with a perpetual licence you keep forever.
The full EMU application, limited to 1 DMX universe. Perfect for bedroom rigs and trying it on your lights and hardware.
No card. No expiry.
Download freeFull features — 32 universes, VST3, MIDI, Cresit, everything. Pay in full or across twelve months; both end with a licence you own forever.
Pay once and own EMU forever. After your update year ends, the software keeps working — nothing gets taken away. Renew only if you want the latest features.
An installment plan, not a subscription. Full features start on day one; after twelve payments the licence is yours forever. 3-month grace budget if life gets in the way.
Licensing, explained
Musicians are running lights themselves.
Goose the Drummer
Drummer & producer
Jack Murray
Director of Recording Arts · Chicago Academy for the Arts
Works on what you already have.
Run your first show
in minutes.
Download the free version, the full application, capped at 1 universe to start exploring.
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