Editing the setup: the basics
In edit mode you place truss, stands and booth the way they stand at your gig and put the fixtures on them. The visualizer then shows your shows from exactly this setup.

Step by step
- Open “Gear” on the left. It has “Setup”, “Add” with the “Quick setup”, and the “Fixtures” list. Tables, risers and decor are under “Furniture & decor”, the room under “Location”, and aiming the moving heads under “Aim”.
- Choose the light in the toolbar:
- “Work light”: a bright hall with a 1 m grid and a dance floor circle, fixtures off. You can see everything clearly.
- “Show light”: the light show as during the event.
- Choose a viewpoint: “Front”, “Angled” or “Top”. Moving things is easiest from the top: You see the whole room, and beams and lanterns fade out.
- Grab a fixture or object with the mouse and drag it across the floor. Dragging empty space still orbits the camera.
Drag to move, use the ring to rotate. - To rotate, click “Rotate handle” and drag the ring around the selected item. Or use the buttons under “Rotation” on the right.
- Click “Done” in the bar above the 3D view when everything is in place. This ends edit mode and closes the area.
More from “Fixtures, stage & 3D”
- The workbench: setting up the visualizer with the toolbar on the leftThe visualizer has a new layout: instead of one long sidebar and lots of buttons at the top, there is a toolbar on the left with seven areas. Only one area is open at a time, and the 3D view stays large next to it. At the top you see which location and which setup are loaded, and the search gets you to any function in two seconds.Summary
- Opening and using the 3D visualizerThe 3D visualizer shows your lights on a virtual stage. You see what SoundSwitch or Droplit is sending to your fixtures right now, and you can rebuild your real setup.Summary
- Fixtures & stage in Droplit“Fixtures & stage” is the full 3D visualizer right inside Droplit. This is where you set up your stage and hide fixtures that your shows shouldn't use.Summary
- Choosing the source: SoundSwitch, Designer or test patternAt the top right of the 3D view you choose where the light values come from. You either watch live what SoundSwitch sends to your fixtures, or the preview from Droplit.Summary
- Fixture details and DMX monitorClick a fixture to see its address, its mode and all channel values live. The DMX monitor adds all 512 channels of a universe at a glance.Summary