DjMirror Pulse 1.0.743 User Guide

What DjMirror Pulse Does

Feature Tour

DjMirror Pulse turns the music you play into live visuals and lighting. It listens to your audio, detects tempo, key, energy and musical moments, and uses them to drive video layers, shaders, audio-reactive visualizers and DMX fixtures — and it can be controlled from a...

DjMirror Pulse User Manual Series
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: How It Fits Together
Chapter 2: Where To Start
Chapter 3: Audio Analysis
Chapter 4: Visuals And DMX Lighting
Chapter 5: Content Management
Chapter 6: Live Control And Integration
Chapter 7: Tier-Gated Professional Features

This guide is a map of the whole product. Each section lists what a feature does and links to the hands-on guide that covers it in depth.

Chapter 1: How It Fits Together

Stage What happens Where it is configured
Listen Audio input is analyzed for BPM, key, energy, structure and silence; optional beat sources (Ableton Link, timecode) Audio Setup & Beat Sync
React Audio rules and visualizers turn musical moments into effects on layers and lights Layers, Shaders & FX, Visualizers
Show Layers, styles and artist cards go to the screen; DMX drives the lights; NDI/Spout feed other software DMX Rig, NDI & Spout
Control Keyboard, MIDI/HID, OSC, phone, schedule, timecode, API and AI assistants steer the show Section 4 below

Chapter 2: Where To Start

You want to… Read
Get a first picture on screen Quick Start
Check your computer is powerful enough System Requirements
Activate a trial or license License & Activation
Find a setting you cannot locate Settings Tour
Prepare for a gig Audio Setup & Beat Sync, then the pre-show checklists in each guide
Fix a problem Troubleshooting

The full list of guides is in the index.

Chapter 3: Audio Analysis

Capability What it does Guide
Real-time BPM detection Beat matching and sync across genres Audio Setup
Key recognition Harmonic-mix friendly key data with confidence Audio Setup
Structure detection Intro, chorus, build-up, bridge, verse, outro Layers & FX
Audio Rules engine Parameters that trigger visual effects from musical moments Layers & FX
Silence detection State machine (none → detecting → confirmed → ongoing) feeding DMX + FX Audio Setup, DMX Rig
Energy + special events Drops, peaks, builds, breaks as automation sources Layers & FX

Chapter 4: Visuals And DMX Lighting

Capability What it does Guide
5 visualizers Digital, Particle, Analog (8 waveform patterns), Spectrum, XY/Lissajous (10 patterns) — layerable Visualizers
GPU shaders + layers Per-layer grading, particles, marquee, vinyl, masks Layers & FX
Style presets Complete saved looks (Visuals/Styles/*.json), cyclable live Quick Start
USB-DMX output Enttec Open/Pro/Mk2, DMXKing, Eurolite, FreeStyler/FTDI; several COM ports at once, 512-channel local universes (two on dual-universe hardware) DMX Rig
Movement engine Pan/Tilt/Z patterns, keyframes, Gobo/Halo automation DMX Rig
Scenes + silence Color modes (manual/auto/mixed), fades, audio-silence behavior, blackout DMX Rig
Macros Strobe, fog/haze bursts, laser blackout with restore DMX Rig

Chapter 5: Content Management

Capability What it does Guide
Artist system Profiles, 2D/3D logos, artist playlists, on-screen cards Content Management, Quick Start
Image / video / avatar playlists Plain .txt lists in Documents/Visuals/, steppable live Content Management, Quick Start
Stock + AI search Pixabay/Pexels images+video, Gemini art — downloads land in playlists Media Search & AI
Screen recordings + snapshots Capture the main application window to MP4 or PNG Recording & Snapshots

Chapter 6: Live Control And Integration

Capability What it does Guide
Keyboard Application-wide shortcuts for common live actions Keyboard
Touch control Touch-oriented view of the main panels, editors and indicators Touch Control
Settings Find display, overlay, startup, privacy and show-control options Settings Tour
MIDI / HID Supported MIDI/HID controllers, mapping, modifiers and visual feedback MIDI/HID
OSC TouchOSC/DAWs/Resolume over UDP, emulator included OSC
Mobile app QR pairing, pocket control of styles/layers/DMX Mobile
Scheduler + Timecode Clock-time rows, MTC/LTC position cues Schedule, Timecode
NDI / Spout OBS/vMix/Resolume output, single + JSON multi-layouts NDI & Spout
Multi-screen One server mirrors to any number of clients Client-Server
HTTP / WebSocket API Integrator control and automation HTTP & WebSocket API
MCP server Connect a compatible AI client for read and show-control actions MCP Server for Users

For first checks when something does not work, see the Troubleshooting Guide. To preserve a setup or move it to another computer, see Backup & Restore.

Chapter 7: Tier-Gated Professional Features

Standard covers visuals, DMX, controllers and the API. Professional adds Ableton Link (+ beat pulse), Timecode, the MCP server and single-output Spout2/NDI. Enterprise adds multi-output Spout2/NDI with the layout editor. Details and activation: License & Activation; see the MCP guide for its license requirement. Hardware sizing for each tier: System Requirements.