The entire main window is built around five modes — these are the “rooms” of the program, and you switch between them constantly. Let’s figure out what is where.
Top to bottom:
| Area | What’s there |
|---|---|
| Menu bar | File · Edit · View · Fixtures · Settings · Help (14.01) |
| Header | Left to right: logo + license status, Undo/Redo, CLEAR · master dimmer, mode switch · Highlight/Blind, DMX, SOUND, BPM, BLACKOUT |
| Workspace | The contents of the selected mode |
Five modes (the switch in the center of the header, or Alt+1…5):
| Mode | What for | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Prog | The “studio”: set up the light, build scenes and chases | Chapter 03 |
| Live | The “concert”: run the show live — banks, faders, crossfader | Chapter 07 |
| Patch | The “registry office”: fixtures, their DMX addresses and profiles | Chapter 02 |
| Cons | All 512 channels on faders — diagnostics | Chapter 11 |
| AI | Chat with the AI assistant: generating scenes and chases from a description | Chapter 09 |
Permanent controls in the header (left to right):
- License status — a badge right after the “SvetoMaster” name (15.01).
- Undo / Redo — the edit-history arrows (Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Y).
- CLEAR (key C) — clears unsaved programmer edits.
- Master dimmer — the overall brightness slider for all the light (also in Live as the Grand Master).
- Highlight / Blind — highlighting the selected fixtures (03.02) and the blind mode.
- DMX — connecting the adapter (13.01); the connection status is always in view.
- SOUND — turn on the program’s “hearing”: the light reacts to music (10.01).
- BPM field — the current tempo; you can type it in manually or tap it out with TAP (10.01).
- BLACKOUT — instantly kill all the light / bring it back (the Space key, 07.03).
💡 Tip: almost every interface block has a “?” icon — hover over it for an on-the-spot explanation, without opening the manual (14.03).
💡 Tip: the typical workflow is Patch → Prog → Live: first you tell the program about the fixtures, then you build scenes, then you play the show. If something “isn’t lighting up” — work back through the chain: Live → is something extra running; Prog → are the values right; Patch → are the addresses right; DMX → is there a connection.
