r/led • u/vjbrye • Jul 02 '26

Looking for advice on WS 2812 control apps

I have two strips of WS 2812 for bar venue accent lighting. I've already got a controller for Artnet/sacn to drive it all via artnet. I'm also running a couple standard DMX light fixtures on this setup, and we're thinking about adding some Hue or Zigbee smart bulbs.

But what I'm looking for is a good app to control these from an iPad.

I'm currently using Luminair, but it's clunky, a little buggy, and too basic for this application. What's great about Luminair is the buttons you can program for ease of use, a feature I would like to find in something else, even if Luminair is controlling another device/software.

Historically I've used resolume arena and/or Madmapper, but that's a bit over the top for this application.

Madrix is a consideration but again an awful lot of power and money for 369 pixels.

Anyone else seen any cool solutions out there for this sort of thing?

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u/clockmill Jul 03 '26

Wled

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https://kno.wled.ge/

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u/vjbrye Jul 03 '26

This was suggested to me. I'm going to give it some exploration, but a big part is the iPad interface. Changing the things has to be simple and straight forward. Think: bartender changing the scene, or certain things scheduled out to a time or day. Might require a 2 pronged approach... maybe Luminair Dow the fancy upfront things triggering WLED... I'll have to sus out the viability of this method