Rocket Show

Everything in sync. Every single time.

Control your lighting rig, play videos and run multi-channel audio — all from one system. Open source, and free to start.

The Rocket Show lighting designer with a 3D stage preview
Highlights

Automate your show.

Build a show once and perform it live: backing tracks, click, synchronised video and light — without an unstable laptop in the middle of it.

Backing tracks and click, locked together

Add backing tracks and a click track as WAV, MP3 and most other formats. They start together and stay together, song after song.

Multi-channel audio straight to the desk

Send every track to its own output: the band mix to front of house, the click to the in-ears. SPARK has two independent stereo outputs on board.

Synchronised video playback

Play video in sync with the music, straight out of the HDMI port.

DMX lighting control, cue by cue

Program looks in the lighting designer, or have MIDI files converted straight into DMX — out over DMX512, a USB interface or Art-Net.

MIDI in and MIDI out

Switch sounds on your keyboards and amps from the show itself, and let a drum pad or a foot controller play, stop and change songs.

One button press starts the whole set

Start it from your phone, a tablet or a foot switch — and sync as many devices as you like over Wi-Fi, LAN or MIDI to fill a bigger stage.

Design your light show in the browser, free.

Programme a stage lighting look in our free 3D lighting designer, then run it live on Rocket Show — no install, no account.

Try the free 3D stage lighting simulator.

Who it is for

Wherever a room has to perform.

Bands on tour

The same show every night: backing tracks, a click in the monitor mix to keep everyone together, and lights that hit every change.

Theatre productions

Build the scenery and the emotion on stage: sound, video and light for every scene, each one started on its cue.

Permanent installations that run daily, unattended

Exhibitions, museums and art installations: light, ambient sound, a layer of speech and a looped video — combined once, then repeated exactly, day after day. The scheduler starts them on time.

Two ways in

Build it yourself, or open the box.

Rocket Show SPARK hardware box with audio, HDMI video, DMX and MIDI connections

Rocket Show SPARK

Audio, video, lighting and MIDI in one box, assembled and tested. Meet your new favourite device.

€795 €595 VAT included · shipping worldwide

The Rocket Show web interface on a phone
Free · do it yourself

Community Edition

Download Rocket Show for free and install it on your own Raspberry Pi. Same software, your hardware.

Free open source, no account needed

Track record

Not our first show.

Rocket Show has been running shows since 2017. Today more than 1,000 users in 15 countries rely on it — from touring bands to theatres and permanent installations that start themselves every day.

“We've had several light and music installations running on Rocket Show SPARK for over 5 years — among them the famous Zauberwald in Lenzerheide.”
R. Wilhelm Head Smashed
“Setup was faster than I expected, and the support is outstanding. Worth every euro.”
Chris Bluemoon Virus of the Cactus
“Our backing tracks used to run off a drum pad. Today one button press starts the whole set: click, samples and lights, perfectly together every night. And no risk of a laptop overheating!”
Adrian Gisler Arcaine

Running shows since 2017, open source on GitHub — no licence server, no lock-in. Your shows keep running, whatever happens to us.

FAQ

Questions we get asked.

What can I use to run backing tracks, video and lights together live?

Rocket Show plays backing tracks and click, sends multi-channel audio to the desk, triggers video and drives DMX lighting and MIDI from one timeline. You build a set once and start it with a single button press.

Do I need a laptop on stage?

No. Rocket Show runs on dedicated hardware: SPARK, assembled and tested in Switzerland, or your own Raspberry Pi with the free Community Edition. Nothing to overheat, nothing to unlock.

Is Rocket Show free?

The Community Edition is free and open source on GitHub, with no licence server and no lock-in. SPARK is the ready-to-run box.

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