Everything CloudLase does.

Design studio

• Vector editor with shapes, freehand pen, bezier paths, text, 3D wireframes, and image trace.
• Two laser fonts, including a scan-line raster style, plus fills: hatch, cross-hatch, rings, spiral, rays and waves with animated scroll.
• Effect stack per shape: oscillation, rotation, colour cycles, gradients, strobe, fan spread, and audio-reactive modulation on any parameter.
• Curve modulation: drive any effect parameter from an editable oscillator curve, live in the preview and on the laser.
• Frame-by-frame animation with onion skinning, per-frame effects, and MP4 or ILDA export of the result.
• Beam Designer and Wave Designer generators for aerial looks without drawing.

Timeline and show generation

• Multi-track timeline with one track per laser, drag-and-drop clips, crossfades, morph transitions, snapping, and section markers.
• One-click show generation: CloudLase analyses your track (beats, sections, drops, risers) and writes a beat-locked show for the whole rig.
• Generation you can steer: colour themes per show and per laser, look vocabulary, strobe ban, look length, dynamics, and rig positions.
• Keep the arrangement and re-theme it, or reroll a single section from its marker; every generated clip stays hand-editable.
• Audio clips with waveforms, beat grids, and tempo-locked playback; ILDA shows import straight onto the timeline.
• Export the finished show as MP4 (flat preview or an audience view with beams over the crowd) or as an ILDA file.

Live performance

• Beam Deck: a clip-deck surface with cues, zones, groups, and an FX rack for club-style live triggering.
• Compose mode: layer live looks across zones with per-zone speed, masters, and live-effect chips.
• Laser synth: dual oscillators, morph, kaleidoscope symmetry, three BPM-synced LFOs, and a patchable mod matrix with quick-slot crossfades.
• MIDI control with mappable parameters and native APC mini support, pads lit to match your looks.
• Playlist mode for running .ild show files back to back, with shuffle, loop, and per-clip end behaviour.
• Master safety sliders for brightness and size, always one reach away in the tray.

Audio and sync

• Audio-reactive everything: bass, mids, treble and amplitude route to any effect parameter with attack, release, and adaptive gain.
• Live input from a file, the system mix, or a microphone on macOS, Windows and Linux.
• Beat detection with BPM lock, plus tempo sync to your DJ software and instruments over Link.
• SMPTE LTC timecode input for locking shows to external playback.
• Spectra music visualizers: beat-reactive preset families that run as clips or live looks.

Hardware and output

• Native drivers for EtherDream, Helios, LaserCube (USB and WiFi), ShowNET, Raycomposer, and IDN network DACs.
• Multi-laser output with per-device scan rates, colour calibration, geometric correction, keystone, and blanking tuning.
• Zone routing: author once, project to many lasers with per-zone transforms, mirroring, and fan-out.
• Safety built in: scan-field zones with polygon keep-outs, beam attenuation, scan-fail-safe minimum sizes, and per-device interlocks.
• Venue preview: arrange your fixtures to match the physical rig and watch the whole show as the audience would see it, in 3D with haze.

AI and automation

• Built-in MCP server: connect Claude or any MCP client to the desktop app and author laser shows in plain language.
• The full studio over MCP: create workspaces, draw shapes with the complete effect stack, import and export ILDA, and run the real show generator headlessly with music analysis, laser roles, and palette control.
• Safe by design: AI tools drive the simulator only, and can never touch a physical laser.
• One-click setup from Settings, with copy-paste commands for Claude Code and Claude Desktop.

Files, cloud, and mobile

• ILDA import and export, SVG, OBJ and DXF import, CSV generation, and a global ILDA library with thumbnails.
• Vision trace: turn live camera or video into clean laser line art with subject isolation.
• CloudLase in the browser at app.cloudlase.studio, with optional sync between desktop and cloud workspaces.
• CloudLase GO for iPhone and iPad: discover network DACs, build looks, and run them live from your pocket.
• Works fully offline; licences verify locally with no account required.