Relackout

Setting up a full night

Set up a bar night end to end: record three scenes, build a Sound-to-Light Club preset, sync to BPM, prepare a playlist, and hand the panel to a phone.

You already have a venue patched in Relackout: six LED PAR RGBWs and a strobe, grouped as All PARs and Strobe. This guide takes that patch all the way through a full bar or club night: three scenes, a Sound-to-Light preset for the dance floor, lights locked to the beat, a playlist, a control panel for the bartender, and remote access from a phone. None of these mechanics get re-taught here — each section links to the page that covers it in full. This page is about how they fit together on one night.

Starting point: the patch and groups are ready

  1. Open Settings, then click Patch & address map.

    Page 1 of the U1 address map with 1–48 filled; the Patched Fixtures table lists seven rows: PAR 1 through PAR 6 at 001–048 and Strobe at 201–202.

Two groups are already built from this patch: All PARs (all six PARs) and Strobe (the one strobe). Patching and the address map covers patching fixtures like these from scratch, and Groups covers building a group like All PARs — the same group Sound-to-Light reaches for below.

Record three scenes: Welcome, Dance Floor, Ambient

We need three quick looks for the night: a warm Welcome for the door, a full-power Dance Floor once the crowd builds, and a soft Ambient for between sets.

  1. Click Back twice to get back to the home screen; open Fixture Control, click Clear.

    Fixture Control screen, nothing selected, no channels active.

  2. Check PAR 1 through PAR 6 in Patched devices; click 50% in Intensity, pick the warm white box in Color.

    All six PARs checked; Intensity at 128, Color set to warm white.

  3. Click Record, then + Step once.

    Record tool active: red recording indicator, 1 step counter.

  4. Click the check-mark; type “Welcome” into Name; click Save.

    Record tool closed and the Record button back; the selection, 128 and warm white are still shown in Fixture Control.

  1. Click Back, then open Scenes.

    Scene list with three rows, newest on top: Ambient, Dance Floor, Welcome.

Sound-to-Light for the dance floor: the Club preset

  1. Click Back, then open Sound Reactive.

    Sound-Reactive Light screen: one Default preset, no mappings, Enabled off, meters empty.

  2. Click Create new preset; double-click the new preset’s name, type “Club”, press Enter.

    A Club preset button is active next to Default; its counter shows 0 mappings.

  3. Click Add mapping (defaults: Group “All PARs”, Target “Dimmer”, Band “Bass”); click Save.

    One row in the Mappings box: All PARs, Dimmer, Bass, saved.

  4. Click Add mapping again; pick “Strobe” in Group, pick Sub in Band; type “0.5” into Threshold; type “60” into Release ms; click Save.

    Second row: Strobe, Dimmer, Sub, Threshold 0.5, Release 60, saved.

  5. Click Enabled. No music is playing yet, so the meters stay empty and a yellow no-signal notice appears; they react once the playlist plays.

    Enabled switched on; the Club preset holds both mappings; the meters are still empty and a no-signal notice shows, since no music is playing yet.

Lock the lights to the music: BPM Mode

  1. Click Back, then open LIVE CONTROL.

    Live Control screen; the bottom bar shows only the BPM Mode button, off.

  2. Click BPM Mode in the bottom bar.

    Bottom bar expanded: beat dots, BPM value 120.0, Tap, preset tempos, Quantize, a Manual sync badge.

  3. Click Tap a few times with the beat.

    BPM value reads 128.0; the 128 preset tempo is highlighted.

  4. Click Quantize.

    Quantize button active in the bottom bar.

A playlist for the night

  1. Click Back, then open Music Library.

    Music Library with three tracks already in it: Late Night, Club Vibes, Warm Opening; no playlists yet.

  2. Type “Night Playlist” into New list name, click Create.

    Night Playlist now appears in the Playlists column, 0 tracks.

  3. On the “Warm Opening” row, click the Add to playlist icon, then pick “Night Playlist”.

    Night Playlist now shows 1 track.

  4. The same way, add “Club Vibes” and “Late Night”, in that order.

    Night Playlist expanded, showing Warm Opening, Club Vibes, Late Night in order.

  5. Click the play button on the Night Playlist row; while it plays, click the repeat button in the top bar once to switch on Repeat entire playlist. The button’s name only shows as a tooltip; with nothing playing, the same button just loops the current track.

    Top bar: playback running, repeat button active.

The bartender’s panel: Bar Panel in Mixer Designer

  1. Click Back, then open Designer; click New layout; clear the name box and type “Bar Panel”.

    Blank canvas; the name box in the top bar reads Bar Panel.

  2. Click Group in the click-to-add list; in Properties, type “Scenes” into Group name; check Solo mode (only one button in the group can be active).

    An empty Group frame named Scenes on the canvas; Solo mode checked in Properties.

  3. Click Button three times, moving each into the group (its action is already “Scene”); pick “Welcome”, “Dance Floor” and “Ambient” from the Scene list in turn, typing the same name into Button text each time.

    Three buttons side by side inside the Scenes group: Welcome, Dance Floor, Ambient.

  4. Click Sound Reactive; in Properties, both Club and Default start checked in Presets to show — untick Default so only Club stays.

    Sound Reactive widget on the canvas; in the presets list Club is checked and Default unchecked.

  5. Click Player; set Source type to “Playlist”; assign “Night Playlist”.

    Player widget on the canvas; Source type Playlist, assigned to Night Playlist.

  6. Click Save, then Use in Live.

    Live Control open with the Bar Panel layout: the Scenes group, the Sound Reactive widget with a Club button, and the Player; no scene button pressed yet.

Hand the panel to the bartender’s phone

  1. Click Back, then click the Remote Access card in the left column of the home screen.

    General Settings, Remote Access section: switch off, PIN 1234, Port 3847.

  2. Click the switch on the right of the card.

    Switch on, Server on text, PIN still 1234, a QR code and LAN address below.

Running the night, scene by scene

  1. Click Back, open LIVE CONTROL again; click the “Welcome” button on the Bar Panel, then click “Dance Floor”.

    Dance Floor lit, Welcome off on its own (solo group); the Sound Reactive widget is on, its meters still dark.

That’s the whole night from here: Welcome as guests arrive, start the playlist, Dance Floor once the floor fills — the Club preset is already enabled, so the lights keep breathing with the music on their own — and Ambient between sets. Everything is on this one screen, and in the bartender’s pocket if the phone is connected.

What’s next

Patch to panel: three scenes, a Sound-to-Light preset, BPM sync, a playlist, a Mixer Designer panel and remote access, all in one night. The scenarios section also covers a theatre show and everyday use in a bar or club; if something in the rig itself isn’t behaving, troubleshooting is next.

Updated: October 8, 2026

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