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    Docs for WavePhase v0.9.3 · reviewed 2026-08-10

    A newer app release may have shipped since this review. These pages describe the latest public WavePhase release. If something looks different in your build, check for an app update.

    Visuals

    The 3D Stage View

    A simple model of your room — where the fixtures are, where they're pointing, and where the beams land. Not a renderer; a way to check a look without standing in front of the rig.

    What it's for

    The stage view answers one question quickly: is this effect doing what I think it is? Programming a movement chase against nothing but numbers is slow, and being in the room with the lights isn't always an option at 3pm on a build day.

    Deliberately simple

    This is a schematic preview, not a pre-visualiser. It won't sell a design to a client or model haze and beam optics. It will tell you that your fan is going the wrong way, that two heads are swapped, or that a chase is crossing when it should sweep — which is what you actually need while patching.

    What it shows

    Live aim

    Yokes rotate with pan and tilt as the show runs, so movement effects are visible as movement rather than numbers.

    Beams & pools

    Each head projects a beam and the pool it lands in, which is the fastest way to read coverage and spread.

    Scenery

    Add boxes, trusses, cylinders and imported meshes so the space looks like your space.

    Direct editing

    Click to select, drag to move, and transform a whole selection at once.

    Placing your rig

    1. 1

      Patch the fixtures first

      The stage view draws what's in the patch, so add and patch fixtures before arranging them.
    2. 2

      Position them

      Drag fixtures into place. Select several and move, rotate or scale them together to lay out a truss line in one go.
    3. 3

      Add context

      Drop in scenery props for the stage, the truss and anything else that helps you read the space.
    4. 4

      Watch it run

      Leave the view open while you program. Movement effects, colours and intensities all update live.

    Stage sheets

    A stage sheet is one arrangement of the rig. Keep several in the same show — a club layout and a festival layout, say — and switch between them without re-patching anything.

    • Each fixture belongs to a sheet, so sheets can hold different rigs.
    • The camera position is remembered per show, so you come back to the angle you were working from.

    Where to go next

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