What is a "Visual Instrument"?
A New Era of Lighting
MAINFRAME-B is a Visual Instrument—a MIDI-powered lighting device that transforms light into a real-time, expressive medium for music performance, production, and play.
No complex software.
No lighting desk.
No pre-rendered visuals.
Just plug it in and start sculpting light with sound.
Perform Light Like Music
Unlike traditional lighting controllers, MAINFRAME isn’t about triggering scenes or syncing to beats. It’s about playing light—shaping it through MIDI notes, CCs, pitch, velocity, modulation, and more.
Whether you’re sending it MIDI from Ableton, a synth, or a sequencer, MAINFRAME responds in real time with patterns that are dynamic, emotional, and alive.
Built for Expression
Most lighting systems fall into two extremes:
- Too simple – reactive or decorative, but disconnected
- Too complex – powerful, but rigid and inaccessible
MAINFRAME is something different. It’s intuitive like an instrument, but deep enough to grow with you.
- Modulation brings movement and emotion
- Layering and zones add complexity and spatial depth
- Presets let you build a personal vocabulary of light
- Parameters allow fine control and experimentation
What you get isn’t just reactive lighting—it’s a dialogue between sound and light.
Light as a Creative Medium
MAINFRAME started as the engine behind large-scale immersive installations—transforming buildings and public spaces into living environments. That same engine now lives in MAINFRAME-B, designed for artists, producers, and performers to explore this new medium themselves.
Music is just the beginning.
This is about light as a creative material—playable, responsive, and deeply expressive.
