ADJ Products, DMX Operator-384, 384 Channel DMX 512 with 12 Chase Programs and 8 Faders

Immediate noticed the difference in quality when receiving this controller. It is worth the extra money to buy this over the cheaper $60 controllers available on Amazon from unknown brands.The sliders are all much tighter / higher quality, same goes with the buttons. The joystick is the only part that feels a little cheap (light plastic), but it seems to have a nice spring back to it which is good.A very nice touch is that the power adapter and power input on the controller have a small “puzzle piece” design that protects the actual power adapter (metal pin) from being damaged or bent while plugged in. This is something that was started to short out and break on my cheap controller, so the fact that this one is protected from that problem is a HUGE plus to me!I also am very pleased with the fog machine hookup, as that is working perfectly. It shows the heating / ready status of the connected fog machine through the built in LED indicator lights, and it triggers the machine on command as intended. All you need to buy to connect a fog machine is a 5 pin DIN (MIDI) cable of whatever length you need based on how far away the fog machine needs to be from you. The only fog machine that is mentioned as being compatible with this controller is the ADJ VF1300. This is the fog machine I purchased, and it is a really great 1100W fog machine.Be aware that this controller has the blue design shown when you scroll down to product information, and the main product image you first see is NOT what you will receive (the all black version). I like the blue color, it makes things easier to read, but it’s worth mentioning so no one else is surprised when they get theirs.Overall 5 stars so far, and I would highly recommend this DMX controller. With fog machine controls built in, as well as the programmable joystick, and high quality build, this is a unique controller worth serious consideration.

I bought this SPECIFICALLY to be able to program a couple of moving head lights I bought. My Obey40 would PROGRAM the light position, and color, but wouldn't REMEMBER the position, only the color. Can't explain it.This board does what I want. I bought it for the joystick, but it seems so laggy, I am not using the joystick. it's faster to use the sliders. The moving head lights are silly to program, as movement is on page one, colors START on page one, shift to page two for the rest of the color controls. But it works. Once I wrapped my brain around the programming, I was able to program scenes quite rapidly.And the moving head lights point where I tell them to! Miracle of miracles. Pray to the electronic gods and give thanks!I would recommend this board.

As the title states... Other than that is does what it says. Channels are limited to 16 per fixture, so you have to dumb-down some of them. Only 12 fixture addresses can be run. The joystick is really finicky, better off using sliders for your moving head or midi with soundswitch to set up hotkeys for certain spot positions. Good quality build, though.

Quiero devolver este producto por la razón de que llego desprendido el botón de paneo y tildeo. Gracias

Love that this product has many features and does not break the bank! Good bang for buck Wishing it had a wireless connection but that's fine because I found a work around.

Setup: For our band we use up to 7 different models of lights (pars, panels, bars, multi-effect) and wanted to try a standalone DMX controller to see how it stacks up against our current ADJ myDMX Buddy 2.0 dongle.TL;DR: A good unit for the price, but prepare to invest time if you're looking to program more than simple static washes, or light unit auto-programs. If preserving your program is important for you, you'll need to write it down as there's no way to extract the programming from the console. (yep, every fixture, every scene, every bank, every chase ... that's a lot of info). If you're looking for something to handle a complex light show, you'll probably want to look for something else which can be programmed via a computer.The Good: 32 channels per fixture, and with a bit of creative addressing, you can fit multiple units in a single channel bank. Built-in MIDI control was essential for us, as we run the lights from the stage via a foot controller. Programming (once you get used to it) is pretty easy, and there are a ton of ways to copy fixture, scene and bank settings. 12 individual chases with up to 240 steps each, that's a ton of flexibility for creating shows. Built-in microphone and RCA audio input to automatically change scenes based on the music.The Bad: There is no software to program this unit, it's all button and fader pushing, so be prepared to invest some time. That USB port isn't used for anything other than applying firmware updates, or MIDI over USB. No way to access or backup your program, even over MIDI SysEx (unless it's undocumented). Fixture copy feature only works in the same scene, no way to copy an individual fixture setting across scenes or banks without copying the entire scene setup. There's no way (I know of) to recall the settings for a fixture, so if it's really important that you know how a fixture is programed, you'll need to write it down.

I wish I had bought this first instead of going cheap with the generic Chinese controllers!!! The sound activation works well at different volumes! That was VERY impressive to me. I love having the mono RCA input as well, it works pretty good if you use a line mixer to control the input volume. The unit also has midi control. I can use midi to trigger scenes using a keyboard controller and it can be controlled from sequencers like Ableton live. It has 12 chases and 384 channels with a pan tilt joystick... at 150USD? For what this thing does, its a good deal. It works well. I have experimented with the "off brands". Dont waste your time with those if you want to seriously program your lights and have them look good when they playback via sound activation!

Tres bonne machine siPetite mais de grande posibilité

Excelente equipo y desempeño

J'étais sceptique au début mais après prise en main c'est un régal, multitude d'effets possible console compact idéal recommande l'achat

This is a review of the ADJ Operator 384 as used at Ladybird Studios (Sevenoaks). It describes the controller as received from the supplier and its capabilities as used by our studio.Hardware:The 19” rack mountable hardware arrived damaged as seems common reading other reviews. The joystick was in pieces in the box whilst the packaging was undamaged. This implied it was either packed that way, or taken out of its packaging between manufacture and our receipt. Either way, on inspection the joystick is flimsy and not suitable for road use. On testing the power lead didn’t always make contact even when locked. Under normal circumstances this controller should have been returned immediately, but during the current Coronavirus lockdown we decided to complete our testing.Operations:At Ladybird we use lighting controllers in two ways. 1) To directly control fixtures via DMX, and 2) as MIDI control surfaces into DMX software (in our case QLC+ but plenty of alternatives exist out there). This unit is capable of doing both and as such is similar to our Behringer LC2412.DMX: This device has DMX addresses pre-assigned to sliders as is common with simple controllers. Our Transcension Commander 384 is similar, whereas the LC2412 can have up to 3 addresses dynamically assigned to each of 24 sliders. There are pros and cons to each method of DMX address allocation.The ADJ is designed to address 12 fixtures with 32 channels each via 8 sliders split over 4 banks (the Transcension has 16 sliders split over two banks). In reality you can assign as many fixtures as will fit in the 384 channel limitation as long as you know the starting addresses and use the sliders accordingly. The joystick can be assigned to the same two channels on one or more of the 12 fixtures relating to pan, fine pan, tilt and fine tilt. Initial tests with an Equinox Fusion 50 moving head fixture showed that control via the joystick is stop / go in a given direction. It appears that the ‘fade’ slider has some control over the speed of pan / tilt but we have not discovered a way of stopping movement once the desired location has been reached as it doesn’t automatically stop as soon as the joystick is released. None of this is in the somewhat meagre instructions.With a bit of lateral thinking the joystick could be used for other functions such as fade, crude colour change, or strobe depending on which DMX channels it is assigned.As is common with this type of controller a set of fixture settings can be defined as a scene, and scenes can be sequenced and chased. Sequences and chases can be externally triggered. There is no master fader so a pre-defined scene cannot be set and manually faded easily.MIDI: We had to download the manual before it was obvious that this feature existed, albeit somewhat untidy. Below is the mapping that we found to be useful. - MIDI IN/OUT is via 2x5pin DIN or USB. - The 8 sliders each output different MIDI codes for each of the 8 banks and 2 pages, making a total of 128 unique slider codes. Our LC2412 outputs a unique code for each of the 24 sliders but with no bank changes. - Fixture buttons output the first 5 banks of 12 sequential unique MIDI codes with banks above that emitting duplicates - Scene buttons output 7 sequential codes regardless of bank setting, with buttons 4/5 duplicated - Chase buttons output 12 sequential codes duplicated across banks 1-3 then random in banks above that. - The fader time slider outputs sequential MIDI notes (which we can’t think of a use for…) - There are no control knobs. We use a Korg nanoKONTROL2 to provide those as we use them for pan / tilt / speed / colour in a variety of situations. - Named control buttons don’t send MIDI signals - The joystick also does not output anything in MIDI mode, which is a shame because relative pan and tilt signals would be useful.We don’t use and didn’t test MIDI IN on any of our controllers but typically this is used to provide remote control from an external control surface or sequencer.Suggested improvements: - The 9v power supply is mounted in the plug, which has clip-on international pin options. In our experience this type of plug is bulky and awkward to mount within a flight case, and these types of transformers tend to have high failure rates. We will be replacing it with a 9v ‘brick’ with a dedicated lead connected to a mains bus. - A touchpad would be a better way of ‘aiming’ moving heads and a lot more resilient. If the joystick is retained it should be much stronger and protected in transit. Also fixture movement should stop when the joystick is released. - Nowhere in the documentation does it state which models of fog machine are compatible (it appears to be only the ADJ 1300W version with the wireless remote). Maybe an assignable DMX button would be more use. If we can determine the pin-out of the 5pin DIN socket where the fog remote connects we will make something for our smoke machine. - Tidy up the MIDI mappings and publicise. It would be good if a limited number of buttons worked on the first 8 banks rather than the somewhat rather random mapping as at present.Conclusion: We chose this model because it mentioned MIDI-out which was confirmed by the picture, plus we needed a simple rack mountable DMX controller to sit alongside our Transcension model. After testing and a lot of trial and error we decide that the functionality outweighed the problems with the joystick and power lead and we decided to keep this controller. We mended the joystick with some metal parts machined in our workshop as replacing the plastic parts ($6.00 from the US) would not really solve the problem and make it roadworthy. The power lead does not need locking in place as we have it mounted in a flight case so we just removed the locking collet. Luckily both the joystick and power collet are fixed with external screws so we didn’t have to dismantle the entire unit. For our purposes it meets our needs and we were prepared to invalidate the warrantee, but we would not recommend it as a simple standalone controller because there are more solid and cheaper options out there. In our opinion ADJ / the Amazon suppliers are not fully marketing the dual functionality of this controller which is its unique selling point (at this price bracket) albeit messy.If you have any questions about this review please forward them via Amazon.

I chose this from an abundance of alternative similar DMX controllers for a specific application where it will be operated by several different and not expert operators. I think this unit fulfils that requirement. It is indeed pretty simple to use both as a 'live' control and programmed. The dimmer curve is Ok - not too lumpy with LED fixtures - and quite smooth with traditional dimmers and lanterns. The programming capacity is really adequate using either the scene banks or chases, and easy to program too. I did have an issue at first with some of the press switches (TAC switches) not operating al all or intermittently. Having encountered this problem before I operated all the switches multiple times until the cleaned up and all worked normally. Days later they still seem Ok. I think the stock turnover has been really slow due to Covid and hopefully the switches will now stay Ok with some regular use.Features I particularly like are:Manual operation possible of scenes and chases, with fade setting between scenes (cross fade).Channel banks allow multichannel LED fixtures with more than 8 DMX channels each (up to 32 DMX chan)Although there are 12 fixture buttons the Chan Bank can be used for further fixtures. For example: If the fixture has 8 or less DMX channels then each channel bank can be another fixture, giving a total of 48.I haven't checked out the joystick yet, and the venue this will be used in does not have any moving heads at the moment, but I feel they may in future. Also they may use a follow spot sometimes which the joystick may be useful for.As a simple 'go to' controller this is very good value.