Why Legacy Lighting Protocols Are Quietly Falling Behind
Legacy lighting protocols like Art-Net and sACN were designed for another era. This article explains why they struggle with modern requirements—and what comes next.
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Y-Link Blog
Technical notes, product updates, and lessons from building reliable, music-reactive lighting systems.
Why Most ‘Sound-Reactive’ Lighting Feels Wrong
Explains why typical sound-reactive lighting feels unsynced—because it reacts to volume, not musical structure—and how Y-Link produces music-aware, planned lighting by analyzing tempo, sections, and intent.
Read moreWhy Lighting Control Is Still Built Like It’s 1995
Explains how legacy DMX assumptions — channel-centric control, stateless one-way transport, and lack of feedback — continue to shape modern lighting systems, and outlines architectural changes needed for safer, more intelligent lighting control.
Read moreHow to Make Party Bus Lights Feel Synced with the Music
A practical guide to how lights can follow the music’s structure on a party bus: why auto mode often fails, what creates stronger drops and pauses, and how Y‑Link solves this without needing a lighting operator.
Read moreWhy AI DMX Controllers Aren’t Mainstream Yet (And What Has to Change)
A concise examination of the structural, technical, and workflow reasons AI DMX controllers remain niche, and the practical changes required for mainstream adoption - deterministic behavior, transparency, assistive workflows, and modern infrastructure.
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