iPhone/iPod Touch Apps for Theatre

There are a number of useful technical theater apps available on the iTunes Store. These prices were correct as of April 13th and are in AUD, except as noted $x.xx US. Please feel free to add apps as they come out. I think I have got most of them here. These include:



 

• 1Lighting Tools
  • 1.1Gel (Color), Gobo Libraries, and Reference Tools
  • 1.2Technical Calculators
  • 1.3Console Control
• 2Sound
  • 2.1Remotes
  • 2.2DB Meters
• 3Useful Apps
• 4VNC

Lighting Tools

Tools for Lighting Designers, Master Electricians, etc.

Gel (Color), Gobo Libraries, and Reference Tools

• Gel Swatch Library ($9.99 US) -Wybron, Inc
  • Has library of Lee, Rosco, GAM (and, as of v1.4, Apollo) gels, showing a preview of the gel and also showing transmission and SED graphs.
• ColorBug ($950 US) -SeaChanger
  • "The colorBUG is an ingenious handheld sensor for testing color and luminosity in studio, architectural and theatre applications."
• Moiré Gobo Library ($9.99 US) -Wybron, Inc.
  • Displays 3,300 gobos from APOLLO, GAM, INLIGHT, and LEE, with more to come. Lets you spin, blur, and overlap gobos to see how they'd look onstage.
• CXI Color Calculator ($4.99 US) -Wybron, Inc.
  • Allows LDs to find colors for the CXI dual-gelstring color changer. It also gives the values needed to replicate some of the GAM, Lee, and Rosco gels.
• GelCalc ($5.99) -Michael Zinman
  • GelCalc allows Electricians & LD's work out the number of sheets of gel needed, best cutting direction, most frames per sheet & pricing.
• ML Finder Pro ($39.99 US) -Michael Zinman
  • ML Finder Pro contains information on over 500 DMX devices: Moving Lights, LED Fixtures, media services, et cetera, including DMX mapping.

Technical Calculators

• Light Calc and Light Calc Lite(5.99 and Free for Lite) -D!HV Lighting
  • Photometric calculation tool for LD's and Electricians. It holds a database of fixtures that tells you the: Type, Beam Angle, Field Angle, Candela, Lumens & Lamp.
• ProjectorCalc ($5.99) -D!HV Lighting
  • Software designed to determine the size of a projected image, given the variables such as length away from screen, lens ect. It also estimates the amount of keystoning needed for such a result.
• DipSwitch (Free) -Tom Weber
  • Lets users enter a DMX channel and it shows the Dip Switch setting needed to achieve that channel. Works in reverse as well. Will also show next Dip Switch based on next address via an offset.
• iSwitch DMX ($5.99) -Michael Zinman
  • Lets users enter a DMX channel and it shows the Dip Switch setting needed to achieve that channel.
• PocketLD ($23.99) -Michael Zinman
  • Photometric Database & calculation tool for theatrical, TV and film professionals. Users enter throw distance, select manufacturer, fixture & lamp to calculate beam/field dameter & footcandles/lux.
• iResist (Free) -Flying Monkey Enterprises
  • Electrical Resistance Calculator.

Console Control

• GrandMA Remote (Free) - GrandMA Lighting GmbH
  • Remote control of your GrandMA Console, works as a Remote Focus Remote.
• Luminair (DMX Remote) ($99.99 US) -Synthe FX
  • This app allows users to control, view, record & manage DMX devices, consoles, media servers and other software directly from there iPhone/iPod touch.
  • Requires Art-Net Nodes, and wireless Network.
• Your iPhone can be used to control Strand Consoles as explained here
• The ETC Ion/EOS/Element iRFR features full control (as demoed at USITT) and all proceeds will got to the Behind The Scenes or Light Relief charities.

Sound

Studio Six Digital

• Studio Six Digital - Several apps including an FFT analyser, a signal generator, and a loudspeaker polarity checker.

Remotes

• ProRemote and ProRemote Lite ($199.99) -Far Out Labs
  • This software allows you to remotely view & control Apple's ProTools, Apple Logic, Ableton Live & Soundtrack Pro.

DB Meters

• Decibel ($1.99) -Gadget Fronteer
  • Allows users to get a DB reading, including Max.
• Decibel Meter ($2.99) -Future Apps Inc
  • Allows users to get a DB reading, including Max.

Useful Apps

• Flashlight (Free) -John Haney Software
  • Fills screen with bright white light to work as a torch. Can use the colour of your choice, chasers & strobe modes.
• Stanley Level (Free) ($1.99) Stanley Inc.
  • Works like a spirit level, showing degrees. The most accurate angle finder to date.
• Bolt & Nut ($0.99 US) Ryan Newsome
  • Use to determine size and thread pitch of nuts and bolts

• WordDigest English Dictionary, Thesaurus & Spell Checker ($1.99) Global Delight
  • There are so many free or low-cost spell checkers available, one would think misspellings would be eradicated.
• Tapatalk ($2.99) Quoord Systems
  • Easily connect to the Controlbooth forums to view topics and create posts.
• Pocket Informant ($12.99) Web Information Solutions, Inc.
  • Use to conveniently sync Google (and other) calendars, as well as create To-Do lists

VNC

There are a number of VNC Applications that allow remote access to your PC, Mac or Linux Machine. They are listed here:

• Jaadu VNC ($29.99) -Jugaari
• Mocha VNC (Free or $5.99) -Mocha
• WinAdmin ($9.99) -Carter Harrison LLC.
• PT Pocket Office ($5.99) -Chillingo Ltd
• Remote Tap ($8.99) -ReadPixel
• TouchPad Elete ($1.99) -Jugaari
• Numpad-Wireless Numeric Keypad ($3.99) -Edovia Inc
• Telekinesis (Free, Mac only) -Blacktree