EMU Tutorial Series | Mapping – Part 4 of 6: Sound Reactive Control
What if your lighting could move perfectly in time with your music?
In Part 4 of the EMU LED Mapping tutorial series, EMU Specialist Kim shows how to control your lighting using VST automation and MIDI mapping, giving you precise, real-time control directly from your DAW or physical controller.
Whether you're producing music, performing live, or designing immersive lighting experiences, EMU lets you synchronise lighting effects with your audio for truly dynamic results.
In this tutorial, you'll learn how to map EMU parameters to your DAW, automate lighting changes in time with music, and take hands-on control using MIDI devices.
By the end of this video, you’ll be able to create fully synchronised, sound-reactive lighting setups with frame-perfect precision.
What you’ll learn in this video:
00:00 - Introduction
00:12 - Overview: controlling lighting via DAW (VST automation)
00:35 - Setting up your DAW and EMU VST plugin
00:55 - Creating and patching a dimmer channel in EMU
01:10 - Mapping EMU parameters to your DAW
01:25 - Drawing automation to sync lighting with music
01:45 - Applying automation to scene parameters (angle example)
02:05 - Introduction to MIDI mapping
02:20 - Connecting and enabling your MIDI controller
02:35 - Using MIDI learn mode in EMU
02:50 - Mapping scene parameters (speed, direction, zoom)
03:15 - Controlling lighting in real time with MIDI
03:35 - Final result: hands-on, sound-reactive lighting control
Hardware & software used in this tutorial:
• MacBook Pro running EMU
• DAW (Cubase used in this example)
• EMU VST Plugin
• MIDI controller
• LED fixtures (moving heads, PARs, pixel fixtures)
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