PC console
Joystick and trackball with adjustable inertia, glide, speed and fine mode. Click or drag on the stage view to send the spot there.
Moving-head follow spot for Windows
AMOSFollowMove
AMOSFollowMove
Any moving head becomes a follow spot. And it never leaves the stage.
AMOS FollowMove runs a moving-head follow spot from a PC console, a phone or tablet, a gamepad or a hand-held Wi-Fi remote. Lock the beam to the stage, put two or more heads on one actor, glide smoothly onto the performer and shape the light live: zoom, focus, iris, frost and colour, with soft open and close fades.
PHONE
Control it your way
From the booth, the balcony or your pocket.
The operator picks whatever feels right on the night. Every control drives the same spot, with the same smooth, natural movement.
Phone or tablet
Scan a QR code and the control page opens, PIN protected, on the same Wi-Fi. A thumb-zone layout made for one hand in the dark.
Gamepad
Plug in a game controller: the stick moves the spot, the second stick handles zoom and focus.
Hand-held remote
A custom Wi-Fi hand-held with an analogue joystick, an encoder and buttons. Assign each button in the app, such as "close with a 2 s fade" or "focus preset 1".
Stage lock
The spot stays on the stage.
Aim at the four corners of the stage and press Set. From then on the head simply cannot leave it: no beam in the audience's eyes, no stray light on the ceiling.
- Four-corner calibration. Far left, far right, near left, near right, with an adjustable edge margin.
- Everything is clamped. Joystick, trackball, pad taps, memories and the remote all stay inside the stage.
- Stage directions. Once locked, the stick moves upstage, downstage, left and right as the operator sees the stage.
- Accurate by geometry. FollowMove works out where the stage is from the four corners you aim at, so heads at the side of a wide stage still land exactly where you point. No extra measuring.
- Direct tracking. Point or drag on the stage view and the beam follows your finger or mouse closely, instead of gliding behind.
- 6 position memories per fixture. Shown as numbered pins on the stage view: tap to glide there, hold to store.
Two beams, one actor
One actor, two beams: left and right.
Put a follow spot on each side of the stage. Move one, and the other lands on the same spot of the stage at the same moment, from its own side.
- Arrive together. Each follower locks onto the leader within a fraction of a second, however you move: joystick, trackball, stage view or hand-held remote.
- Guided calibration. The first head's beam visits each stage corner and you simply match it with the second head. Four corners per head is all it takes.
- Two or more heads. Link as many follow spots as the show needs to the same actor.
Offset and lead
Aim a follower slightly to the side of or beyond the leader, or ahead of the actor's movement, for a more dramatic look.
Share the beam, or not
One OPEN / CLOSE, level, zoom, focus, frost and colour for all linked heads, or keep a different colour on each side.
One remote per head
Give each head its own hand-held remote, optionally locked so nobody else can drive that head.
Beam control
Shape the light, live.
Everything a follow spot operator needs, one touch away on the console, the phone and the remote.
Open and close
Big OPEN and CLOSE buttons with adjustable fades, a master level and an instant blackout.
Zoom, focus, iris, frost
Smooth sliders with preset chips 1-2-3: tap to recall, hold to store a new preset.
Colour
The fixture's colour wheel, or a CMY or RGB palette, with soft colour fades.
Extras
Strobe, prism, gobo and lamp control, for heads that have them.
Several spots at once
Run two or more follow spots, switch between them in a tap, or link them so they all follow one actor.
Smooth by design
16-bit pan and tilt with inertia and glide, for step-free, natural follow moves.
Console merge
Your desk runs the show. FollowMove runs the spot.
FollowMove sits between your lighting desk and the DMX nodes. Everything from the desk passes straight through, and each follow-spot fixture can be handed to FollowMove, or back to the desk, in one tap.
Lighting deskAny desk sending Art-Net or sACN
AMOS FollowMoveMerge and per-fixture takeoverDMX nodesArt-Net, sACN or DMX USB to the fixtures
The desk has the spot. FollowMove follows its position and beam, so taking over never jumps.
Crossfade handover
Hand a fixture back to the desk with a smooth, adjustable crossfade. A desk-side sACN priority mode is available too.
Choose what to take
Position, intensity and open/close, beam, colour: anything left unticked stays on the desk.
Works with your rig
Any moving head, through a built-in fixture library, a 16-bit DMX chart editor and Open Fixture Library import.
Fixtures, output and safety
Any head. Any network.
Pick a fixture from the library or build its DMX chart in minutes, then send it out the way your venue is wired.
- Fixture library and chart editor. 16-bit channels, colour and gobo wheels, lamp and reset controls, and Open Fixture Library import.
- Outputs. Art-Net, sACN (E1.31), Open DMX USB and DMX USB Pro interfaces, with a live DMX monitor.
- Secure by default. PIN-protected phones, lock-out after wrong tries, and settings that can only be changed on the PC.
- Installer or portable. Install it on the show PC, or run a single portable file from a USB stick.
Art-NetsACN E1.31DMX USB16-bit pan/tiltPIN + lock-out
Gallery
See AMOS FollowMove in action.
Real screens from the app. Tap any image to enlarge it.
What you need
A PC, a moving head and a network
- A Windows PCThe show laptop, or a PC at the follow-spot position.
- One or more moving headsAny model, from the library or your own DMX chart. Two or more to light one actor from both sides.
- An Art-Net or sACN node, or a DMX USB interfaceOptional: a lighting desk to merge with.
- Wi-Fi for phones and the hand-heldOptional: phones, tablets, a gamepad or the hand-held remote.
Availability
Available on request
AMOS FollowMove is available on request only. Ask us and we'll send you the app and help you set up your first follow spot.
Windows app 1.7Installer or portable
- The AMOS FollowMove app for Windows
- The phone and tablet control page
- Help setting up your fixtures and stage lock
- Support by email or WhatsApp
Keep the light on the performer.
Tell us about your stage, your moving heads and your desk, and we'll get you started.
support@amolvin.com · +230 5986 1097
