I built VLA to solve my own problems.

I’ve been programming lighting for over 20 years. Year after year — the projects get bigger, the timelines get shorter, the expectations go up.

I built VLA to handle a series of problems specific to my workflow and industry. Work with Timecode in any format, on any media and play it back how I want. Share timecode events with other programmers and learn timecode events offline to be pushed to MA later — in a native format with no loss of sequence or cue mapping.

Work with VW patch information in an MA native format. No loss of fixture type, no MVR nonsense.

Auto Channel and Auto DMX a massive showfile in minutes. Temporarily patch 2000 moving lights so I can previz RIGHT NOW. Not later.

Examine MA3 Fixture Types, edit Geometry Layouts, references, clean up the inevitable Channel Function mess that plagues every profile.

If any of this sounds familiar — give it a try.

Patrick Boozer is a lighting programmer. Four Primetime Emmy Awards; more than twenty-five nominations. The Oscars, The Grammys, the MTV Video Music Awards, the SAG Awards, and twenty years of shows like them.