Will Freestyler help my DJ Lights?

[rotoitiman]

Hey guys
Long time Mobile DJ with NO experience with DMX software.
For a while now I have been thinking about jumping into the whole DMX software thing, but I am not sure if it will be overkill.

I mainly do weddings and corporate functions and use a small DMX controller for my lights.

I currently have:

2 flurry wash
1 generic 60w Moving head
2 LED starball
4 LED Par 64 Generic Cans

I am hoping that by using software I can visually setup my chases and scenes etc and everything will be simiplyfied down to give a cool show, once the initial setup is done.

Im thinking that I can setup profiles or scenes or shows (not sure of terms) depending on the song or type of song (Slow dance, fast dance, strobing etc) by a touch of a button.

My question is - will Freestyler help me to do this? or is moving to software a little overkill?

Thanks heaps guys, getting a bit excited now hahaha.

[Mattotone]

Freestyler is designed to do that exact thing and is used my plenty of djs for that exact thing.
Take a look at the wiki for uyour first steps in scene creation. you can then simply choose the look you want be combine multiple cues.

[rotoitiman]

One of the PLUS sides of this I hope is being able to Name my faders and buttons so that I can easily see what channel does what for each fixture. Using a hardware controller can be a nightmare to remember each channel lol!