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Lasershow Designer 2000 note

This page is about Pangolin's older LD for Windows system, which uses the ISA-bus QM32 card. Select this system if you need compatibility with other LD for Windows users.
        If you're looking for the latest system, click here for the new LD2000 system, which uses the PCI-bus QM2000 card.

A hardware card that goes in the computer. The QuadMod32 is a sophisticated laser-computer-on-a-board; it handles all laser signal processing so output quality does not depend on the Windows PC's microprocessor.
  

A program for creating, editing and animating frames. This was the first software component written for LD, so it is also called Lasershow Designer (or the "frame editor").
  

A program for making the laser show. You create effects, and sequencing those effects with frames and music. This is called Showtime; it is the only laser show program to use a timeline editing system similar to standard multimedia programs (Adobe Premiere, Macromedia Director).
  

A program for setting up and playing cues live. This is called Live!, it runs as part of Showtime but functionally can be considered a separate program.
  

An optional hardware console called Lasershow Performer. This duplicates the features of the Live! software, but because it is a dedicated hardware device, it makes it easier to run shows. It also has extra features such as built-in audio and microphone beat detection.

Note: Lasershow Performer is not stand-alone. It must be attached to a computer running Lasershow Designer for Windows and the Live! software.
  

The Lasershow Designer CD-ROM makes it easy to install the main programs, plus many accessory programs, help files, free shows, clip art and other extras:

• AutoPlay is useful for trade shows or standalone situations where one or more shows must play over and over.
• Visual Basic source files are for anyone wanting to create their own computer programs which also call laser functions. (Pangolin publishes the application programming interface -- API -- to Lasershow Designer.)
• Extensive online help via six help files with over 750 pages of topics covering LD (frame editor), Showtime/Live!/Lasershow Performer, the QuadMod32 board, fundamentals of laser graphics, API programming, and the ILDA laser glossary.
• 50-page printed Installation Manual
• Twenty-six shows (laser songs) totaling over an hour of graphics and beam shows, plus thousands of clip art frames.
• Free lifetime updates. Download files or order a CD-ROM, so you always have the latest software, shows and frames.