It started with a birthday party
In 2024, three friends from Oslo wanted to throw the perfect 18th birthday party for one of their little sisters. They had the venue, the music, the guest list. All they needed was the lighting.
They bought some moving heads and LED bars online. How hard could it be? Then they opened the software.
DMX addresses. Fixture profiles. Pan/tilt limits. Universe mapping. What should have taken an evening took three weekends — and the result was still just "okay."
The party was fine. The lights worked. But sitting in that basement venue, watching their little sister dance with her friends under mediocre lighting, they couldn't stop thinking: this should be so much easier.
"We just wanted to say 'make it feel like a real club' and have the lights figure it out."
So we built it. An app where you describe what you want — "energetic dance floor", "romantic dinner", "chill lounge vibe" — and it programs the scenes for the fixtures you actually own. No manuals. No courses. No frustration.
Today HitLight is in public beta, being shaped by the DJs, bands and venue crews using it. But we still think about that birthday party. About how technology should make magic accessible to everyone — not just professionals.
Her 19th birthday is coming up. This time, the lights will be perfect.
The HitLight teamOslo, Norway
Try it on your own rig
Patch your fixtures, describe the look you want, and watch it on the 3D stage before you connect anything.
Free during the public beta, with no credit card. Launch pricing has not been announced. Requires macOS 14 or later for hardware output.