Baldrick Breakthroughs

Busk Board

Big buttons on your phone or tablet to trigger CunningFX and DMX presets live

Mobile & tabletCunningFX triggersDMX presets

Sometimes you just want to walk the room with a tablet and mash big colourful buttons — Busk Board turns your phone or tablet into a live control surface for CunningFX and DMX presets.

OverviewWhat is Busk Board?

Busk Board is a built-in page on your Baldrick board that lays out configurable buttons on a mobile or tablet screen. Tap a button to fire CunningFX presets or DMX presets on a BaldrickDMX — moving heads, fog, bubbles, the lot.

It's aimed at busking: walking the show, reacting to the crowd, and changing looks on the fly without diving back into the full web interface.

Built for fingers

Large touch targets, phone- and tablet-friendly layout — open it on the device in your hand and start triggering.

LiveHow it works

Open Busk Board from your board's web interface on a phone or tablet. Configure which buttons map to which CunningFX or DMX presets, then use the page as your live surface while the show runs.

Phone or tablet

Use the device you're already carrying — no extra hardware required.

CunningFX

Trigger layered effect presets with a single tap.

DMX presets

Fire BaldrickDMX presets for fixtures and effects gear.

Busk-friendly

React in the moment — walk the room and change looks as you go.

InspirationInspiration

Inspired by the excellent Big Button plugin by Chris Pinkham.

Chris's Big Button plugin showed how powerful a simple grid of oversized controls can be for live shows. Busk Board brings that same idea into the Baldrick web interface so you can busk CunningFX and DMX presets from the device in your pocket.

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Busk the room

Open Busk Board on your phone or tablet and trigger CunningFX or DMX presets with a tap.

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