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If you still think preprogramming it’s just a fancy add-on for big productions - let us be clear: today, skipping it means wasting time, money, and precision. Sometimes even your nerves.

June 04, 2025

COMA 2025 concert. The result of precise planning and remote rehearsals. What you see on stage was pre-programmed in advance - even before the venue was ready for setup.

In event production, time, precision, and reliability are everything.
Pre-programming allows you to prepare and program all technical aspects of a show - lighting, media, and effects - before the first technician even steps into the venue.

Advanced tools play a key role in this process: lighting consoles integrated with 3D pre-visualization software, along with platforms for building virtual scenography and effects. These solutions enable designers to visualize and rehearse the entire show in a realistic simulation, then transfer the programmed settings to the actual stage - saving setup time and ensuring everything runs exactly as planned.

What can be done in pre-programming?

  • Program lighting and visual cues - frame-accurate and aligned with the show script.

  • Synchronize lighting, video, and set design - integrating timelines and show layers.

  • Test transitions, effects, and configuration changes - without the risk of costly on-stage errors.

  • Refine creative and functional details - before any gear reaches the production site.

  • Collaborate remotely with your team - with shared access to the same project and visualizations.

I’ve been working as a lighting designer for years. I’ve done shows where everything was set up live — and now I do shows where most of it is handled in pre-programming.
The difference?
Huge. And very real.

Ziggy, ARAM

What does it mean for technicians and operators?

Above all, it reduces the time and cost of rehearsals.
Time on site is money - and pre-programming cuts it dramatically: fewer corrections, fewer delays, less stress.

You’re not programming “live” - you’re making decisions in a controlled environment.
You have time to evaluate the concept instead of improvising.
All elements are synchronized and planned in advance.
Moving heads do their job exactly when they should.
Video and lighting breathe in perfect sync.

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Whether you’re planning a concert, TV production, conference, immersive experience, permanent installation, esports or gaming event – or any project that calls for exceptional design – we can be your full-service partner.

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At ARAM, we believe that great event production is about more than gear, planning, and budgets.
It’s also about knowledge, shared experience, and constantly improving what already works.

That’s why we’ve launched our blogs on Substack - to share what we’ve learned through years of hands-on work in the event industry.
These posts are written by people who actually do the work - not marketing, not theory, but real practitioners of stage, lighting, video, and logistics.

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