CHAUVET DJ OBEY40 Universal DMX Light/Fog Machine Controller

The Obey40 is a decent entry level controller, it’s not loaded with a ton of features for complex displays, (use a software based system for more complex shows), but for starting off in the world of DMX lighting, it’s a good start.

I needed something to run my (Eyourlife Stage Lights 8pcs 54x3W LED PAR Lights). I had to play around with it for a few days but eventually got the hang of it. Only wish that the Blackout button could be set using the fade to black out gradually. no biggy though. Programs and also can set each light on the fly. The fader on the left can bring up or down any setting of color already set for each light. Using it to control our church stage lighting. The first one I ordered came without the power supply. I thought about buying one for $10 but returned it instead and second unit came with the power brick.

I bought three LED DMX Par 64 Cans and a DMX Dimmer for use in my music room. This allowed me plenty of channels to hook up all the lights (each Can on its own DMX channels) and create a bunch of scenes and a bunch of chases. It has a nice auto chase option as well as musical. I play more rock music so when set to music it changes rather rapidly... (too rapidly for my taste... it would be nice if you could tweak the changing during music mode regarding whether it should change scene on every musical change it notices... every other... every fourth, etc... so you could set the sensitivity... otherwise with a fast song it tends to be more of a strobe changing effect. This is minor though and I expected it to be somewhat of an issue that would make the sound activated mode unrealistic. It is a very durable unit and well worth the price I am more than happy with it. I was able to hook up all my DMX lights and still have plenty of room to grow in the future. Obviously, to run a professional setup for a band with more lights and syncronization requirements this would not be the right thing. But for the home person... the DJ... or the small club or small club band, this is plenty powerful enough for the task at hand!

I just started upgrading some of my lighting for my DJ gear and received this for Christmas. I have played with this unit for about 3 days straight now and love all of the functionalities and total control that it gives you. This is an awesome board and is very easy to figure out. The instruction manual was ok and gave you the basics of the board but there are a few videos on the Internet that were a ton of help. I would highly recommend this board to anyone who is interested in lighting control.

this unit was ok but it is rather large and not ideal for a mobile solution. I ended up trying a few different controllers and ultimately ended up with the Lumidesk software which I am very happy with.

This does way more than I need it to do. it's actually pretty awesome.I really just use it in sound activated mode with all my lights.Everybody seems to like it and I find it easy to setup and go with minimal knowledge about DMX.Yeah I probably could have gotten away with a cheaper smaller version but I have 8 lights and this controls all of them, and I can add more later but so far haven't had that need.To me it was well worth it :)

I purchased this about 1 1/2 years ago, but it died within the first few months. Over a year later (I had a backup controller) I finally contacted Chauvet and they sent me a replacement - free of charge! We've been using it a every week for the last couple months now and it works flawlessly every time! It's easy enough to use that even when I'm not around, people can figure out how it works. There's still a ton of features I haven't tried out yet, but certainly need to!

It's very easy to use once you know DMX protocol