Products
Three products for the show team, and a cloud app that holds the project between shows. The desktop apps run the show on the LAN; the cloud is where the team reviews it.
Helm Cues
Section titled “Helm Cues”The show surface. Build cues on a waveform, send timecode, keep a grandMA3 in step both ways, run the night from Live with a second machine following.
- Cues in stacks on a beat grid; Go, Goto, Top, On, Off, Kill, Flash on the desk
- LTC and MTC out, MTC chase in, 24–30 fps with drop-frame
- Two-way grandMA3 sync through the HelmTrackNav plugin
- Media lanes, Sequence Monitor and Video Output windows
- Sessions: a second Cues or Helm Monitor (iOS) follows on the LAN
- Cloud projects on
app.helm.show; Stream Deck plugin
Platform/stack: macOS desktop app (Windows build not yet available) — Tauri, Svelte, Rust. Status: beta 0.2.x.
Cues docs → · Getting started →
Helm DJ
Section titled “Helm DJ”The deck bridge. Sits between Pioneer CDJs and the rest of the rig: listens to Pro DJ Link, follows every deck, and turns what the DJ does into signals the show can use.
- Live Pro DJ Link tracking: deck state, BPM, beat grid, playing track
- LTC and MTC output locked to the playing deck, per-deck routing
- Per-track cues that fire MIDI notes and CC at set points
- MIDI Clock for apps that beat-sync
- Diagnostics and a copyable snapshot for support
- Auto-updates from the Helm website (how that works)
Platform/stack: macOS desktop app (Windows build not yet available) — Tauri, SvelteKit, Rust. Status: public beta, 0.3.x.
Helm Clock
Section titled “Helm Clock”The timing fabric. Dedicated hardware that generates, distributes and monitors timecode for the whole rig.
- SMPTE LTC and MTC at 24/25/30 fps
- Priority-based multi-source sync with jitter suppression and re-clocking
- Separate audio paths: playback on RCA and minijack, LTC only on XLR
- Timing owned by a Rust daemon on the shared timecode crate
- 7-segment timecode readout, OLED menu, rotary encoder
Platform/stack: Raspberry Pi-based hardware; Rust timing daemon, Python control plane. Status: prototype. Production board targeted late 2026.
Helm Cloud App
Section titled “Helm Cloud App”The cloud home at app.helm.show. Projects, files and folders, timestamped review comments, versions, team roles, and a public page per project. The desktop apps pair with it and sync their show data up. It never plays audio or sends timecode.
Status: active development.