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Anyone acquainted with LED pixel tape these days is also undoubtedly familiar with two major challenges: huge channel count requirements and lack of consistency in color. RC4 Wireless’ DMXpix LED pixel controller’s utility starts with the ability to deal with varying LED tape pixel layouts (i.e., RGB, BGR, GRB, etc.), with a long string of benefits extending from there. RC4 Wireless lets users manipulate LED pixels in organized groups rather than on an LED-by-LED basis. Along with Custom Pixel Profiles and Key Frames, users can adjust Sequence Length, Sequence Mode and Group Length parameters, and, at its simplest, group three pixels together for an easy (and dramatic) reduction in channel count requirements. DMXpix’s ColorMatch, meanwhile, lets users set a custom white point for unified color mixing — trimming the time normally spent color-correcting these issues via console tweaks.

-From “Road Test,” PLSN, Dec. 2015, by Aron Altmark, page 42