The major advantage to DMX is that you can switch up the daisy chain all day and not worry about re-laying out it all in Xlights. WS2811 is an address-by-position protocol, so when you change their positions you have to change a bunch of other stuff. But in DMX all the addresses are stored in the lights themselves (so yes, the colors are individually controllable). It doesn't care the order you wire it. P.S. To answer irrumater's question, you need only one dongle. You can string all your lights in a chain and give them different addresses. However, for multiple lights you need DMX XLR cables. For just one light you don't (because that plugs directly in the dongle). But every light after that, you need a DMX cable. Or, you can buy these wireless DMX transmitter/receivers for $30, and not have to hook anything up in series (although a cable costs $3. A receiver costs $30). Normally what I do is connect a single wireless DMX transmitter directly to the USB dongle, and then have multiple wireless receivers out there (and from there you can daisy chain lots of lights after the receiver). So there's no hornet's nest of wires like you would see on a Renard SS24. And you're saving on a bunch of AC extension cord. The 120VAC electric lines all hook up together just like store-bought lights do.
The drawback to DMX is that it doesn't work so well when you have 10,000 lights (>>512). That's why pixels normally run on WS2811.
The prices for DMX can look deceptively high, because you'll be looking at so much commercial stuff. Here's a decent, low-end DMX flood for $20:
https://www.amazon.com/Kebert-Contr...eywords=dmx+flood+light&qid=1688435786&sr=8-6
That flood has more wattage and bells-and-whistles than that WS2811 light, for a similar price. It looks like this light has 36x1W LED's.
Here's DMX cable:
https://www.amazon.com/Cable-Female...d=1688436833&sprefix=dmx+cabl,aps,153&sr=8-15
Here are the wireless transceivers:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074M9ZQZ...g&sr=1-1-9e67e56a-6f64-441f-a281-df67fc737124
You also should buy a DMX terminator to end each daisy chain. They're only $3 apiece, and they'll save you a bunch of headache later on down the line:
https://www.monoprice.com/product?p...Ju8ZbaN2Y3t05L3z-4eub4VpMyXIGEvxoCBxIQAvD_BwE
I use both Renard and DMX, and I don't think the price of DMX is that different from Renard when you compare apples-to-apples. It's just that the lighting pros like to buy these golden, chocolate-covered, 6-pound apples that cost a lot more and put them in Taylor Swift concerts.
The drawback to DMX is that it doesn't work so well when you have 10,000 lights (>>512). That's why pixels normally run on WS2811.
The prices for DMX can look deceptively high, because you'll be looking at so much commercial stuff. Here's a decent, low-end DMX flood for $20:
https://www.amazon.com/Kebert-Contr...eywords=dmx+flood+light&qid=1688435786&sr=8-6
That flood has more wattage and bells-and-whistles than that WS2811 light, for a similar price. It looks like this light has 36x1W LED's.
Here's DMX cable:
https://www.amazon.com/Cable-Female...d=1688436833&sprefix=dmx+cabl,aps,153&sr=8-15
Here are the wireless transceivers:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074M9ZQZ...g&sr=1-1-9e67e56a-6f64-441f-a281-df67fc737124
You also should buy a DMX terminator to end each daisy chain. They're only $3 apiece, and they'll save you a bunch of headache later on down the line:
https://www.monoprice.com/product?p...Ju8ZbaN2Y3t05L3z-4eub4VpMyXIGEvxoCBxIQAvD_BwE
I use both Renard and DMX, and I don't think the price of DMX is that different from Renard when you compare apples-to-apples. It's just that the lighting pros like to buy these golden, chocolate-covered, 6-pound apples that cost a lot more and put them in Taylor Swift concerts.