Best DJ Laser Lights: A Buyer's Guide to DJ Lasers
DJ laser lights for working DJs: battery power, visualizers that react to your music, MIDI and DMX control, which LaserCube to buy and how to set it up.
DJ laser lights range from small party lasers to professional show lasers. For gigs, you want one that sets up fast, reacts to the music and fits how you run your set.
Here is what a LaserCube gives a working DJ, which model to pick and how to set it up.
What a LaserCube gives a working DJ
- No socket needed: every LaserCube runs on its own battery, the Pro for about 2 to 3 hours and the Ultra MK2 for about 3 to 4 hours. Setup takes under 5 minutes, and for a longer night it charges while it plays on its charger. More in our battery guide.
- The free LaserOS app: for iOS, Android, Mac and Windows, with 75+ visualizers, 80+ effects and beam shows. It works offline, and the cube makes its own WiFi network, so you don't need the venue's.
- Your name and your logo: project your own text in any font, or import your logo (SVG works best), onto a wall or a backdrop away from people.
- Shows without a laptop (Pro and Ultra MK2): 197 sound-reactive visualizers built into the cube (firmware 2.2) that hear the music through its built-in microphone or its 3.5 mm line input (A-IN) from your mixer, and 38 ready-made shows on the microSD card, each timed to its own soundtrack (the cube plays it from its A-OUT jack into your mixer). Tap BPM on the cube sets the tempo its effects follow.
- Control the way you work: an APC40 MK II or APC mini MK II MIDI controller, plugged into the computer running LaserOS or straight into a Pro or Ultra MK2. Ableton Link is built into LaserOS on a computer. The Pro and Ultra MK2 also take DMX and Art-Net, with ready-made fixtures in SoundSwitch and the Wolfmix W1.
Which LaserCube for DJs?
Get the biggest one you can: the more power, the bigger the room or party it suits.
- LaserCube Pro (3W or 6W): our most advanced model, essentially a compact Ultra MK2, at 2.5 kg. Up to about 1,000 people indoors, with DMX, ILDA In, MIDI and shows without a laptop. From €1,399. The Pro isn't sold in the USA yet.
- LaserCube Ultra MK2 (6W or 10W): our most powerful model, with the longest battery and full-size XLR DMX. Up to about 1,000 people indoors. From €1,999 ($2,799 in the USA). In the USA, it is the professional model we sell; US buyers of the Ultra MK2 10W or 6W pass a free online Laser Operator Course before it ships.
- LaserCube WiFi (1.2W or 2.5W): for a tight budget. Up to about 500 people indoors, always played from a phone, tablet or computer, with no DMX, ILDA or MIDI port. From €799 ($1,499 in the USA).
These were the starting prices on 2 November 2026; the LaserCube page shows today's price for your country. For more, see what a laser show projector costs and Pro or Ultra MK2. For more than about 1,000 people indoors, run several cubes in sync.
The Pro 6W has the same laser output as the Ultra MK2 6W in a smaller body (2.5 kg against 3.7 kg). The Ultra MK2 adds the 10W, a longer battery, full-size XLR DMX and ILDA Out; the Pro's DMX uses 3.5 mm jacks with standard adapter cables (not included).
Setting up at a gig
- Height first: place or mount the cube so every beam stays at least 3 m (10 ft) above the floor wherever people may be, measured from the highest place someone could stand, such as a stage or a riser. Aim at a wall, a backdrop or the ceiling, with every beam above that line. In a room too low for that, no beam goes over the dance floor: project your name or logo onto a wall or backdrop where nobody can stand, with the beams' path clear of people too.
- Set the beam block with the cube off and the key out, then switch on and check, before anyone is in the room. Repeat until nothing scans into the audience area.
- Mount it so it can't move: the Pro and Ultra MK2 bracket has lockable tilt and a central hole for an M8 or M10 bolt, so your own truss clamp fits; at height, add a safety cable through the eye bolt. The WiFi screws onto a standard camera tripod. Leave space around the cube for airflow.
- Add haze: beams in the air show best with haze or fog. Thin haze gives the clearest beams; too much turns them into a glow. Our Nano Fogger is for small spaces, and big venues use a full-size fog or haze machine (see our fog guide). Never plug a fog machine into the cube's DMX ports unless it's true DMX: many put mains power on their XLR socket, which damages the cube.
- Use a cable for pro shows: the cube's WiFi works, but a room full of phones and laptops can cause interference and drop-outs. For professional use we recommend a network cable: every LaserCube comes with one, plus a USB-C to Ethernet adapter for your phone or laptop.
- Phone, laptop or nothing: play from LaserOS, or run a Pro or Ultra MK2 on its own, with music from your mixer in its 3.5 mm line input (A-IN) for the visualizers.
Ideas for a whole light rig are in our DJ lighting setup guide; for a stage, see laser stage lighting.
Matching the lasers to the music
Change the look with the track, not one preset all night:
- Fast, hard-hitting tracks (EDM, dubstep, techno): a visualizer that reacts to the track, with beam bursts and short flashes from LaserOS's Strobe effect.
- Long builds and slower sets (trance, progressive house): slow fans and flat sheets of light above the 3 m line, or a visualizer that follows the sound.
- Set pieces: the ready-made EDM, Wedding and Birthday shows on a Pro or Ultra MK2 play with their own soundtrack, so use them as a moment of their own, such as an interval or a first dance, not under your track.
- Weddings and birthdays: names or a message from the Text app on a wall. More on lasers for nightclubs, weddings and mobile DJs.
- One track, one show: on a computer, the LaserOS Timeline places content along a song.
How DJs sync lasers to the beat is in our music laser show guide, and club and home setups in disco laser light shows.
A word on safety
LaserCube is a professional show laser, not a toy: never aim it at people's eyes, at audiences or at aircraft, and never at anything flammable. On a dance floor, that means:
- Every beam stays at least 3 m (10 ft) above the floor wherever people may be. Never into the crowd or onto the dance floor: no audience scanning, ever.
- Never at mirrors, a mirror ball, windows or anything shiny or reflective.
- Safety zones in LaserOS or on the cube keep beams off cameras, screens and video projectors. They never protect people: nobody should be in front of the laser, with or without a zone.
- The safety key is turned by hand at every switch-on. In the USA every LaserCube comes with an E-Stop and won't emit without it; elsewhere it's optional. Never bypass the key, the interlock or the E-Stop.
- Whoever runs the laser is responsible for where every beam goes.
- For public shows, check your local rules.
More in our safety tips.
Choose your LaserCube
Compare the models side by side on the models page, then pick yours on the LaserCube page, with prices for your country. New to lasers? Our free LaserCube Academy walks you from the box to your first show.
Frequently asked questions
Q01Which DJ laser light should a mobile DJ buy?
The biggest one you can: the Ultra MK2 10W. The Pro and Ultra MK2 suit up to about 1,000 people indoors and play shows without a laptop; outside the USA the Pro is the smaller, lighter choice. On a tight budget, the WiFi suits up to about 500 people indoors. In the USA, the Ultra MK2 is the professional model we sell.
Q02Can I sync the lasers to my DJ software?
LaserOS can run on the same laptop as your DJ software. Its visualizers react to the audio input you pick in LaserOS's settings: on Windows that can be the laptop's own sound, on a Mac a microphone or another input. Ableton Link is built into LaserOS on a computer (our video on it is on the tutorials page). SoundSwitch can control the Pro and Ultra MK2 over DMX or Art-Net with its ready-made LaserCube fixture. With no laptop, use Tap BPM on a Pro or Ultra MK2.
Q03Do DJ lasers need a fog machine?
For beams in the air, yes: they show best with haze or fog, and thin haze gives the clearest beams. Our Nano Fogger suits small rooms; big venues use a full-size fog or haze machine.
Q04How is a LaserCube different from a cheap party laser?
A LaserCube gives you up to 10W of laser power, a safety key and an interlock or E-Stop, a temperature cut-off, the free LaserOS app, a 1-year warranty and our support.
Q05Is a LaserCube legal for DJ gigs?
LaserCube is fully legal and certified worldwide. Rules for public shows differ by country and venue, and some places need a permit or a trained laser safety officer. In the US, LaserCube is certified through X-Laser, and a LaserCube bought in the USA comes with the FDA variance (issued by X-Laser). For public shows, check your local rules too.
See it for yourself
LaserCube is a portable, battery-powered RGB laser projector, and its show software, LaserOS, is free.
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