Guides & Manuals

Everything about Tesla light shows, in plain English.
How they work, how to make them, how to load them, how to run a hundred cars at once.

Plain-English guides
Guide

How Tesla light shows work

What they are, which cars support them, how the car plays them, and how custom shows are made.

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Guide

How to make a custom Tesla light show

Step by step from song to verified .fseq file, with templates, fades, and the vehicle layouts.

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Guide

How to load a light show onto a USB drive

Drive format, the LightShow folder, file naming, the glovebox port, and why the car sometimes ignores a drive.

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Guide

How to sync multiple Teslas

Why synchronized shows are possible, the old countdown method, and how Orchestrator starts every car from one button.

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Guide

How to run a Tesla light show event

A producer's checklist: venue, owners, check-in, preflight, setlist, crowd screen, wrap-up, and going for a record.

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Full documentation

Manuals

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Marquee Light Show Studio

Studio 2.0 User Manual

From your first clip to a nine-part production: the timeline, fades, templates, palettes, live capture, verified export, and loading the car.

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Orchestrator

Director's Manual · Edition 5

Running synchronized multi-car shows: check-ins, show packages and roles, setlists, the crowd screen, releasing vehicles, and the leaderboard.

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For attendees

Attendee Guide

The one-page handout for owners joining a show: five minutes on your phone, no app, no account. Producers, print it by the stack.

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