The TL3012 is a compact, portable, digital dimmer controller. It is suitable for church, stage, theater, disco, night club, live performances and other event and artistic applications. It provides 12 channels of LMX-128 (industry standard multiplex) control on a 3 wire cable. It can optionally provide DMX output. The TL3012 operates in a 2 scene manual mode or can provide 24 preset scenes organized in 2 banks of 12 scenes each. Twelve user defined chase patterns are always available. Scene fade rate, chase rate and chase fade rate are user controlled. Audio may also be used as a chase rate control. Other features of the TL3012 include: a master fader, momentary buttons, and blackout control. Scenes and chases stored in the unit are not lost when the unit is turned off.