Timelapse Maestro

For the Dynamic Perception NMX

The app that puts your
NMX back in motion.

Your Dynamic Perception NMX was built to move beautifully — and now it has an app that runs on today's phones. Live joystick control, programmed moves, and smooth ramping, right from your pocket.

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Free while in early access — no account, no subscription.

A Dynamic Perception NMX motion rig — slider, pan, and tilt with a mounted camera — set up for a timelapse at golden hour in the high desert
Sled, pan, and tilt — an NMX rig in the field, back under control.

See it move — right now

This is the real app driving a simulated NMX. Move the joystick and watch the rig slide, pan, and tilt. No hardware, no signup.

Loading the app…
Move the joystick → Then tap PROGRAM → RUN to watch a full move

Simulated NMX — sled · pan · tilt

Simulation only — on a real rig it talks to your NMX over Bluetooth.

See it on a real rig

The demo above is the real app. Here it is out in the field, driving an actual Dynamic Perception NMX over Bluetooth.

Real hardware, real Bluetooth — no simulation.

Sound familiar?

You invested in a great rig — but the original apps were built for phones from another era.

Won't run on a modern iPhone Not available on newer Android Built for an older generation of phones Hard to pair with today's devices A great rig, waiting to roll again

Timelapse Maestro fixes every one of these. Your hardware was always the good part.

Built by an NMX owner — not by Dynamic Perception, just a fan of their hardware who wanted to keep a great rig rolling on a modern phone.

Built so it just works

Everything the original app did — faster and clearer — plus a few things it never could.

Engineered for rock-solid runs

The NMX firmware is particular — send the wrong command at the wrong moment and it can lock up. We reverse-engineered the safe command sequences and designed around every quirk, so your long runs finish clean.

Works with the rig you own

No new hardware, no adapters. If your controller pairs over Bluetooth as DP-NMX, Timelapse Maestro talks to it — sled, pan, tilt, and camera shutter, on iPhone and Android.

Three-axis live control

Independent sled, pan, and tilt with a live joystick and slider that doubles as a dead-man's safety hold — let go and the rig stops.

Programmed moves

Set start and end points, travel time, and lead-in / lead-out, then let the rig run the move on its own while you watch the scene.

Smooth ramping

Per-axis easing — linear, parabolic, and inverse — for accelerations that look natural on screen instead of mechanical.

Real-world units

Calibrate your gear and rig once and work in millimeters and degrees instead of guessing at raw motor steps.

Survives dropped connections

Mid-run Bluetooth reconnect with dead-reckoning keeps a long timelapse on track even if your phone briefly loses the link.

Program start/end point editor
Program
Motion ramping timeline editor
Ramp
Live run screen with motion graph
Run

Bringing an NMX back to life?

Tell us how it goes — bug reports, feature ideas, or help getting your rig paired. A real person reads every message.

Email support@timelapsemaestro.com

Want in early? Join the waitlist or sign up to be a beta tester →