Martin Light Controller Xciter

Close the circle
The new Xciter lighting controller from Martin closes the circle on total performance control. It provides complete functionality to your fingertips, with instant pitch adjustment, freeze, flash, blackout, master fader and more. From the most personal show to mid-sized performances, the Xciter puts you in total control.

Live control
Let your impulses take over. Improvise and match the mood with instant pitch adjustment, freeze, flash, blackout, master fader and more. Xciter gives you unprecedented spontaneity with six general faders and two masters, six flash and four customised buttons. Every cue, every effect, every fixture for every beat, is now just a hand reach away.

The X FX
With Xciter, lighting and effect triggers are no longer confined to simple BPM’s. The Xciter sports leading edge technology that allows different fixtures to follow base, mids or highs, in fact all spectrums of your music; giving greater pronouncement to individual rhythms and giving you a complete and dynamic show.

Nowhere to hide
Control up to 20 fixtures, each with up to 48 channels – with a maximum of 512 channels! (This will shortly be increased to an amazing 40 fixtures through a simple software update). This level of total light command empowers you to influence your audience far beyond the boundaries of the dance floor. And programming is a breeze with a joystick for manual pan and tilt guidance.

Custom buttons
Functions such as strobe, smoke, mirror ball activation and more can be allocated to each of four programmable buttons for simplified effects juggling.

Fade to Flash
Assign effects, scenes or dimmers to any of six faders and flash buttons and access them live during playback. You can also set the Grand Master Fader for overall light intensity and Pitch Fader to get pulses racing; speeding your show by up to fives times when the moment dictates.

Data Dispatch
Connect your PC directly to Xciter via the USB connection to update fixture libraries, to back up, edit, export and import shows.

Streamline
The Xciter’s excellence is not exclusive to within. Martin has matched ingenuity and functionality with grace and aesthetics. Cool blue LCD displays lend both kudos and an easy navigation for Xciter’s show menu, dialogue and fader label screens. A jog wheel also delivers a friendly scrolling function through fader pages while a joystick simplifies the manual pan and tilt control.

Features

20 fixtures, (Soon to be 40), with maximum of 48 channels + dimmers (Total max 512 channels) Add Pan/Tilt shape effects with timing effects Add any effect to a single channel including timing effects Up to 10 manual override scenes during playback on faders Pitch fader; gives increase or decrease to show speed by up to 5 times. Freeze button Master fader to adjust general light intensity 4 Programmable custom buttons. Assign different spectrums of the music as a trigger for any parameter of the fixture(s). Export, backup or import shows via USB to PC.

Technical Data

Physical:
Dimensions (length x width x height): 483 x 265 x 120mm (19 x 10.4 x 4.7 in.)
Weight: 4.65 kg (10.3 lbs)

Power supply:
Operating range: 90-250V AC, 50–60Hz
Maximum power: 15W

Processing power:
High-end Infineon micro-controller at 40MHz2MB of fast working memory8MB of high endurance storage memorySeparate processor for IO handlingInterfaces:
1 x DMX in (5-pin XLR male)1 x DMX out (3 & 5-pin XLR female)1 x MIDI in (DIN5 female)1 x MIDI out (DIN5 female)1 x MIDI through (DIN5 female)1 x USB slave port (USB B)1 x audio in (5mm mono jack)1 x internal microphone1 x IIC expansion port (DIN5 female)Controls:
Soft power button with 2 sec switch-off securityMaster fader to adjust general light intensityMaster flash buttonBlack-out buttonPitch fader with center click to adjust sequence timing during playbackFreeze button6 faders and flash buttons for parameter control and direct access scenes during playbackProgrammable smoke, strobe, extra 1 and extra 2 buttons40 x 2 character LCD with blue backlight to show fader labels (parameters and values)Jog wheel to scroll through fader pages20 x 4 character LCD with blue backlight to show menus and dialogues8 soft buttons to select items on the displayJog wheel to scroll through lists and input dataESC and ENTER buttons for menu and dialogue controlDim button for direct access to dimmer channelsFix button to control fixturesCue button to launch single cuesCue list button to activate cue lists8 page buttons to select cue pages and fixture groups20 general purpose buttons to select cues, select fixtures and input dataShift key to access secondary functions of certain buttonsPrevious and next buttons used for single stepping, inputting data, navigationJoystick for pan / tilt control with built-in button to toggle coarse / finePan exclude buttonTilt exclude buttonHome button to send all selected fixture to their home positionSoft wrist pad for comfortable controlUSB A connector for desk lightUSB B connector for PC linkProgramming and playback facilities:
40 fixtures of maximum 48 channels – (total max. 512 physical channels)20 dimmers of maximum 48 channels – (total max. 512 physical channels)Built-in Martin fixture library (other libraries can be updated via USB)Library editor to create your own fixture definitionsUp to 160 cues (1 background scene + 4 sequences can run simultaneously per cue)Up to 160 cue lists (automated shows with go, chase and wait functionality)Up to 160 presets on all channels16-bit possible on all channelsEffect generator with adjustable speed, swing and delayEffect macro to recall complex effects instantly (several effect macros factory-loaded)Relative and absolute control possible over all channels16-bit fan control on all channels to create spread-outsUp to 6 sequences can be cross-faded with cues during playbackSequence trigger modes: internal clock, manual, audio (4-band, adjustable levels), BPM (with record mode)Sequence options: forward, backward, bounce, random, one-shot freeze, one-shot releaseAuto-start of automated shows with auto lamp-on featureExport / import show or library via USB link to PC