The Xciter philosophy
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manual, you can adjust the timing parameters globally, meaning each step gets the same parameters, or
locally, meaning you can set a different timing for each step.
Xciter can hold as many sequences as its memory allows, depending on the sequence content (number of
steps and number of active channels per step).
3.2
Ways of running show elements
Scenes and sequences are very straightforward and are quite easy to create using the console’s intuitive
programming features.
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A scene contains a single look
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A sequence can contain up to 99 looks called steps
In this section we will give you a taste of how Xciter’s many playback features mold these basic elements
into powerful and versatile constructs. There are many different ways to create and playback a show. You
will eventually have to decide how you are going to playback the content you created.
3.2.1
Cue
Cue
Sequence A
Sequence B
Sequence C
Sequence D
Background scene
highest priority
lowest priority
trigger
run mode
trigger
run mode
trigger
run mode
trigger
run mode
The cue serves as a container to combine several show elements in order to launch and run them
simultaneously (in parallel). Xciter allows you to combine one scene called the background scene and four
sequences into a cue. With 8 page buttons and 20 number buttons, you can launch 160 cues directly from
the front panel.
The cue comes with a wide variety of playback features:
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Activate/deactivate background scene.
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Activate/deactivate each sequence separately.
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Sequence trigger: internal, manual, audio, BPM.
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Sequence run mode: forward, backward, bounce, random, one-shot freeze and one-shot release.
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Comprehensive audio settings.
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Quick link to playback bank.
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Assign background scenes, playback scenes and sequences live
These features are described below.
3.2.2
Playback
With the cue, you can launch and run up to 5 show elements simultaneously using the right side of the
console. You already have a great deal of control over the show with the four sequences that you can