The Mantra is simple – make control of LED fixtures easy and intuitive, while still allowing control of moving lights and conventionals. Mantra Lite, and the Mantra Expansion Wings combine the ease of use of a fader based console, with the power of a touch screen graphical user interface. The software shows the user what to do next, ensuring a very easy learning curve for even the novice user. Power users are also catered for with many advanced features and the ability to record up to 1,000 memories, across 100 cuelists or chases, and playback 10 simultaneously on the console. Each optional wing increases this by 10 playbacks and 100 cuelists. The DMX output is also available as sACN and/or Art-Net via an RJ45 connector on the console. Control of 24 individual fixtures is provided on the Mantra Lite console, each with a physical fader for intensity. The optional expansion wings each provide an additional 12 fixtures, 10 playbacks and a universe of DMX. Connect up to two wings for a total of 48 fixtures, 30 playbacks and 3 universes of DMX. A large 18cm (7.2”) colour capacitive touch screen provides a powerful user interface, similar in operation to modern smartphones, giving the user the feeling of familiarity and comfort. RGB, RGBA, RGBAW and CMY parameters are all controlled via a simple colour picker, Pan and Tilt via a trackpad and other parameters by virtual sliders.