Professional DMX Lighting Control.
Mac Style.

X AIR Edit provides full control over all mixing, processing and effects functions of X AIR X18, XR18, XR16 and XR12 digital mixers right from your Mac. The X AIR EDIT user interface is optimized for touch-panel operation and provides simple, intuitive access to expert-level editing for mixing 18 input channels to 12 buses, including 4 internal.
Under Editor Tool, click PTouch Editor 5.x link. Read the End-User License Agreement then click Agree to the EULA and Download. Enter the last 9 characters of the Serial Number - can be found in the rear of the machine - and then click Submit button. For Windows Operating System: See steps 8-12. For Macintosh: See steps 13 -15.
P-touch Editor allows you to create templates with various kinds of designs. To download the latest driver and software, please go to the section of this website. For information on how to use P-touch Editor, please refer to other related FAQs: For Windows users, click here. For Mac users, click here.
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You should use a different editor that can have its binary run properly from the command line like SublimeText (sudo subl /path/to/file) or TextMate (sudo mate /path/to/file). Or just suck it up and use vi or nano:-) If you're going to be doing a lot of this type of thing TextEdit is probably the least desirable editor to use anyhow.

Highly Compatible.
Bring your own DMX interface: USB, Art-Net, sACN, or ESP-Net.
Vastly Powerful.
Lightkey’s built-in FX engine takes your light show to a new level.
Surprisingly Simple.
Easy to learn, quick to set up. Engineered exclusively for Mac.

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Highly Compatible.
Bring Your Own DMX Interface.

Save the cost of expensive proprietary DMX hardware: Lightkey works with a wide range of USB interfaces plus any Art-Net, sACN, or ESP-Net-compatible device, thanks to the Open Lighting Architecture. Whatever DMX interface you have, there’s a good chance that Lightkey supports it—simply download Lightkey for free, plug in your interface, and give it a try.

Choose from a wide range of USB–DMX interfaces from various manufacturers

Or use any Art-Net, sACN, or ESP Net network interface

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Hardware Control.
Enhance Your Experience.

Do you prefer the physical controls on a lighting console? Then you can have the best of both worlds. Lightkey integrates seamlessly with any standard MIDI controller and DMX console (through DMX-In). You can map each hardware control to whatever feature you like and build your own custom-tailored show control desk to trigger cues, presets and sequences, adjust fixture properties, tap the beat, and whatever else you need.

Designed for Creativity.
Take Your Light Show to a New Level.

Designed for the needs of creative lighting designers, Lightkey breaks free from the old thinking about DMX values and channels. Thru advanced fixture profiles it understands all your fixtures’ properties—like Color, Gobo, Shutter, Prism, Zoom—, and provides specially-designed, easy-to-use controls for each of them. The current state of your fixtures is always visible in the live preview. Simply concentrate on the perfect light show and let Lightkey translate it to the proper DMX values.

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Virtual Light Beams
Virtual light beams show your lights’ real-world positions and also reflect intensity, color, focus, zoom, iris, frost, and shutter/strobe states.
Built-In Stage Editor IMPROVED
The built-in graphical editor lets you recreate the stage or dance floor on the screen. Apart from your fixtures you can add shapes, trusses, and custom images.
Copy & Paste
Easily copy and paste properties and effects between fixtures – even fixtures of different types. Of course, you can undo as well.
At a Glance
Little “bubbles” in the Preview show you at a glance which fixture properties are overridden or defined by a preset, sequence, or cue.
On-the-Fly Changes
Quickly change any fixture property on the fly—perfect for nightclubs and parties where you don’t have a song run sheet in advance.
Intelligent Design View
The Design view automatically adapts itself according to your fixtures and their properties so you only see the controls you really need.

Real-World Pan/Tilt Locations

Lightkey knows your moving light’s pan/tilt range, home position, and rotation direction. With this information it calculates the exact beam position on the stage or dance floor, so the preview always shows the fixture’s real-world position, letting you point your lights wherever you like with just a single mouse click. Even if you select multiple devices from different manufacturers, Lightkey will calculate the individual DMX values for each of them so they all point in the same direction.

Effects.
Infinite Possibilities.

Lightkey’s powerful effects engine makes it easy and fun to create amazing dynamic looks. Choose from over 50 effect templates or create your own pattern, curve, or movement effects. Effects can be applied to almost any fixture property and stored in presets and cues while staying editable all the time. Apply effects to multi-beam LED strips and matrixes. Synchronize effects to music. Overlay multiple effects for countless possibilities.

Beat Control.
Stay in the Rhythm.

Effortlessly sync your light show to music. Lightkey connects to your DAW, DJ app, or audio analysis software through MIDI Clock or Ableton Link. Or simply tap the beat and Lightkey will continue at the same tempo. You can adjust the speed of individual cues at any time with a Beat Multiplier.

Tap the Beat
Tap the beat with the mouse, keyboard, or a MIDI controller, and Lightkey will pick up the tempo.
MIDI Clock
Receive a MIDI Beat Clock signal sent by a DJ software, mixer, or audio analysis tool.
Ableton Link
Ableton Link syncs beat information between apps on the same computer or local network.

Always in Sync.
Run Your Lighting From Ableton Live.

The unique Live Triggers feature makes it quick and intuitive to trigger lighting cues directly from Ableton Live: Simply drag cues you created in Lightkey to the Ableton Live timeline. If you’re a live performer, you can create a light show that’s perfectly in sync with the music without any manual operation during the show.

Setup.
Surprisingly Simple.

An interactive assistant guides you through the entire setup process: Configure DMX output, patch your fixtures, create a visual representation of the stage. And if you ever need a fixture profile that is not in the built-in library, simply send us the DMX specs and we’ll create it for you within a few days.

Live Preview
This 2D view of your lighting rig shows the current state of the fixtures with virtual light beams

Preset Palette
Create and organize presets and sequences

Control panel
Build a custom-tailored control panel with buttons and faders to control your lights during a show

Shortcuts
Shows keyboard shortcuts and gestures for the current context

Command Central.

Don’t waste your time shuffling windows and panels around. Everything you need is cleanly arranged in a single window, providing you with exactly the controls you need at any time. The elegant, white-on-dark UI has been specially designed for use in low-light environments—it even adapts itself to the light colors.

Full-Screen Mode
The single-window user inte

Highly Compatible.

Vastly Powerful.

Surprisingly Simple.

Highly Compatible.Bring Your Own DMX Interface.

Hardware Control.Enhance Your Experience.

Designed for Creativity.Take Your Light Show to a New Level.

X-touch Editor Software Mac

Virtual Light Beams

Built-In Stage Editor IMPROVED

Copy & Paste

At a Glance

On-the-Fly Changes

Intelligent Design View

Real-World Pan/Tilt Locations

Effects.Infinite Possibilities.

Beat Control.Stay in the Rhythm.

Tap the Beat

MIDI Clock

Ableton Link

Always in Sync.Run Your Lighting From Ableton Live.

Setup.Surprisingly Simple.

X Touch Editor For Mac