Hey guys this is Martin again from SIRS-Electronics.
And today I wanted to talk to you about MADRIX and the different options that the MADRIX
family offers.
There are a lot of different options like the MEDRIX NEO the PLEXUS, the BASIC key,
the PRO key, the ULTIMATE key.
And you know, it gets confusing because there is all this different options.
So what are the differences between them? Well, today I am going to answer some of those
questions for you.
The most basic option that MADRIX offers is the MEDRIX NEO.
The MADRIX NEO comes with a DMX to USB Interface such as this one right here.
And is the easiest version of MADRIX.
This is a plug and play interface, all you do is load the program in the computer plug
in the interface and there you go.
This one includes 512 DMX Channels which is a 1 DMX Universe.
That is a good amount of channels.
But is you are going to be doing something that is relatively large this is not going to cut it.
So, then there is the MADRIX PLEXUS which is this one right here.
This one comes with 2 DMX Universes which is 1024 Channels.
And that is a little bit more channels to play around with.
But the cool thing about the MADRIX PLEXUS is its stand alone ability.
With this little device here you can load the program and all the presets that you programmed
in your software
You load them on to here and you can play the show from here without the computer.
You plug in your power supply.
And you are ready to go.
You have your DMX outputs here one and two for each universe and it is a little cool
interface.
But it is 1024 channels.
It's a good amount but if you still need more then there is the MADRIX BASIC key.
The BASIC key it just comes with the software and this little USB key.
That unlocks the software so that you can run the software.
The MADRIX BASIC key comes with 16 DMX Universes.
That is a lot more than two.
The down side to this is that it doesn't come with an interface.
You need to incorporate your own interface.
MADRIX is pretty good at being compatible with a bunch of different manufactures.
You could use the MADRIX Luna which is an 8 node DMX interface.
You can use the ENTTEC Data Gating K2 and you can use our DMX Net 8.
Those are 8 node interfaces so the more universes you need the more interface you are going to need.
But if still 16 Universes are not enough, because you know you are some mad* scientist.
And you want to create some crazy large project.
You can go with the PRO.
The MADRIX PRO Key has 64 DMX Universes.
64 Universes are a lot.
With this you can create screens you can create really cool pixel effects.
And things that are going to require a lot of channels.
But if that is still not enough because you just cannot get enough of MADRIX then you'll
need the ULTIMATE KEY.
You know the ULTIMATE Key has 256 DMX Universes.
That is a lot! And with 256 Universes you can pretty much make anything happen with
that.
The cool thing about MADRIX is that the software is the same whether you go for the NEO to
the ULTIMATE.
The software structure and everything is the same.
The only thing that changes is how many DMX Universes you have available to play around with.
So with the ULTIMATE is the same story you know you incorporate your own interface
And all that depending on how many Universes you are going to be using.
You can choose your interface.
The cool thing about MADRIX is that is very good at being compatible with a lot of different
interfaces.
You can go from the SUNLITE Easy Stand Alone to like the ENTTEC, to like the EQ.
So there is a bunch of different interfaces that are compatible with MADRIX, and that
is a very cool thing.
The other cool thing about MADRIX is that it has a self mapping ability.
So instead of programming channel by channel, color by color,
Pixel by pixel and trying to create chases and effects and words and all these cool stuff that you could do.
With MADRIX instead of doing it one by one with other similar software.
Here you pretty much input your X Axis by your Y Axis of pixels and there you go it
is mapped out for you.
And it comes with a bunch of cool presets.
You can change the speed, the colors, the frequency and all that cool stuff.
So.. you don't have to actually sit there and program effects.
This is really cool it comes with a bunch of presets and it doesn't get any easier than that.
The cool thing about MADRIX is that if you are into programming.
You can actually program your own effects aside from the ones that MADRIX already comes with.
So that is one of the cool features.
MADRIX is a great product and it is also compatible with other protocols other than DMX.
You could use it with DVI,
You could use it with RNET,
You could use it with Color Smart Link.
You could use it with Streaming ACN and a bunch of different protocols.
MADRIX is a great product, great software, and great hardware.
Really easy to setup it will save you a lot of time. It's a very good product.
So if you guys have any other questions or comments or concerns or anything like that.
You can drop us a comment there on the comment box on YouTube.
I hope this video has helped you guys out.
Thank You for Watching!