Why the Effects in My Cues Are Selective
7 Apr
2015
Written by catwest

Why the Effects in My Cues Are Selective »

Template effects are great, but if I'm storing an effect into a cue- it's definitely gonna be Selective.

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MA2 Surfaces
31 Mar
2015
Written by catwest

MA2 Surfaces »

Ever move your show file from a grandMA2 full size to a grandMA2 lite only to find that all of your sequences are on that set of 15 faders that don't exist on the lite? We can fix that with Surfaces.

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Oops
24 Mar
2015
Written by catwest

Oops »

I know we all use and love the OOPs key.  Some days, I know I feel like I live on the OOPS key. BUT, if you don't know about some of the finer points, you might not be getting everything you could out of it.

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SMPTE Timecode on GrandMA2
10 Mar
2015
Written by catwest

SMPTE Timecode on GrandMA2 »

Triggering your cues via SMPTE timecode is actually a lot easier than most people think.

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Decoding Presets- MA2 Video Tutorial
2 Mar
2015
Written by catwest

Decoding Presets- MA2 Video Tutorial »

There's a lot of useful feedback built into the visual of a grandMA2 preset, but you might not know what all of those characters mean. Let's take a look.

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The Freeze Key- MA2 Video Tutorial
9 Feb
2015
Written by catwest

The Freeze Key- MA2 Video Tutorial »

I've found that this is a key that's often times misunderstood when you're learning the console. The freeze key is all about priority- specifically, it gives the values on the fixtures in your programmer priority over values that may be played back in a cue.

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Default Presets – MA2 Video Tutorial
3 Feb
2015
Written by catwest

Default Presets – MA2 Video Tutorial »

Default presets are a quick and handy way to set and change default parameters in your rig.

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grandMA Series 1 Tutorials
7 Aug
2014
Written by catwest

grandMA Series 1 Tutorials »

Remember the old Consoletrainer website? Yeah, I try not to remember it either. The old site had sparse tutorials on grandMA Series 1, and once Series 2 graced us with it's presence- I moved all my focus there. SO- I'm not going to expand on or add any Series 1 Tutorials to this new version [...]
grandMA2 TechTips 2: Fixture Editor
23 Jul
2014
Written by catwest

grandMA2 TechTips 2: Fixture Editor »

A quick way to edit fixture options.

grandMA2 TechTips 1: Hardware Test
23 Jul
2014
Written by catwest

grandMA2 TechTips 1: Hardware Test »

How to perform a hardware test on a grandMA2 console.  Important inofrmation for console owners and rental shop technicians.