GrandMA2 can be incredibly daunting to learn. In this video, I'm going to be giving you a fulllength crash course to go over all of the major things you need to know to get a show up and running from nothing.

Consider this your "oh S#!*" guide to MA2.

Remember that the desk is only as complex as YOU decide to make it and that the only true way to become comfortable with it is to practice and experiment.

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Timestamps:

0:00 Introduction
3:15 Hardware introduction
4:15 Streaming version
5:00 The premise of this exercise
6:25 Screen areas
8:00 Command Line
8:50 Key arrangement
11:00 Patching your fixtures
21:49 Sessions and networking
26:40 Artnet
27:38 Default DMX values
28:20 Building a programming view
29:15 Creating and sizing windows
29:46 Command line feedback
31:02 Preset pools
32:22 Encoder options button
33:44 Auto create menu
35:45 Creating worlds
37:00 Auto create color presets
37:52 Channel faders
41:55 changing values with the encoders
42:07 Default Presets
44:55 Active and Inactive values the programmer
45:26 Storing cues
46:16 The concept of SelFix (Select Fixtures)
47:30 Fixture instances (multipart fixtures)
48:36 MAtricks
50:02 The If Keyword and wildcards *
52:06 The difference between executors and sequences
53:45 Cue data is stored in sequences
53:58 Labeling
56:30 Removing data from cues
57:05 Store options
58:00 The "main" selected sequence
58:30 The different Go buttons
59:30 Executor playback options galore
1:00:15 Executor levels and activation
1:01:30 Changing what faders and buttons do
1:02:30 Sequence Defaults
1:03:10 Layout views the key to fast programming
1:07:35 Arrange layouts by camera
1:13:00 Fixing fixture position problems from the console
1:18:40 The DMX Tester output DMX values with no fixtures patched
1:21:25 Using worlds to program with layout views
1:27:15 Multiple cues in one sequence
1:38:00 Fanning positions and other values with align
1:38:30 Preset modes Selective vs. Global
1:40:00 Exec time variable fade times for playback
1:41:00 Ignore exec time option
1:41:30 Advanced sequence assignment through the command line
1:45:00 Align groups
1:45:40 Mixing LED colors using playback faders
1:51:40 Gobos and focus programming
1:54:50 Opposite rotation gobos
1:58:20 How selection order matters with effects
2:01:10 Effect size fader