I can't tell you how many GrandMA Tutorials I've seen around GMA3, and this by far is the best "crash course" into the system. Thank you so much for breaking things down so well
Hi Ray - Thank you very much for the nice words :-) I really hope that i will help someone to learn the GrandMA3 console, and maybe make it a little easier to start. :-)
These are so helpful! Thank you! Being a novice at GrandMA3, I am now trying to teach it to my high school tech production class. Appreciate all of your videos so much!
Awesome tutorial! I have a show to run tomorrow (with 48h notice) and have only used MA2 a few times, so this has been really helpful :) Thanks for putting the time into this.
Great information and very well presented. I am also taking the university course written by the software developer but your 102 minute course answered a lot of questions I had after watching the other course. Our church is awaiting the delivery of the GrandMA3 Control Wing but we've been told it is on eternal backorder. I'm thinking we will begin using GrandMA3 without the wing since it appears it's going to be awhile before we actually get it!
Hi Mike Thank you very much for the nice feedback 😀 It’s always nice to hear from someone who benefits from the tutorials on my channel. I haven’t tried the MA course myself so all the information in my tutorial is more or less “learning by doing” for me 😀 I am happy that you will start using it in your church already 👍 What are you using to get your DMX out of the software until you get your wing? Once again - thank you for watching and commenting 🙏🙏🙏
@@Event-Lighting Not sure what we'll be using, if anything, until we get the wing. We are only running one universe right now but will be going to at least two when the wing comes in. We already have the custom built PC and two touch screen monitors but not sure if we are going to implement those until we get the wing. I can't wait to get started using MA 3 though!
Hi Mike. Okay so it´s not like the GrandMA3 Wing will replace anything you already use today? Haha i understand, it´s always hard to wait when new toys are underway 😀😀😀 I have a wing in my office at the moment, and it works really nice. I love that they implemented the motorized faders on all their products on the GrandMA3 series - it works just like "the real deal" 😀 Cant wait to hear from you when you get the wing and start using it 😀
@@Event-Lighting Right now we're using Vista 3 and I'm getting more and more excited for MA 3 to go live especially after your comment " it works just like "the real deal" 😀" Patience is a virtue I don't have a lot of!
One question. When i make clear after made an edit in a group, it stays in the group. Example if i highlight a group and make 100% dimmer, and then push clear. The dimmer is on on the fixture, without me have recored anything.. Help =)
Hello there! Quick question, When i tried to make a preset on POS 2 even i get my Auras 100% i can't see them. Is there something going on? i tired many times & it ended up like the same as before. Any ideas? Thank you. **But i can see my Vipers when they are on 100%.
Iv never used a GrandMA in my life ...I use EOS lighting consoles as a in house Lx Operator in a Theater..But I must say I get everything you showed and presented ..The only thing I have question on is the Patching 1to1 512 is 1 universe ...is " The FID " is that the channel number and Patch is the Address number ....For example its so different on EOS programming... I would have a Chauvet LED ovations at DMX Address 400 with 18 channel and then have second Ovation 420 DMX Address...Third fixture DMX Address 440 with 18 channel so on and so on ...But with grandMA its like 1.400 1.418 1.436 ...I don't know if iv patched them correctly im just using PC version as a test to see where I get ...with EOS i can open up new show and go 1 thr 512 enter which gives me access to first universe . Then I can go 400 at 1/1 enter it give me 400 dmx on 512
also I love the way it says please instead of enter and TOP to go back to CUE1 in eos its " go to cue 0 " .. I'm defiantly impressed I will be watching rest of you're videos on GrandMA , cause I have 6 years experience using EOS i think I can get hang of GrandMA3 in a few weeks
I have never used EOS consoles, so I don´t really know how they work, but I know that they are used a lot in theaters. Maybe you could tell us a little bit about how they work, and why they are used in theaters. Something must be easy with them; hence they are used so much in theaters? Maybe you could send e an email on my YT mail? You can find it in the about section. The number you put in front of the . (dot) is the UNIVERSE number, so if you patch something at 1.1 it´s universe 1, start address 1. If you patch multiple fixtures, the console will automatically give the next fixture the next available address. (You can change that if you want if you would like it to always jump 20 addresses) The FID is the "fixture ID". On GrandMA consoles, all fixtures must have a unique FID. That way you can always access any fixtures, with selecting “Fixture 1 @ full” or “fixture 1 thru 12 @ 0” Makes sense? 😊
My playbacks window won't open the executor assign menu. when I click the yellow label bar at the top of the executor row the command line reads, "Failed:Assign Page". Any help?
QUESTION First off thanks for such a helpful video! I am subscribing. My question is about adding the group to the layout window. In the video you Assigned the group to the layout and you see each individual fixture. When I do it on my end, it just shows the group. Does anyone have an idea of what Im doing wrong? Is it weird to put out my email for help?
there is a weird thing happening to my software, the command screen only show blocks but not the content, so i don't see any labels on the buttons, only the buttons itself.. don't know how to fix it
Start with mounting a USB stick on your computer. Save ANY GrandMA3 show on the USB Stick, no matter what kind of show :-) After you have saved a show, there will be a new folder on the USB Stick called GRANDMA3. Inside the folder you will find 2 folders. "gma3_library" and "shared". If you open the "shared" folder, there will be 2 new folders. "backups" and "shows". Copy and paste YOUR show file into the SHOWS folder. NOW you can see the show in the grandMA3 software, if you select you USB stick in the top right corner of the BACKUP MENU in the GrandMA3 software. :-) Let me know if that helps you 🙂
Following along tutorial, when we deleted the screens at the top of the video I lost my command line and can't figure out how to bring it back. Still able to follow along, but really wish I could figure out how to bring the command line back. ( using the on PC software on my Windows Surface)
Hi Brooke. Is it ONLY the command line that are missing? Or is it the entire bottom section with the parameters (dimmer position etc. ) 1. Make sure that you are looking at screen 1. 2. In the bottom on your CONTROL bar (the bar on the left in the screen where you access all your settings) - there is 2 small icons. Try to click them one at a time. One of them hides/unhides the entire bottom section. Write again if that doesn’t work. 😀
Hi Brooke. Okay 👍 1. Navigate to the settings icon in your top left corner 2. Go to "Configure display" in the right side of the screen 3. Click the "Show command line" in the bottom of the popup box Let me know if that helps you 😀
In the Patching section of the tutorial, when you click Insert New Fixture, it brings up a box titled Select DMX Mode To Use. My OnPC installation doesn't do that. It just brings up the Insert New Fixtures box. Also, I cannot find the Group item when I search for it.
I think I've figured it out. I've been able to accomplish the same patching tasks, but the screens don't look the same. I'm working on 1.8 on PC, so I wonder if maybe they have changed it with a software update.
Same also on 1.8. Searched for "Viper". Filled in the same details but now "Create" instead of "Apply". Screens look slightly different. Looks like maybe they combined all searches into one, and you can click the globe to enable the Shared online fixtures in your search also,, and you don't have to switch between fixture library types but search all at once.
Is it possible to bypass the system requirements for the software? It refuses to start on my computer unless I have a quad-core CPU. In my experience, MA isn't nearly that resource-intensive and taking that control away from users just seems like lazy programming.
Hi Bucket. I have reached out to my local MA distributer today with your question - and they have contacted MA in Germany. The answer from the factory is that there will be a warning, saying that your computer does not meet the minimum requirements for running the GrandMA3 onPC software. BUT that does not mean that you wont be able to start the software, this is only for information. The software should run anyway. IF the software won’t start, then the problem lies somewhere else in your computer configuration. 😊
Hi Dommy. Just to make sure what you mean. It is the 3D that does not render the Sharpy correct? If that’s the case, you should start checking that your 3D settings are all at maximum. (See episode 7 - ua-cam.com/video/P9uiTBWVe9Q/v-deo.html ) If they are all up, you should check your fixture profile. Make sure that you use a new GDTF fixture profile, and not one from the grandma2 library. (See episode 2 - ua-cam.com/video/EjA2MX5v46c/v-deo.html ) Let me know if this works 😀
Hi, i do a lot of busting shows on the ma. I have one problem which i haven't found an answer to yet. Since i do busting i usually do everything from singe cue sequences and presets live, but when you start a movement cue and turn it off it doesn't seem to remember the preset so everything goes back to zero or last cue with a position and not the actual position. is it a way to fix this?
You need to make your movement "relative" not "absolute" - Relative means that it start the movement on top of the position your fixtures are in, and when you stop the movement, it goes back to the same position.😀
@@Event-Lighting Hi again, i might do something wrong but anyways. The relative point fixed how it starts, but it releases to the zero position still, is it a setting to release to programmer or something i haven't found?
English: Hi Victor. Thank you for watching the video 😀 I ran your comment thru google translate to find out that The Russian subtitles didn´t work from about 36 minutes. I have tried to fix it now - please let me know if it worked? Russian: Привет Виктор. Спасибо за просмотр видео 😀 Я прогнал ваш комментарий через гугл-переводчик и обнаружил, что русские субтитры не работают примерно с 36-й минуты. Я попытался исправить это сейчас - пожалуйста, дайте мне знать, если это сработало?
@@dommydferreiradossantos7535 thank you for letting me know 👍👍 Ii just tried to fix it, the translation, sometimes it don't get it right the first time, on longer videos. I think its okay now - let me know if it works. 😀😀😀
Hello, my command line has been changed, now instead show me the USER/FIXTURE> it is showing me: USER@showdata/Livepatch/Stages/Stage 1/Fixtures> Anyone knows what is the shortcut to turn it back to the original?
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I can't tell you how many GrandMA Tutorials I've seen around GMA3, and this by far is the best "crash course" into the system. Thank you so much for breaking things down so well
By far one of the best tutorials for any of the MA consoles. Exceptional clarity and very insightful.
Hi Ray - Thank you very much for the nice words :-) I really hope that i will help someone to learn the GrandMA3 console, and maybe make it a little easier to start. :-)
Not ONE of the best, it IS THE BEST!!
Thank you Mike 😀😀
Thnx again im just spending all day and night watching your videos
I really appreciate that you are taking the time to watch the videos. It’s always nice to get feedback like this 👍👍
Your videos have taught me so much more than the official ones. Thank you so much for these.
These are so helpful! Thank you! Being a novice at GrandMA3, I am now trying to teach it to my high school tech production class. Appreciate all of your videos so much!
You’re a great teacher! always learning so you can teach
The gold standard of GrandMA3 tutorials.
Excellent overview of GranMA3's main functions. Pragmatic and very clear!
Just bought one for my house can’t wait to learn it
Exceptional Indeed! This was amazing... thank you.
What happened at 59:48 in the video... it's like a section was cut out.
This is an excellent overview! Thank you
Thank You for this tutorial, thanks for giving us these special informations ❤
Awesome tutorial! I have a show to run tomorrow (with 48h notice) and have only used MA2 a few times, so this has been really helpful :) Thanks for putting the time into this.
thank you very much for the very interesting tutorial and made very well
Very helpfull, thanks I will look at your other video and buy some merch.
Great information and very well presented. I am also taking the university course written by the software developer but your 102 minute course answered a lot of questions I had after watching the other course. Our church is awaiting the delivery of the GrandMA3 Control Wing but we've been told it is on eternal backorder. I'm thinking we will begin using GrandMA3 without the wing since it appears it's going to be awhile before we actually get it!
Hi Mike
Thank you very much for the nice feedback 😀
It’s always nice to hear from someone who benefits from the tutorials on my channel.
I haven’t tried the MA course myself so all the information in my tutorial is more or less “learning by doing” for me 😀 I am happy that you will start using it in your church already 👍
What are you using to get your DMX out of the software until you get your wing?
Once again - thank you for watching and commenting 🙏🙏🙏
@@Event-Lighting Not sure what we'll be using, if anything, until we get the wing. We are only running one universe right now but will be going to at least two when the wing comes in. We already have the custom built PC and two touch screen monitors but not sure if we are going to implement those until we get the wing. I can't wait to get started using MA 3 though!
Hi Mike. Okay so it´s not like the GrandMA3 Wing will replace anything you already use today?
Haha i understand, it´s always hard to wait when new toys are underway 😀😀😀
I have a wing in my office at the moment, and it works really nice. I love that they implemented the motorized faders on all their products on the GrandMA3 series - it works just like "the real deal" 😀
Cant wait to hear from you when you get the wing and start using it 😀
@@Event-Lighting Right now we're using Vista 3 and I'm getting more and more excited for MA 3 to go live especially after your comment " it works just like "the real deal" 😀" Patience is a virtue I don't have a lot of!
Haha i know what you mean - i am sorry if i am making you loose sleep 😆😆😆
It was very helpful. You are the best!
Thank you Seiji 🙏🙏
Thank you !! This is a amazing video!
Thank you for watching and commenting - it means a lot :-)
One question. When i make clear after made an edit in a group, it stays in the group. Example if i highlight a group and make 100% dimmer, and then push clear. The dimmer is on on the fixture, without me have recored anything.. Help =)
Amazing tutorial, thanks so much!
Hello there! Quick question, When i tried to make a preset on POS 2 even i get my Auras 100% i can't see them. Is there something going on? i tired many times & it ended up like the same as before. Any ideas? Thank you. **But i can see my Vipers when they are on 100%.
same problem have you found the solution?
merci pour ce tutauriel tres bien détaillé.
Thank you Leffetsound :-)
Sick Tutorial thank you so much
Wow, A-M-A-Z-I-N-G.
Iv never used a GrandMA in my life ...I use EOS lighting consoles as a in house Lx Operator in a Theater..But I must say I get everything you showed and presented ..The only thing I have question on is the Patching 1to1 512 is 1 universe ...is " The FID " is that the channel number and Patch is the Address number ....For example its so different on EOS programming... I would have a Chauvet LED ovations at DMX Address 400 with 18 channel and then have second Ovation 420 DMX Address...Third fixture DMX Address 440 with 18 channel so on and so on ...But with grandMA its like 1.400 1.418 1.436 ...I don't know if iv patched them correctly im just using PC version as a test to see where I get ...with EOS i can open up new show and go 1 thr 512 enter which gives me access to first universe . Then I can go 400 at 1/1 enter it give me 400 dmx on 512
also I love the way it says please instead of enter and TOP to go back to CUE1 in eos its " go to cue 0 " .. I'm defiantly impressed I will be watching rest of you're videos on GrandMA , cause I have 6 years experience using EOS i think I can get hang of GrandMA3 in a few weeks
I have never used EOS consoles, so I don´t really know how they work, but I know that they are used a lot in theaters.
Maybe you could tell us a little bit about how they work, and why they are used in theaters. Something must be easy with them; hence they are used so much in theaters? Maybe you could send e an email on my YT mail? You can find it in the about section.
The number you put in front of the . (dot) is the UNIVERSE number, so if you patch something at 1.1 it´s universe 1, start address 1. If you patch multiple fixtures, the console will automatically give the next fixture the next available address. (You can change that if you want if you would like it to always jump 20 addresses)
The FID is the "fixture ID". On GrandMA consoles, all fixtures must have a unique FID. That way you can always access any fixtures, with selecting “Fixture 1 @ full” or “fixture 1 thru 12 @ 0”
Makes sense? 😊
Yes, the PLEASE and OOPS, are really funny 😊
You can “GoTo” on GrandMA3 as-well - you decide for yourself what and how you can go from cue to cue.
My playbacks window won't open the executor assign menu. when I click the yellow label bar at the top of the executor row the command line reads, "Failed:Assign Page". Any help?
QUESTION
First off thanks for such a helpful video! I am subscribing. My question is about adding the group to the layout window. In the video you Assigned the group to the layout and you see each individual fixture. When I do it on my end, it just shows the group. Does anyone have an idea of what Im doing wrong? Is it weird to put out my email for help?
thank you for tutorial
Is there a way to set the encoders to always be rotational? Not MA?
I am following along. New to this. I get to 22:10…but can’t get the lights to come on.
Make sure that all fixtures are selected- go to dimmer tab and turn them on. 😀
there is a weird thing happening to my software, the command screen only show blocks but not the content, so i don't see any labels on the buttons, only the buttons itself.. don't know how to fix it
I tried to load a .show file in grandma3.pc , but in backup load ->internal to USB , I don't see the show file . What did I probably done wrong
Start with mounting a USB stick on your computer. Save ANY GrandMA3 show on the USB Stick, no matter what kind of show :-) After you have saved a show, there will be a new folder on the USB Stick called GRANDMA3. Inside the folder you will find 2 folders. "gma3_library" and "shared". If you open the "shared" folder, there will be 2 new folders. "backups" and "shows". Copy and paste YOUR show file into the SHOWS folder. NOW you can see the show in the grandMA3 software, if you select you USB stick in the top right corner of the BACKUP MENU in the GrandMA3 software. :-) Let me know if that helps you 🙂
@32:49 I am able to open a Sequence but when I try to open up the Sequence Window it just opens up a second Sequence..any tips?
how is it possible to implement the Preview function on MA2 now on MA3
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Following along tutorial, when we deleted the screens at the top of the video I lost my command line and can't figure out how to bring it back. Still able to follow along, but really wish I could figure out how to bring the command line back. ( using the on PC software on my Windows Surface)
Hi Brooke. Is it ONLY the command line that are missing? Or is it the entire bottom section with the parameters (dimmer position etc. )
1. Make sure that you are looking at screen 1.
2. In the bottom on your CONTROL bar (the bar on the left in the screen where you access all your settings) - there is 2 small icons. Try to click them one at a time. One of them hides/unhides the entire bottom section.
Write again if that doesn’t work. 😀
@@Event-Lighting only the command line
Hi Brooke. Okay 👍
1. Navigate to the settings icon in your top left corner
2. Go to "Configure display" in the right side of the screen
3. Click the "Show command line" in the bottom of the popup box
Let me know if that helps you 😀
loved!
is there a way to export the 3D video to have an MP4 file to import to video editing software?
In the Patching section of the tutorial, when you click Insert New Fixture, it brings up a box titled Select DMX Mode To Use. My OnPC installation doesn't do that. It just brings up the Insert New Fixtures box. Also, I cannot find the Group item when I search for it.
I think I've figured it out. I've been able to accomplish the same patching tasks, but the screens don't look the same. I'm working on 1.8 on PC, so I wonder if maybe they have changed it with a software update.
Awesome video, it is very helpful for me. Now I'm going to check out your other tutorials. Thanks!
Same also on 1.8. Searched for "Viper". Filled in the same details but now "Create" instead of "Apply". Screens look slightly different. Looks like maybe they combined all searches into one, and you can click the globe to enable the Shared online fixtures in your search also,, and you don't have to switch between fixture library types but search all at once.
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😍😍very nice
Thank you Jonas 🙏 Nice to see you here 👍
Is it possible to bypass the system requirements for the software? It refuses to start on my computer unless I have a quad-core CPU. In my experience, MA isn't nearly that resource-intensive and taking that control away from users just seems like lazy programming.
Hi Bucket. I have reached out to my local MA distributer today with your question - and they have contacted MA in Germany. The answer from the factory is that there will be a warning, saying that your computer does not meet the minimum requirements for running the GrandMA3 onPC software. BUT that does not mean that you wont be able to start the software, this is only for information. The software should run anyway. IF the software won’t start, then the problem lies somewhere else in your computer configuration. 😊
how can i put the dimmer on fader?
its odd having the PLEASE button, ofcourse im new here lol
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Hello Great Videos in my 3D view I do not see the color effects and the Prism on my Sharpy Beam.😕 Help me Thank you for yours Work 👍💯💯💯
Hi Dommy. Just to make sure what you mean. It is the 3D that does not render the Sharpy correct? If that’s the case, you should start checking that your 3D settings are all at maximum. (See episode 7 - ua-cam.com/video/P9uiTBWVe9Q/v-deo.html ) If they are all up, you should check your fixture profile. Make sure that you use a new GDTF fixture profile, and not one from the grandma2 library. (See episode 2 - ua-cam.com/video/EjA2MX5v46c/v-deo.html ) Let me know if this works 😀
Yes Very Very Top View 3D Ok
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Hi Dommy. Nice to see you back at the channel, and it seems like it worked for you. 👍👍
Thank you very much for the nice comments. 😀😀
Nice Video 👍
Thank you Larz 😀
Hi, i do a lot of busting shows on the ma. I have one problem which i haven't found an answer to yet. Since i do busting i usually do everything from singe cue sequences and presets live, but when you start a movement cue and turn it off it doesn't seem to remember the preset so everything goes back to zero or last cue with a position and not the actual position. is it a way to fix this?
You need to make your movement "relative" not "absolute" - Relative means that it start the movement on top of the position your fixtures are in, and when you stop the movement, it goes back to the same position.😀
@@Event-Lighting Hi again, i might do something wrong but anyways. The relative point fixed how it starts, but it releases to the zero position still, is it a setting to release to programmer or something i haven't found?
Thanks
Здравствуйте, с 36:39 не работают русские субтитры.
English:
Hi Victor. Thank you for watching the video 😀 I ran your comment thru google translate to find out that The Russian subtitles didn´t work from about 36 minutes. I have tried to fix it now - please let me know if it worked?
Russian:
Привет Виктор. Спасибо за просмотр видео 😀 Я прогнал ваш комментарий через гугл-переводчик и обнаружил, что русские субтитры не работают примерно с 36-й минуты. Я попытался исправить это сейчас - пожалуйста, дайте мне знать, если это сработало?
Спасибо👍
French no Full Traduction is 40min is English 😔🙏
@@dommydferreiradossantos7535 thank you for letting me know 👍👍 Ii just tried to fix it, the translation, sometimes it don't get it right the first time, on longer videos. I think its okay now - let me know if it works. 😀😀😀
Yes !!! Very Good 😃🙏💯💯💯
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Thank you very much :-)
I guess i know ma3 now 😂
20:00
Hello, my command line has been changed, now instead show me the USER/FIXTURE> it is showing me:
USER@showdata/Livepatch/Stages/Stage 1/Fixtures>
Anyone knows what is the shortcut to turn it back to the original?
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