Grand MA2 Help Page

Presets

what is a preset

a preset is a space on the console to store information for instance gobos, intensity, colour and position

presets are a valuable tool for speeding up your programming

any preset that you program into cues the console will remember the preset that was used it will automatically update the cues if you change the contents of the presets

the cues reference the preset

to create a preset

1. select some fixtures 2. give them the data that you want 3. open a preset pool in a view 4. press store and press an empty preset 5. label the presets

updating a preset process

1. starting from a cleared programmer press the clear button three times 2. select your fixtures and turn them on 3. recall the preset by pressing it 4. make the desired changes 5. press the update button 6. check the correct preset has appeared on the screen 7. press the update preset button to confirm

Patching

user profile

the user profile allows the programmer to keep their settings and views that are personal to them. when you move to new consoles you can import your user profile into the console this ensures that any time the default settings are changed or you store a view it can be reused again in the future

setup menu the setup menu is divided up into 4 headings these are: show, console, user and network

Effects Part 1

list the effect attributes and what they do

Forms

Speed

Low and High

Phase

Width

PWM

Attack and Decay

Absolute and Relative Effects

An a in the top right of the effect in the effects pool means it is an Absolute effect an R in the top right of the effect in the effects pool means it is a Relative effect

Groups, Blocks and Wings

Shuffle Selection order

Labelling Effects

Copy an Effect

Storing an Effect into a Cue

the effect control bar

creating a sequence with effects

Effects Part 2

selective and template effects when you select fixtures prior to creating the effect and these fixtures are stored in the effect it makes it a selective effect if you don't select any fixtures when you create an effect then you create a template effect and it can be applied to any fixture providing they share the same attributes