Lighting Programming: MA2 Effects Engine Basics!

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The effects engine is very powerful in the MA2, I'll show you how to navigate your way around the basics so you can start experimenting on your own and finding some cool looks.
I work in the world of lighting for dance music, but you can use these techniques for every style of lighting including corporate, architectural, and traditional stage lighting.
It's important to remember the differences between Selective and Template, Relative and Absolute! Always remember, the kind Germans at MA Lighting have included the manual with the software. If you are ever stuck, use the help key to read up on the topics that confuse you.
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[@veta8782]

hi cj will u b my frend

[@veta8782]

no need look behind u

[@noahparsons7948]

I've learned more in this video than I did in four years of college.

[@christianjackson]

LOL

[@Wythaneye]

Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach. Christian: Here, hold my beer while I do both amazingly well. Christian, I've been watching your videos for over a year now. You are amazingly gifted not just at programming, but teaching. I'm hoping to meet you the next time Zomboy rolls through town.

[@nerdom1610]

Dude these tutorials are amazing. I know it's an older video, but it still applies today and is a lifesaver for me as a MA2 nub who needs to program a smaller show lol. Thanks

[@TheRJH1]

"Genius. So cool. So unbelievably cool" Basic Christian

[@lostinmythicality]

Hooray! New content! Glad to see this in my sub-box. Thank you!

[@kuptis9061]

great tutorial, i learned more about ma in this one video than many others. please do more of these.

[@marcelolouzada4771]

Hello Christian your videos are very good , thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. I`m from Brazil.

[@WettX]

You deserve way more cred than you get for these tutorials! By the way, love your cat's cameos

[@NJG86420]

Man I have yet to run any MA software but i have been having a hell of a time with semetrical effects. I use martin touch with the m controllers. This still cleared up a whole lot of need to know knowledge for me.

[@harklandmusic]

This is outstanding man. Can’t wait to watch more. You don’t know it but you’re saving my ass with these videos lol

[@nickhurst8062]

I've watched this video many times for help. Great work!

[@bruh-fj7ln]

That’s a great video but... I really miss your vlogs...😔

[@christianjackson]

me toooooo

[@cestlaguy]

Yea but, don't stop the tutorials

[@soulamanderstudios8243]

Thankyou thankyou, coming from avolites creating grandma2 symmetrical effects was a little confusing but your video made it very easy!

[@iandeegrees1509]

great video! very compact and thanx for these "tiny" hints with huge impact

[@Grimberg111]

For all us pesky Chamsys users: they finally released "center in" and "center out" preset directions in their latest stable release. Same effect as the MA2 wing trick. There was a way doing this manually, I know I know, now it's just a bit easier to do and can be applied else than just circle effect. Also new color picker. \o/

[@christianjackson]

fuckin finally

[@FormatDub]

I always did this making a sym selection and changing the direction to invert odd/even with 2segs.. Just still waiting for the execute features to be released as stable! They're awesome.. Be great if MA had the spread feature of the Chamsys rather than manually having to input phase values..

[@abdelalijnina7188]

thank you for you tuto every day i learn a new thing because of you thank you so much

[@flowluap123]

19:30 trick flashed me!

[@Brandon-pz3km]

Great video! I’m feeling pretty confident now 😎

[@TechKnekk]

Thank you! This is just what i needed!

[@dylan1234953]

I run hog, but still came out with some amazing knowledge to transfer over! Thanks dude!

[@scotts.8972]

The cat was the best part of this video.

[@mateuszsieniawski2358]

Christian, could you show how to do it on MA3 on pc? :)

[@xxminecraftxx16]

Yay, more uploads please CJ

[@Wirswaf64]

Nice!!!!! Thanks duuuuude!!!!

[@rohitsawji4108]

Thank you for the video Chris 😃

[@sergeykazannik4530]

Good day Christian! I did't get how to make the exec button as a speed master. If possible please explain. Thanks! ;-)

[@matesaktesak]

Left click on the top portion of the exec, then an window will apper somewhere... In the bottom right of that windows, you need to change the "Empty" to Special Master - then scroll down, open speed masters and select with ever you want!

[@josianeleblanc509]

Tank you, i love all your videos =)))

[@alexe2265]

Could you make one focused more on moving heads because I need help making a crossover effect, where beams would cross over smoothly.

[@zakkiothman8745]

i love your hoodie!

[@GSLC19]

Love it

[@LadariusRobinson]

Oh my gosh bro thank you for this video 🙏🏽

[@korgkorgevich9024]

Great! How can I learn/study to work with pro-equipment,like this.? Thank you🙏

[@Guikri]

GREAT Tutorial!!

[@DEEPAKSingh-mx7mg]

thanks jackson

[@ountoluwasefunmi]

Hello cj, I've been trying to download the show file but I can't. Is there a way you can help me out with it. Thank you

[@aame6643]

Hey Christian can you talk about how do you market yourself or get booked. I have no knowledge about lighting or anything but I want to learn and I want go do festivals and parties how do I go on about that? Great content btw

[@danieltech1391]

Majd Bishara same, but I allways making shows on PC with visualizators, but my dream is be real life programmer for big festivals, I don't know how to start this way..

[@aame6643]

Are the applications you are using free? and is it easy or hard for someone who doesn't know shit like me?

[@Grimberg111]

Majd Bishara As Jackson has said, MA2 PC software is free and Chamsys PC software is free (not sure if he has said the later though in his FAQ video). Both have built-in visualizers and there are basically two ways to learn the programming part: hard and very hard. You can read the manual(s) or if you want to cheat, there are great tutorials on the internet like this video above. Manuals have the upside that they cover all functions of the desk and tell you from the ground up how the desk works. In tutorial way you have to figure out lots of things yourself many times, because the tutorial videos many times skip things. Well of course there is the third way of getting to school, but by your messages I get the feeling that schools are not an option.

[@aame6643]

Grimberg there isn't a Mac version right?

[@Grimberg111]

Majd Bishara there is for Chamsys at least, not sure about MA2. You'll find the info from their website.

[@Antoine_Jldt]

Nice one as always 👍

[@rickclark9262]

This really helped me understand the effects engine. I come from a background in EOS, and I have been put behind an MA2 on PC with a command wing recently, and this was such a huge help! Thanks and I will continue to watch all your videos to help me understand MA better! Also...can't wait for my hoodie to arrive!!

[@miikkeesshh]

Thanks Legend!

[@ljrubss1mexico707]

master!!! im your padawan!!!!!

[@ゼロチート]

hi can someone help? the show file isn't there anymore!

[@Smileyoneicon]

So a relative attribute is basicly a step based attribute on the etc ion ?

[@Theicysun]

Thank you!

[@cam4841]

Thank Christian, wicked video. Will there be some more merch out soon? I almost had my new Hog 4 file finished for a show in a few days but now im going to be up all night working some of these cool ideas in somehow.

[@gebuds]

Why you not use assign effect on executor? What a different when you store effect on executor?

[@DuyNguyen-hm8kk]

Hey Christian, will you be at the Namm show at the end of the month?

[@Burakov87]

thanks master

[@MichaFr]

How can I easily make a circle effect in P / T ? - when I use Circle form - it doesn't work very well

[@liteglow2000]

Thanx for all your great videos @Christian Jackson :) I like all the effects, but is it not possible to have a "Random" effect ? they all are so static and boring, I want my pan\tilt or dimmer chase to be random.

[@christianjackson]

There is a random waveform. I don’t particularly like it so I don’t use it often.

[@oliviergarand7497]

so helpfulllll

[@matthew_chewie6021]

Keep up the work! Love your vids :) ps. Try to do more arena shows if possible and record it like you did with bumpershoot 2016!

[@christianjackson]

It's hard when artists have strict no recording policies.

[@matthew_chewie6021]

Well, yea thats true haha! Just put your camera in a bag of chips haha!

[@leandrobuttcher8453]

I somehow can't access the showfile that you provided. It just takes me to a site with a link to your Patreon site. Is this normal?

[@arthursai3052]

Thanks man !

[@manuelwalker811]

Why do you set the Low Value of the dimmer effect to -40? What sense does it make to set this value below 0?

[@christianjackson]

Because the waveform references those values. It can change the entire look of the effect depending on what kind of waveform you use. If a sine wave was going between -400 and 100 it would look much different from 0 to 100.

[@scottvaneffen4523]

Finally subscribed to your channel. Hope to see you @ the Masonic Temple in the D again soon. Stay safe. Cheers, Scotty v

[@christianjackson]

thanks Scotty!

[@randysteven88]

hahah, @13:50 he went like "Genioussss" and I was like "HELL FKING YEAH!!" xD Great video bro, loved it!!

[@andresgualtero9132]

hey guys does anyone know if i can set up schedule events just using the grandma pc software. like for a sample we have a permanent lighting rig that we want the lamps to start at 10am and shut down at 8pm. please let me know if this is possible.

[@FEEvents]

nice video. thx!

[@IsakDombestein]

Only thing that annoys me now is the fact that the High / Low values in the Effect editor has been switched out with Center and Size, so the P/T effect doesn't really work with the -45 - 45 setting..

[@christianjackson]

Switch the view mode to auto.

[@IsakDombestein]

@@christianjackson Unfortunately, I'm pretty new to MA so where would I change the View mode?

[@MILTONDELACRUZ]

u are the best!

[@sephirothno4]

Do you know of any good videos like this for avolites equipment?

[@mustaklightdesigner]

how to make a light file in grand ma

[@xxminecraftxx16]

COOL

[@MrSonogg]

Thank you

[@alexraconda8083]

Why i have movements of “8” instead of an normal circle?

[@christianjackson]

Your lights are pointed straight down. Move them Forward.

[@alexraconda8083]

@@christianjackson thanks. Works🤘🏼

[@jakecollins5247]

Why do you use the actual software but do you have each on PC command wings

[@joshgregoire]

Jack Collins - the commands wings are just a big mouse that provides shortcuts to commands. It essentially “unlocks” the software to allow you to output DMX.

[@maizesoft]

What do you think about dot2"?

[@christianjackson]

Cool for some things. Would rather have a command wing.

[@mauritsjacobse3179]

8:42 id rather say its a percentage, 100% = dmx channel at 255

[@humvnerr0r844]

is that contact?

[@murshidislam8402]

How to chese in MA

[@callumpelling2404]

What 3d visualisation software do u use??

[@aldenfitzmaurice6921]

I know this is 3 years later but the visualiser in this video was the grandma2 build in visualiser but usualy industry standard is "capture"

[@TheLEDscientist]

love the video's! have to say though, that i think the BMFL has been named like you say, after the Big MF light name, didn't pass the marketing guys ;)

[@timkeklinker]

hey there, i really love your videos and they're helping me a lot cause i'm very interested in lighting! But i still have a problem because i still get very confused some times. So there's an event coming up next summer where we're gonna have a GrandMA onPC command wing in our school for tha and i'm really looking forward to using that beauty. I tried my best in programming some effects but i still felt like needing some help.For fixtures we're gonna have 6x clay paky k10, 6x Martin mac viper, 2x Stairville Mh-100, 2x Robe Wash 250-xt, 2x Martin Atomic 3000, 4x Stairville LED Bar 240, 4x Stairville Led Floodpanel, 2x Stairville Stageflood, 2x Arri L7-C 1x L7-T and about 20x Led floor pars (not yet sure which exactly). Theres gonna be a dinner, then some slow dancing and then an EDM Party. Our truss is gonna be a 4x4x6m cube and two quarter circles coming down the side. I would love to hear back from you if you could kinda help me a little! bye bye for now thanks for making really helpful videos!!!!!!

[@falafelpunk8491]

how do i load this show file on my ma2 on pc?

[@matesaktesak]

Click backup (need setup)y load show, and select it

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[@lordbaile]

Ojala estuviera en español o subtitulado XD.

[@madoplay8121]

How can I load the showfile in MA ?

[@LStranck]

If you're using the onpc software just put the showfile in "C:\ProgramData\MA Lighting Technologies\grandma\\shows" and load it from the backup screen

[@madoplay8121]

Stranck Thanks!

[@tylerhottes6760]

I got 3.4.0.2

[@syukurmataelang3880]

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[@b52productions]

wassup

[@calebk.1563]

Yaaay new vid lmao

[@Wythaneye]

Am I the only person who wishes "BMFL" stood for something else?

[@elizabetsapiezko552]

you mean it doesnt stand for "big mother fucking light"??

[@ryanhenderson8658]

So handsome

[@christianjackson]

no YOU are

[@fairplaygaming4725]

:D LMAO..... BMFL

[@盧勝義]

Thank you! This is just what i needed!

[@matthewchristianjuarez1724]

Hi CJ, how do you set those group, effect, position and color on screen 2? Thank you in advance. i learned a lot in your videos.

[@TheWarlion16]

I love your tutorials, it helps me getting better in programming MA2

[@videosmily]

How do I do the selection If I have a second midtruss for example

[@joebiny7141]

TKS！ that‘s what i need ！

[@DungTran-lk7gc]

thanks bro! Knowledge is very rewarding! Something that i have been studying for a long time without learning from anyone.

[@rubitsium2939]

Thank you so much! I have been waiting for a video about this for ages. And a video from you! Cant wait for the next. And thanks again!

[@gabriwm]

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