MA2 onPC Quick Start Guide

[@unbelievable_truth_band]

And many years later, if I could also say thank you for your excellent and informative and interesting videos, including this one!

[@infernofury5567]

This video is amazing, I wish you would make a complete beginners series! Your way of telling stuff is so pleasant and clear!

[@dj_legenddrop9518]

this is great! i am just starting programming with no experience. if you could make a whole series from programming to running live shows i would watch them all and it would be much appreciated!

[@BradLasers]

did ya end up being an LD like so many of us?

[@hannaletzring4517]

How’s it going for ya? @DJ_Legenddrop

[@FLJacobs]

Me too.

[@PH7NT0M]

did you end up being an LD?

[@rajakaz4075]

How did it went? Now, after 7 years? I see grandMA first time, but I think I wanna try :)

[@NestLeo86]

I found this tutorial 9 years after you uploaded it, but it is still so damn helpful! Thank you, Christian!

[@ENPIus]

I've been using GrandMA in my church for the last 6 months, with no real knowledge of how to program. The other guys who use the lighting desk keep changing things, so this is incredibly helpful for me (next time I'm near the desk, I'm creating my own executor wing). Thanks so much

[@BradLasers]

Just decided to get into lighting design, this made my first time opening the program far less daunting, thanks so much

[@dansdevil1]

7 years late to the party, but this video is still super helpful

[@NoProblem420]

tysm, i do the lights in my church and this will help me out so much thank you

[@justingrotteland4886]

I'm new to the world of lighting and this tutorial made the console appear much less daunting. Thanks!

[@chrissteele8910]

Thanks, this stuff is really useful to newbies trying to wrap their head around the basics of MA. The system is really cool, and not that hard once you explain it, but it's non-intuitive. I was scratching my head a lot before I watched your tuts, then it became clear.

[@Self_aware_AI]

Starting my journey right now. Very clear and concise.

[@adieboyflorido9879]

I am happy because there is a lot of guy like you and others helping how to start programming Ma pc. God bless

[@spegal08]

Thanks very much for this! started using grandma at my new church about 7 months ago and been learning what I can here and there. This is very helpful for my next step in being able to create cue lists for songs at home and bring my show file to church ready to go. Will be looking through your channel for more vids on this platform. Peace.

[@joshhaynes3383]

This was awesome Christian! Cheers from another former PSAV lighting tech!

[@elliotbanner344]

Great Video, Getting thrown into a gig with MA2 on PC later today, this makes my homework easier! Thanks dude.

[@linkentron_pie]

Thank you so much! Very easy to follow, and you helped me sooo much with effects, you have no idea. Supposed to do a show tomorrow, and i was not at all ready, but now i feel more competent

[@quintinturnbow]

Wow, Christian great tutorials, i literally come from nothing but video game developing and i just got bored with it so now im learning a new type of "Programming" thanks to this tutorial keep up the great work with the tutorials and the vlogs I can see this channel going places.

[@whodewawhybot]

Long time HOG user, always wanted to get into GrandMA. This was an awesome tutorial.

[@FuckedUpTV123]

Great video Christian!! Really helped me out I'm just starting digging into learning the MA console and how to patch fixtures the right way and how to program, so your videos are VERY helpful and much appreciated, any time you make one I will DEFINITELY be tuning in!!

[@bminkl8050]

Thanks so much for your video. I am a total idiot at this. I have no MA experience except pushing and pulling faders to a already programed setup at our church. Our Tech Director has left and a huge fire hose of information has been put on me along with new responsibilities. At least by watching this video I understand a little more to get started. Thanks! I will watch more!

[@monkshoodtv]

After a broadcast EM and LD career of many years and often being confronted with console ops asking me to fiddle with the desk in some way or other, and frankly not having a clue. This has finally lifted the veil on MA's for me. It's just a shame I recently retired. Ho-hum.

[@Wolve_Entertainment]

Dude you save lifes here!!! You are on the point and it's obvious that you are a master but it's more obvious that you have realy fun doing this... Keep rolling babyyyyyy :)

[@ShaffleOne]

Daaaamn. Watched your videos for a while. And just after this video I realized how well you explain MA! Thank you CJ from GTA xD

[@floating_disembodied_head]

Thankyou for the video. Just started with MA and its a real help. Good pace and easy to follow. I had to search for the updated way to connect MA to MA3D but after that, it was all good.

[@jacobmcglone1602]

I am learning MA to be productive during quarantine! Thank you!! do you have any videos that teach how to create a stage within MA3D?

[@rightlightny]

Wow, Thanks a lot! Your tutorial is much better and easier to understand than original video tutorial on MA Lighting site! Thank you again!

[@MikeImhoff]

I should have started with this one. Thanks for making these videos I feel like I'm getting somewhere with this complex system. Thanks for taking the time to help us!

[@ALLIIRecords]

Thank you soo much for this tutorial because my GrandMA 2 has been doing nothing but, complaining about how she doesn't have DMX in her life... ...

[@davidgrindley813]

I've just started programming on OnPC and used this video as a guide.

[@femiphilips159]

wow, that’s all i can say really this really helped and i’m motivated to do even more!!!

[@cmmstudio]

You're MA2 videos are awesome! Great sound and very easy to follow compared to lots of other MA2 videos here. Keep em coming :-) cheers / Mike

[@AK-td9en]

I KNOW IM SUPER LATE WATCHING THIS VIDEO BUT MAN THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING ALL OF THIS INFOS KEEP ON BUDDY YOU ARE AWESOME

[@timtimmy1130]

So glad that you have video's about this program helps me out alot!

[@charlesrichardson7358]

I am a beginner and this video was very helpful. Looking for more.

[@DavidMartinez-ov1nw]

Thanks a lot man! it is always really cool to find people willing to share some knowledge!

[@blocker5063]

Wow great video! Big help! I'm about to move to a MA2 from a M2GO this summer so I'm already preparing on just patching and this definitely helps!

[@lazarocoronel9137]

Great tutorial Christian. I look forward to more insights from your channel.

[@dankraus2662]

Thanks for the video! I appreciate you taking the time to teach people anew skill!

[@XtremeTechYT]

Hey Christian, I rly like this new format! Plz make more videos like this. I am doing lighting engineering for a long time as my hobby and I am using GrandMA2 for a while now but it helps very much to get Tips for the Software from professional (every Day) users. I still haven't learned every function and there are still things I don't know about. --> Thanks and plz keep doing this ;-) XtremeTech

[@aramsunnyc]

3:40+ / when I click the session there is no button to "join session". create/join/leave are not options.. maybe i have an older version?

[@ivan9ef]

same here. newer version I think

[@tomj.]

Have you made sure that your networking and session options in MA2 onPC and MA 3D match up?

[@McGeeeeesees]

I ran into the same issue. I seem to have sorted it out but not sure if correctly. This is just for testing at home where you're not going through a network (loopback) but would work similarly as long as you setup the same on both GrandMA2 and MA 3D. So this is starting from the screen where on the video you see the session, which in my case didn't exist yet. 1) Click on your PC in the right "Stations" panel. 2) Click "Station IP" and choose "127.0.0.1" 3) Close the "Setup" window then close GrandMA2 onPC 4) Open GrandMA2 onPC 5) Click "Setup" and then click "MA Network Control" 6) Click "Create Session" 7) Click the "X" 8) Click "MA Network Configuration" 9) Open MA 3D 10) Click File > Settings > Network 11) Click "127.0.0.1" then click "OK" 12) Close MA 3D and then re-open MA 3D You should see the session in the "Sessions" tab (but not join button) 13) In onPC (still in the "MA Network Configuration" screen from earlier) click "Add Present" 14) In the new entry in this window, right-click the grey box in the "User" column and then click "Administrator 1" 15) Click the grey "Session Member" box then press "Y" (so it changes to "Yes") The two should now be connected. I found that my lights were upside down under the stage though, but you should now see your Vipers in the "3D Objects" list of the "Assets" tab in MA 3D. I hope that's right but works for me so far.

[@IliasJoels]

In the MA Network Configuration there are different tabs: Console, OnPC, NPU, 3D, ... If you click on "Add Present" in the console or OnPC tab, nothing happens as there is automatically a new entry. After right clicking "new" on each tab, none of them have an "User" column. So i'm stuck. Edit: At 13) In onPC (Still in the "MA Network Configuration" screen from earlier) click on the tab named 3D, there you'll see the "User" column and the "Session Member" column.

[@lucaa6880]

@@McGeeeeesees I have the same problem and my vipers are under the stage, have you found a solution?

[@estebanmontenegro3591]

thanks! just started on MA and this was extremely helpfull!!!

[@joshglass2284]

This is fantastic man! Really enjoying your tutorials!

[@annoyingmarshmello1rblx539]

Thanks so much! You explained it so clearly and now I can use the program without a problem! ❤️❤️❤️

[@marioskyriakou]

love it! Can you make a video programming effects ? (pan tilt) and some with your colour pickers? (i mean the paletes from start to end.. )

[@anavillegas6199]

I've done the steps but my 3d still doesn't communicate. I don't know what else to do.

[@metalhead1467]

Did you happen to figure it out?

[@gladyssim7264]

Thank you so much for this tutorial video. It's indeed a big help for a beginner like me!

[@floppnow]

Thank you for this excellent tutorial for the beginner to this system!

[@christianjackson]

Thanks for watching!

[@ALLIIRecords]

Can you do a video on setting up cues? Like at a festival or something

[@TheFtoty]

Definitely a great video! Super easy to follow along with. I personally could use a bit more info on the options you adjusted to create the effect. I tend to get lost when I start getting creative and adjusting things "Willy Nilly". I would love to see you start a series of these vids tho!

[@PhoenixArizona602]

Hello Christian, I am new to the MA2. Where I work, we have a showroom with fixtures already flying and we have a MA2 at FOH. What should I learn first before anything??? Literally...

[@rubangga4694]

like you add your own sample to the soft roll and when you play it it always plays longer than what is shown in the soft roll and

[@RyanMoodGAMING]

No seasons are coming up on dot2 3D and on MA on pc it says I’m connected to a season but i can’t get 3D to connect

[@juancastro377]

You should make more in-detail tutorials of grandMA 2. This video was very helpful

[@7heMech]

When I click my second group my first one lights up in yellow and both get selected, how can I select only one?

[@jessengage]

im so lost do i have to have the lights and rig first?? im trying to getthe basics of this sort of thing down before a dump a ton of money into this.

[@sharibethel8580]

Great video! It covers a lot of basic stuff in a short time.

[@kholyman]

very nice video . i was running with you step by step. thanks for sharing your experience with us.

[@stanleyvakayadra1575]

how do you connect your MA3D to the active session? i have been trying to connect it its not connecting.

[@TheKingdomMessage]

So what are the DMX channels on the actual lights? Do you leave everything at 001?

[@rebeccajoseph2976]

Great Video! Practicing each day ! It's helping a lot

[@TheTrueFreeStyle]

Good video! I would love to see more of these. Especially some tutorials for setting up a live show file!

[@mothpowderlightshow666]

Thank you for the amazing videos. I followed along to the video and the lights turn on on MA 3D but no beams of light are visible. I changed the class to conventional, which I read about, but still no beams. Any suggestions here? If it helps, I am running version 3.5.0.6 for both MA2 and MA 3D currently and would like to continue with this version for a little while until I get the hang of everything.

[@MrKing98100]

I needed this video!! Thanks man! Great tutorial.

[@RGBReact]

How do you stop the effect on executor button 206 after you started it?

[@joshglass2284]

Hey Christian, following this tutorial, everything works between MA onPC and MA3D except for when I go to turn the fixtures to "Full" or "Highlt". The fixtures move in MA3D but I can't see them turn on. Do you know what I might need to change to correct this? Thanks!

[@raypolen9758]

Hey Christian, we've met at some point and its bothering me as I cannot remember where. I was a coach driver for several years.

[@flashanddancedj]

H Hi Christian, I came back to this one cause I really want to get into the nuts and bolts of on PC. I know your busy, is there any way you could do some more videos about on PC???

[@DuesGibGolfandLife]

Im missing something basic... I am following your instructions but when I try to spread the fixtures, they all move as one and don't spread out?

[@Helvete712]

Great video man! I've learned a lot from it

[@rvbmusicserviceandproducti1290]

Hi Christian , I am starting to learn lighting programming . I am working at the moment with Avolites . But your tutorials are great . Realy like your programming on tchami 2015 . And i am trying to figure out de way you programming this way . Thnxs man keep them coming !! Ps sorry for my bad englisch . I am from Holland .

[@andyhoward319]

Thank you for the quick start guide... very helpful.

[@Markus3400]

Could you do a video on how you set up your console for a live show, for lets say a couple of DJ's that are gonna play all night were you might not want tons? Do you just save a lot of effects on the executor buttons, and use positions/color/gobo etc. straight out of the programmer on the fly without storing anything?

[@RGBReact]

Why are my vipers upside-down under the stage?

[@svennas]

Nice video. Can you do one on que list with and without tracking and how to edit the que list?

[@JamesParnwell]

Just wondering! If i were to have the MA 2 console could i have like a show/stage and look at all the differrent thing like gobo etc?? so are you able to onnect this to a MA 2 console??

[@flashanddancedj]

Great video... I am in my beging stages of doing higher end work... Learning all kinds of stuff from you... Biggest thing is getting all the software installed. At some point could you go through them all. The ones i or we watching you should be using???

[@dejotachamo]

great video Chris! thanks for your work!

[@DucAnhVlog]

Can't start up malight dot.2.. keys to start. Tks

[@kylejames7040]

Great video for beginners. It would be cool if you set up a busking showfile!!! Keep them coming thanks

[@equipeoutdoors]

Great job - well articulated!!

[@marksharkey6593]

Hoping for help. .. been learning alot and this is great, but i hit a wall..Everytime i go in stageview and hit follow mode the fixtures respond but only point up toward the roof...I just started adding things in ma3d like environments and whatnot...DO they mess things up ? Any input would be great, thanks yall

[@glennscottcabalar100]

Thank you. Much appreciated Mr. Jackson!

[@dongfong1992]

Great video!helps me a lot! Really wanna know how you place your playback and executor on your console!

[@pilotmichael3422]

Even though realisticly I'll never be able to put these skills to good use, I just find it fun to learn about this stuff and I'm glad theres 3d programs to simulate it so I dont have to drop many many thousands of dollars on lights just to play with them lol

[@freedive11]

Hi Christian. Your video are super helpful. I'm just starting with ma2 and did follow you video step by step and all good. but now there is a issue when I want to spread the fixture like on minute 5 of this video. when I enter -4 thru 4. instead of spreading it equally, all light goes to -4 . It did work before but not anymore. do you have any idea what it could be. The ALIGN is OFF. Thanks

[@freedive11]

Hi, I found the problem, did not fix it but got around it. when I write ( -4 thru 4 ) it was automatically making a space between ( - and 4 ) so now I use the ( -/+ ) bottom and it work. Hope it can help someone one day.

[@aleko2104]

thanks

[@jacobgrim1100]

@@freedive11 Just spent a half hour trying to figure this out before I searched for 20 min through the comments, thank you so much it fixed it

[@roicohen9781]

Thank you Christian Jackson. Great Video!

[@maizesoft]

why some of the executors are mutual exclusive and some are not?

[@kamarulariffin851]

This video very helpful for newbie like me.... thanks buddy...

[@marcusle7572]

Hi Christian, Thank you for the tutor. I've tried to connect MA2 ONPC with Realizzer (no console/hardware) but failed. Would you please make a tutor of these 2 software ?

[@camielgonzalez4072]

What if I already had light set up in MA3d do I need to delete them and replace them whit MAonpc ???

[@Sagar_Mhatre]

how to patch blinder??? am patch generic 2 lite blinder or another but its not patch proper... its cumming white light not yellow

[@Kidfromthesky13]

Hello, can somebody help me download MA and 3D on Mac????

[@GedeonFontilus-p7i]

Great video very informative 👍👍

[@mattcollier8305]

Fantastic video, Thank you Christian!!

[@leonenelisaschriemer6393]

hi, somehow my 3D does not want to cooperate with the ma2 on pc program any tips how to fix it? it doesnt go in session

[@josemorales9549]

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. Your video is awesome.

[@spencergroup]

Thanks a lot for this excellent video tutorial. This helped a lot.

[@alexe2265]

Can you use on PC to connect to IRL fixtures?

[@techcraft_de]

Nice video! :) .. why do you give your fixtures channel id's? i think this isnt nessesary

[@christianjackson]

On larger shows with an ME, they will often have their own system of numbering that is different than mine. They usually will just do straight sequential starting at 1. Many of my shows have a different number for channel and fixture, and if they are the same I am just in the habit of having both. It's definitely not necessary, but when communicating with the ME it is useful to also have their numbering input.

[@bradleeyyy2019]

Thank you so much I’m starting to program and this really helped me I’m creating shows can you make a video on how to creat cues in 1 show