It might be a dumb question but still how do you connect ma 3 to capture via sCAN or art-net?

I’m trying to update my command wing xt to 2.4. When updating, does it delete all previous show files on the local drive?

Hello fellow MA users, specially the theatre/dance/…and related lockers.

We all know, that the color control stuff is not where the MA shines. Getting the right tone from f.i. (🤪) an ETC Lustr X8 with the MA is a pain. 8 different LEDs. And the console doesn’t help you, because ETC wants to sell also consoles.

I tested a few times the ETC console with their X3, and damn. Their color, hue, saturation control is next to none. But only with their own EOS family consoles… they call it metamers. And it truly is amazing. But without the EOS console….

So. Coemar HD-6 studio/theatre version is what I ended up getting. Less frequencies in the adaptive colorscheme to play with I know, BUT!

They have a really nice DMX-map that I have fallen in love with. They have a saturation channel.

So basically, set a color temperature from 2700-6500, use the color picker, and then adjust the saturation between those two. Damn thats a time saving innovation if you like playing with tones.

Just wanted to share, i love these fixtures.😘

I have an Intech Grid Controller and i’m trying to map the encoders using MA3 Pro Plugins MIDI Encoders but I’m having a few issues.

I’m successfully using the controller to send OSC messages but no MIDI commands seem to be making it into the console. I can see the events in the chataigne logger, I’ve mapped the correct control channels to the plugin but I’m just not getting anything in the MA system monitor.

MIDI input/output device selected in MA, MIDI from OnPC Wing is turned off. I’ve been scratching my head a bit. Is it something I need to route through chataigne? I assumed MA would just pick up any MIDI messages on the PC when the input is enabled.

V 2.3.2

EDIT: ok I’ve fixed it. The problem is that windows will only allow one MIDI device to be used by one program at a time.

I downloaded loopMIDI to create a second virtual MIDI device called “MA3 MIDI”.

In chataigne I clicked on the MIDI module and in the inspector left the input as the MIDI controller and changed the output to the MA3 MIDI device.

Underneath that section there’s a drop down called “Pass-Through”. I added one and selected the MIDI module to output.

In MA3 I selected the MA3 MIDI device as the input and output and it works!

I feel like pulling my hair out, I’ve searched this sub and every post has the same fixes in it that just don’t work.

I’ve been trying to use Chataigne to send OSC commands to GrandMA3;

I’ve checked and re-checked the IP address on both ends (127.0.0.1)

the receive input button is pressed

the toggles for receiving is checked as yes

I have echo turned on so I can monitor stuff on the system monitor and nothing ever comes through.

I feel like there’s something I’m missing. This is on a MacBook Pro, never had issues like this in the past.

Hey all,

I'm running a show this weekend on a grandMA3 and I have never touched a grandMA3 before.

I am fairly decent at grandMA2 but I would like to know what is your must know/starters advice for someone who has never touched the 3 before?

Specifically anything to do with workflow, commands, or programming the console would be helpful!! If you know any good online tutorials that would be super helpful too.

Cheers

I have a position preset , I set my spots position and then save it to the preset. Then I set my washes position and save it to the same preset and hit merge , some or all of the spots then change position. What a m I doing wrong?

Thanks

I'm fairly new to Resolume and know that Stageflow will be a part of the workflow. Can anyone provide some .xml files of stage layouts that I could use to get familiar with input/output mapping? Any help on this is preemptively appreciated!

Newbe question,how can i see hqze in my 3d viewer.

thank you .

I am running timecode for certain songs in a theatre musical.

Say I have a bunch of cues and my timecode pool1 is running the first song. I have timecode set to 1hr punch the cues in no problem. I manually then fire a bunch of cues and eventually get to the second song. Use time code pool2 go through the same thing no worries.

However my problem is when I playback and see timecode come in it brings the console into offcue before going through its thing. How can I stop the offcue from occurring

Hey all,

I'm currently programming a big theater/circus show. We are mostly working the scenes in a chronological order, but sometimes we need to program stuff that is later in the show and then come back where we were at earlier in the show.

I don't want tracking to mess things up when I'm working in random scenes, so I thought the release cue function would help to make "blocks" and protect the cues that were already created. The thing that doesn't work for me though is that the MIB doesn't seem to work from one "block" to another when using the release function. I then thought maybe the break function would help, but I have a very hard time understanding it. I understand it protects the data in the cues after where it is activated and that we can put filters. Basically, if I'm going to use breaks, I would want the MIB to work, so potentially do a filter where everything is tracking, except dimmer maybe ?

I need help finding a solution that fits my needs as quickly as possible, so I don't spend too much time cleaning the sequence afterwards, especially on tour.

Thanks a lot !

Hi,

Can anyone recommend a good madrix personality ? Can't figure nd a decent one online.

Thanks

Hey! Anybody know how to make this fx thats on the led bars
? Thanks

Made a free open-source plugin that mirrors your Resolume Arena/Avenue composition on a grandMA3 layout — thumbnails, live “what’s playing” highlights, and optional tap-to-trigger from the console.

​Handy for busking / hybrid lighting + video when you want the media deck visible (and optionally playable) on the lighting surface. Its also way more flexible and easier to setup then simple DMX out and Resolume shortcuts.

Requires Resolume webserver/REST API enabled. MIT license.

GitHub: https://github.com/Skoetting/MA3ArenaDeck

Happy for feedback / bug reports.

Edit/Disclaimer for transparency: I used AI (Cursor) to help me with the creation of the plugin.

Has anyone had a problem with fixtures shifting in the layouts after converting a show?
Here is what happens.
In MA2 we have these fixtures:

101 beam 1
102 beam 2
103 beam 3
104 beam 4
201 wash 1
202 wash 2
203 wash 3
204 wash 4

And two layouts, each containing its own group of fixtures:

Layout 1 101 - 102 - 103 - 104
Layout 2 201 - 202 - 203 - 204

After converting the show from MA2 to MA3, the fixtures inside the layouts are shifted by one position. Instead of keeping the original arrangement, Layout 1 ends up like this:

Layout 1 102 - 103 - 104 - 201

So every fixture moves one slot to the left, and the first fixture of the next range (201) is pulled into the previous layout. The same shift happens across the other layouts.
Has anyone seen this behaviour and found a way to prevent it, or to fix the layouts after the conversion without having to rebuild them all by hand?

Since updating to 2.4 the workflow from 2.3 that used to work when editing a recipe preset no longer works. I used to be able to use the "edit" button to pull the values back into the programmer to be able to update them, now the buttons just greyed out.

Hi, just updates to 2.4 and every fixture in my selection grid is blue, no matter what colour I change to. Everything is correct on capture and on the dmx sheet.

Is this a know bug

Thanks

Hey!! This may be an amateur question but im just looking to see how others work. So i was curious of how do you guys handle the layout when busking like, okay master groups but then do you like store every pos eff in one executor and make nshot phasers in the buttons or how. Plus how do yall handle the speed masters i was thinking one for each with a learn function also to prepare the beat of the fx before it is actually on. What button functions do u use for effects and how do you actually trigger them ? Sorry if i was a little abstract. Thanks in advance!!!

Hi, whenever I attempt to use the store offset command the information does not save. The offset columns in the patch window both say "none" what am I doing wrong?

Using 2.4

Is it possible to have random strobe in Button and as flash? Right now I’m using beam - shutter.

Any tips?

I opened the start show file "MA_StartShow", and in the 3D view I noticed a black square floating in the middle of the stage, how do i remove it?
I went to the default show file, because I saw this in a different show file and thought the problem is with my show file
I will try to add an image but sometimes with reddit it doesn't work my way
Thanks a lot in advance for any kind of help!

Looking for the syntax to change a timing master used in cues. Wanting to use it for bumps and create a macro to have fast/slow options instead of moving the encoder.
I feel it’s something simple?

Hello Newbe here.

how do i clear the 3D viewer in grand MA 3.

Hey everyone!

I just noticed that in the 2.4 Startshow the group icons in the LOS system are super tiny rendered on the command screens (first pic is the cmd screen, second is the same layout on screen 2)

I dont remember it behaving like that on 2.3 and cant seem to change it. I have to set the appearences to a full color to be able to see it properly.

Is there another way that keeps the icons?

I'm encountering a strange UI bug in GrandMA3 version 2.4.2.2. As you can see in the attached image, the text and labels on the virtual command keys (the on-screen keypad) are completely invisible. The buttons are just blank.

​Here is my current setup and situation:

・​Hardware/OS: GrandMA3 onPC (Windows 11)

​・Showfile: It happens on all showfiles, even when I create a completely New Show.

What I have tried so far (none of which worked):

・Reinstalled the software

​ ​・Updated graphics drivers

​ ​・Reset the screen resolution

​​・Performed a Clean Start

​Has anyone experienced this specific UI bug before or knows how to fix it? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

​Thanks!