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MA2 Console Mastery: A Comprehensive Crash Course
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MA2 Console Mastery: A Comprehensive Crash Course
MA2 Lighting: Learn the Essentials of MA2 Console and onPC
Created byMarc Schneider
Last updated 5/2026
English
What you'll learn
- Foundational Concepts: Master MA2 console basics, from patching to effects, ensuring a solid grasp of the system's core elements.
- Playback Perfection: Dive into encoders and attributes, honing playback skills crucial for seamless live lighting control and dynamic performances.
- Creative Control: Develop expertise in cuestacks, chases, and effects, refining your ability to craft mesmerizing visual experiences for audiences.
- Essential Features: Understand backup menus, show management, and troubleshooting, equipping yourself to handle any live scenario effectively
- Advanced Techniques: Progress to advanced strategies, gaining a deep understanding of MA2 console capabilities beyond basic functions.
- Optimizing Workflow: Learn efficient stage setup, coordinate system use, fixture positioning, workspace creation, and group management to save time during work.
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Course content
11 sections • 30 lectures • 2h 49m total length
Requirements
- You should have some experience with lighting consoles and should have worked as a light engeneer before.
Description
If you're a lighting engineer with some experience, but you're new to the MA2 console, then this course is perfect for you. The MA2 Crash Course is a comprehensive training program designed to teach you the very basics of the MA2 console quickly and efficiently. Whether you need to brush up on your skills before an upcoming job, or you simply want to learn how to operate the console without getting to deep, this course will provide you with the knowledge you need to get started.
The course covers everything from the basic console layout and patching fixtures to creating groups and presets, as well as using encoders and attributes for playback. You'll also learn how to work with cuestacks, chases, and effects, as well as useful features such as backup menus, show management, and troubleshooting.
With practical and easy-to-follow tutorials, you'll gain a solid understanding of how to operate the console, and be able to use it to create solid lighting designs for your event. You'll learn how to set up the stage view, coordinate system, and fixture positions, as well as how to create workspaces, save them, and name groups, etc.
The course is broken down into several modules that will teach you the basics of each topic, including "quick and dirty" options, as well as more advanced techniques. And with lifetime access to the course materials, you'll be able to revisit the lessons at any time and brush up on your skills whenever you need to. So why wait? Sign up for the MA2 Crash Course today and take your lighting design skills to the next level with MA2
Who this course is for:
- The course will teach the basic concepts of the MA2 console without ging to deep into the console. It is thougt as an refresher or crashcourse to manage an upcoming job next weekend. After the course you will be able to program a standart lightshow.