LDInstitute on the road presents A.C.T Lighting/MA Lighting grandMA2, Level Two Training on Monday & Tuesday, December 5 & 6 in conjunction with the second annual Live Design Concert Master Classes to be held December 3 & 4 at USC.

The MA Lighting grandMA is one of the hottest lighting control consoles in the world today, specified on productions at the highest levels across a broad spectrum of the industry, from the recent Ring Cycle at The Metropolitan Opera to Cirque du Soleil.

Level Two training on MA Lighting’s grandMA2 console is full-blown, two-day programmer training aimed at experienced console programmers and lighting designers. Participants must have a basic understanding of automated fixtures and DMX, but do not need to have previous experience with the grandMA range. Learn how to work with automated fixtures using the grandMA from console set-up to playback, including advanced programming techniques, tricks and tools.

LD Alain Lortie used a grandMA console to program Cirque du Soleil's Zarkana


Target Audience: Lighting designers and programmers with an understanding of automated fixtures, DMX and basic programming who are interested in learning the grandMA2 console.


Session Highlights:
1. Console set up

2. Basic programming techniques

3. Advanced programming techniques

4. Playback options
5. Network administration (including connections to grandMA video and 3D)



The course will be taught at: A.C.T Lighting, 5308 Derry Avenue, Unit R, Agoura Hills, CA. 91301

7 ETCP Renewal Credits 
/ Class Limit: 8


$395 ($495 after 11/04)

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