MA Lighting grandMA2 full-size

The grandMA2 full-size is the largest console in MA Lighting’s grandMA2 range. It has 30 motorized executor faders and three built-in touchscreens. MA Lighting now lists it in its product archive as discontinued. Showcaller AI connects to the console over your show network through the Bridge App. Then it runs playback by voice or chat, so the operator keeps both hands on the desk. The MA Lighting grandMA2 integration page lists every function.

Executors and pages on the grandMA2 full-size

The full-size has the most physical playback of the grandMA2 consoles. MA lists 30 motorized executor faders, and a fader wing adds up to 60 more. With Pro, Showcaller presses Go or Off on an executor you name by page and number. It also moves an executor fader to a level from 0 to 100 percent. For example, ask for executor 5 on page 2 at 80 percent. In addition, Showcaller switches the active executor page. Then it reads the page back from the console, so the change is confirmed.

Sequences, cues and macros

Every plan includes sequence playback. First, Showcaller fires Go on a sequence or jumps to the cue number you name. It also steps a sequence back a cue, pauses or resumes it, and turns it off. Macros stored in the show file run by number. For anything else, Enterprise adds the command line. There, Showcaller types the command exactly as you would on the desk. However, macros, the command line and every Off command wait for your confirmation first.

What Showcaller confirms on a grandMA2 full-size

Showcaller logs in with a user account from the show file. It reads the console’s reply to every command. So when the console refuses a command, Showcaller reports a failure. Page changes are read back, as described above. However, the grandMA2 does not report playback state in a form Showcaller can read yet. As a result, a Go or a fader move is reported as accepted, not checked against the stage. For full specs, see MA Lighting’s grandMA2 full-size page.