grandMA2
Version 3.9

Live Edit an Effect

It is possible to live edit effects during a show if necessary. 

To live edit an effect:

  1. Select fixtures. 
  2. Tap a template effect. 
Hint:
The sense and purpose of an template effect is that it is possible to select a template, adjust it without modifying the actual effect. 
  1. The encoder toolbar for live effects – also called the "Quick & Dirty Encoder Toolbar" – opens.
Encoder toolbar for live edit
 Important:
All adjustments made with the help of the encoder toolbar for live effects are taken into the live programmer. Thus, being taken over into the next cue if stored. 
  1. Adjust the values by turning the encoders. 
Important:
If the value Low is set to 0, tapping Prop. to toggle it to Incr. enables the encoders. 
  1. If you have more than two effects in the programmer, tapping Select Effect opens the pop-up Select Effect.
     
    Pop-up – select effect

    To edit the values of an effect, select the effect in the pop-up first.
    If you have less than three effects in the programmer, tapping Select Effect toggles between the different effects. 
  2. Edit Program. indicates that editing currently takes places in the programmer.
    To open the effect editor, tap Edit Progr. It is then possible to edit the actual effect. 

For more information see Use predefined effects – effect editor

  1. To toggle between different modes, tap Low/High Mode.
  2. To toggle between relative and absolute values, tap Relative <> Absolute
  3. Change the direction of the effect:
    -Tap Direction <>.
  4. To turn off the effect and remove it in the programmer, tap Off Effect.  
  5. To take the release value into the programmer, tap Release Effect
  6. To take stomp values into the programmer, tap Stomp Effect
  7. To toggle the functionality of encoders, tap Basics 1 of 2

For more information on the different functionalities see Use predefined effects

Important:
If you accidentally tap anywhere, the encoder toolbar for live edit disappears. To regain it, tap the cell with displaying the name of the effect pool.