Moving lights add a level of complexity to programming that we don’t need right now. “Surely the MagicQ is a moving light console. We are going to visualise our progress onboard the MagicQ using a virtual plan and discover some pretty useful features along the way. So, we are going to light a 3 piece band with 36 ways of dimming, 36 Pars, some Source 4 specials and 4 blinders – a nice simple rig. One of the plus points of the MagicQ is that it uses many concepts available on other consoles so reading the manual is not a necessity for programmers with some experience. This information in this tutorial is as accurate as possible, but please bear in mind that (confession time) I have not spent a lot of time reading the user manual. Hard buttons may also have the abbreviated version as it appears on the MagicQ button in CAPS afterward: RECORD. Buttons sometimes have a rough location after them such as (top right) so you can find them. Notation: Hard buttons on the console are written in CAPS such as CLEAR, softbuttons (around the screen) have a capital letter such as New Show (top). If you intend to mainly work with a tablet laptop or touchscreen, you may want to run in Touch mode from the start – this doesn’t matter but some notes about the positioning of the buttons may not be accurate. screen mode, as the button layout is closest to the actual console which is more familiar. This tutorial is intended to be easy to follow with only a version of the MQ PC/Mac software from Cham Sys (we are running 1.4.00 today) and a single screen PC/Laptop with keyboard and mouse. You might like to take a look at Introduction to the MagicQ which takes a tour around the desk. If you have never really used a a Cham Sys console, this tutorial is going to work for you too. If you can already use the MagicQ a bit, you should still read this tutorial as it is specially designed to show you the useful stuff that you might not find on your own and covers good workflow for all programming. I have a number of other beginners to be uploaded, so subscribe to the channel to get them. Video Tutorials: There are also some additional videos on more advanced subjects in my Stage Lighting Control YouTube Playlist. PDFs: All three of the MagicQ conventional lighting control tutorials are available for download as an ebook (pdf), so you can print out and follow along. An anti-quick start guide, we take it slow so as not to miss the scenery. MagicQ tutorial Part 1 takes it from the top.
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