Most-Wanted Features For The Next GrandMA3 Release (2.0 SOON????)

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Who else is excited to see what the next version of MA3 has to offer? I definitely am, and there are a few things in particular that I really wish would make their way into the next release.
In this video, I'll talk about some of those features or changes to the workflow / programming philosophy that I wish would become reality.
I've been using MA3 nearly every day for the last 18 months, and even though I love using the software, I'm by no means an expert yet. These are just my opinions about the current and possible future state of the software from my perspective as a user.
Let me know down in the comments what sort of things you're missing, it's always interesting seeing how other people use the software and what things they're currently missing out on.
And hey, maybe some of these things I'm wanting are possible and I just haven't figured it out yet. If that's the case, let me know down below and I'll be sure to issue a correction :)
Make sure to contact your local distributor to add your own wishes to the MA3 development roadmap.
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@christianjackson 4 ай бұрын

OH - and two wishes that were so obvious, I forgot to include them in the video - BOUNCE PHASERS AND LOOPING IN SEQUENCES.

@rarecode. 4 ай бұрын

Sick!

@harmvaneijken2908 4 ай бұрын

Bounce phasers i need indeed, next week prolight and sound i am going to ask them for new features and 2.0 software. Also i realy like the way high end systems hog does color in there new 4.0 version. This way of color mixing would be working great for the ma3 color mixer too mixing in colors like lime, amber etc etc automatically

@Matthew_T24 4 ай бұрын

Nicee🔥🔥

@mrcflavius1129 4 ай бұрын

I greet you! I would like, if you can give me an opinion, I have been a chamsys user for some time and I have to learn GrandaMA, what should I start with? MA2 or MA3? thank you

@shanithezimhoni 4 ай бұрын

WE ARE SO FUCKING BACK IT HASNT EVEN BEEN A DAYYY

@morgantevans 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for outlining a load of great points, it is great to hear others having the same wants/frustrations. Almost the entire benefit to MA3 is the recipe recipes - understandably so because the concept is great and touring a show after the work is done is brilliant. What is so frustrating is the slow creation of them...lights are not programmed in table lines, looks need to be created in the programmer and then stored as a "store as recipe" store option, along with cue only and updating of recipes in cues. Pretty gutted to hear that .. from what I've heard, this doesn't feature in V2.0... oh well at least there are waveforms in timecode objects 😂...I don't underestimate the development time these things take, but sometimes I feel like the priorities of users and the features that make release aren't always inline. I look forward to the day when a recipe show can be programmed at the same speed (if not faster).

@DTRE_Torak 4 ай бұрын

I agree so much on this. I only uses recipes, but sometimes I just want to give it up because they take way to much time to create

@endresoos330 4 ай бұрын

Ohh an other video?! I' m so glad you're back!

@alexushazelton6406 4 ай бұрын

So happy you're back!

@stropinel1234 4 ай бұрын

Glad to have you back !!!

@Foehammer006 4 ай бұрын

Glad to see you posting videos again!

@jakobschneider8820 4 ай бұрын

As somebody who had the chance to see the 2.0 "trade show version" i think they managed to adress some of the points you mentions. Happy to see you back. Keep up the great work.

@MrTinnuiN 4 ай бұрын

Glad to see you're back! On the negative times, The command line triggers with the cue, so ill just assign a and put a 5 second wait on a 10 second cue. Not as nice, but it does work. For the Fixture Grid ive found the best way to quickly get fixtures in it is a top down 2D perspective selection. ill store that selection as a master group then - groups out of that to get my fixture groups into the grid at their spacing. It would also be nice to see an official PHASER pool and dealing with the phaser layer as a preset by itself instead of sharing through the other pools. As it stands now i can't find an easy way to stop my fixtures mid circle and snapshot the pan tilt values. i instead can only record the phaser in the position presets. Loved learning Ma2 from you and i've been excited to learn MA3 along side you!

@harmvaneijken2908 4 ай бұрын

Glad ur back Christian!

@gabelgabel5616 4 ай бұрын

Glad to see you are motivated to make more video!

@willtheham1 4 ай бұрын

OMG I LOVE YOU CHRISTAN IVE BEEN TRYING TO REACH OUT TO YOU FOR TRAINING AHHH I LOVE YOU!!!!

@christianjackson 4 ай бұрын

The training page on my site has all of my calendar availability and a sign up sheet for when I post new time slots

@willtheham1 4 ай бұрын

lol its 200$ though 😉Ive been waiting for arkxs to help out but, nothing. Do you recommend getting a ACT certificate? @@christianjackson

@user-no5um7dl5i 4 ай бұрын

Welcome back!!!!!!!!🎉

@radvokwebdesign3839 4 ай бұрын

Oh my godddddd I am so happy you're back!!!

@edvinboo1065 4 ай бұрын

Great video! I have also been nearly 100% on MA3 the last year and don't want to look back. I agree with all of your complaints and ideas. Recipes are so powerful but way too inefficient when programming timecodes and cue lists. I think the "cookbook" idea is awesome, it would definitely speed up my work.

@crig3941 4 ай бұрын

YEAHHHHHHHH THE LEGEND IS BACK 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥‼️‼️‼️

@arnodsl2279 4 ай бұрын

For having been able to get the v2.0 on my fingers, i can say that some of your wiches have been granted and many other new features are coming ! You will soon find out... it's a massive release. Welcome back sir !

@lukasEgg 4 ай бұрын

I learned so much about MA2 from your early MA2 Videos where you would just explain different things in your current showfile in a long unedited video. I would really appreciate such videos of MA3. Glad to see you back on KZfaq!

@christianjackson 4 ай бұрын

Once I feel like I am much more of a power user on 3 I'll be doing that. I don't want to be making videos until the software is a little more featured for longevity sake and so that I can really know everything I can

@lukasEgg 4 ай бұрын

@@christianjackson Looking forward to that!

@ChrisAlves_17 4 ай бұрын

A video about why to change from grandMA2 to grandMA3 would be much appreciated by the whole community. I leave here the suggestion and THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING AND BACK.

@gijex 4 ай бұрын

TWO DAYS IN A ROW!??? BRO IS SO BACK!!!!! WELCOME BACK CHRISTIAN!

@startrek0336 4 ай бұрын

I'll be visiting the Prolight+Sound next week. I'll definitely try to get a look at MA's booth.

@jeronimogreco7659 4 ай бұрын

I was thinking the same about off cue matricks and the NDI bitmap since ma2. Hope MA hear you!

@nathanielchang9906 4 ай бұрын

The selection gird pop up was added in v2 im so happy and special dialog with the special dialog

@lars_geurts45 4 ай бұрын

My local venue, and the lighting company i work often for, are both switching to MA3. This is a opertunity for me to jump into ma3! Looking forward to be doing shows on this software

@GoForMichael 4 ай бұрын

the timing is crazy

@deejayduy 4 ай бұрын

Dang~!!! Back to back video!!!!.. yay

@realifejon 4 ай бұрын

Holy shit CJ on DAILY UPLOADS?!?!? My body was not ready

@user-kt7cz4ch3b 4 ай бұрын

Welcome back

@JTFM66 4 ай бұрын

I got to see 2.0 last week whe the presenter got the relasse notes and test version and its a big one. Something like 75 pages of notes. And yes some of this has been added and massive improvement

@AndrisKasparovics 4 ай бұрын

NDI sourced bit mapping is definitely coming.

@jeremyburd20021 4 ай бұрын

I was in the first ever ACT class using beta 2.0 in NJ last month. Truly excited for this new version, so many missing things are finally coming. I just hope what I played with is all going to be in the final release!

@jeremyburd20021 4 ай бұрын

After watching the video, I can definitely say that most of those things that you spoke about were in the beta version I was using

@blood_lighters187 4 ай бұрын

I might be missing on something, but one shot phasers would be cool too, especially for timecode ! A store as recipe is indeed necessary ! I hate spending that much time into building them … I have tons of question coming through my programming journey and cannot always find solutions online, maybe having a better documentation would be useful too, especially about lua plugin creation Other than that, I had a question : Will you show us your show file and explain how and why you set up executors, I cannot find a way to create a fully featured show file which I don’t have to change every time ! I’m new to this, might be a lack of experience too ! Glad to see you posting on here, can’t wait to see more of your work, thanks for sharing your knowledge ;)

@nightblood9462 4 ай бұрын

My lighting Friend is back and alive

@Bonbon1948 4 ай бұрын

I want new MA3D features. I use it just for fun and creativity and I can't afford stuff like Capture. Love your videos.

@ichdu3574 4 ай бұрын

I Like to have Phasers with recipies. So that you‘re able to do a Recipie Like in a Cue per Step in the Phaser. Would be really nice for Busking Shows

@yu17 4 ай бұрын

I hope I can watch you shoot an episode of your room decoration

@xanderstuff7 4 ай бұрын

It's out!

@CineMuck84 4 ай бұрын

Just right in time…!

@felixaudinos3954 4 ай бұрын

Favorit pool ❤❤❤❤ why not !!

@christianjackson 4 ай бұрын

I agree. I think it would be a great addition

@nseaman1998 4 ай бұрын

2x in 48hrs? LETS GOOOOOO CHRISTIAN! 🎉

@PixelPlayslLP 4 ай бұрын

got some infos at an Con they said target is Prolight and Sound for 2.0 with really nice features the first target was Christmas 2023 but it was still to much to do Bitmap will come with Luck this version if they dont do it it will for 2.1 There wille be the possible to move Fixtures around in 2.0 and having some more features like 3d to Grid or Layout to grid

@juizsantiago6343 4 ай бұрын

can i ask if it is possible to load my show file from Grand MA3 OnPC to Grand MA2 OnPC or Console? because i'm apple user and ony Grand MA3 is availble software for mac so is it possible to program show in MA3 software and load to MA2? Thank you huge fan here..

@mrcflavius1129 4 ай бұрын

I greet you! I would like, if you can give me an opinion, I have been a chamsys user for some time and I have to learn GrandaMA, what should I start with? MA2 or MA3? thank you

@EDLEXUS 4 ай бұрын

Great timing, 2.0 comes out tomorrow

@robgarcia2878 4 ай бұрын

Where is this info from?

@arnodsl2279 4 ай бұрын

I understand it can be tempting for you but you should be careful when saying such things, especially if you have the exclusivity to get this kind of information. :)

@EDLEXUS 4 ай бұрын

@@arnodsl2279 thank you, I understand your concern, but this information was published by our national distributor on their public social media, so I wasn't concerned commenting it here, because it was already very public

@adamrichard5688 4 ай бұрын

He wasn’t lying 🤷‍♂️

@EDLEXUS 4 ай бұрын

@@arnodsl2279 I understand your concern, but this information was oublished by our national distributer on their social media, so I was not really telling a secret. If I would have had any secret information, you can be damn sure I wouldn't tell you (or anyone)

@manuarias 4 ай бұрын

version 2 was just released!!

@timmy101231 4 ай бұрын

Oh can they also add Encoder control Via OSC / MIDI ?

@kylelorenz-bennett 4 ай бұрын

Finally something good on here again

@christianjackson 4 ай бұрын

🫡🫡

@zakking4857 4 ай бұрын

And Today, 2.0 is out. Did you know it would be out soo soon? Very cool. Some of your wishes are in the notes, and a couple things I wished for and had given up on. I remember when it first launched they talked about the custom use of the dual encoder, and after so long I figured it was just a dead concept, but nope!

@christianjackson 4 ай бұрын

I do not have any insider info, plus this video was shot almost a month ago anyways

@zakking4857 4 ай бұрын

@@christianjackson Well then you just have excellent timing! A good quality for an LD!

@couldsix2592 4 ай бұрын

Two videos in two days..Whats happen...am i glitch in matrix?

@araugh 4 ай бұрын

It is nice to see MA3 coming to maturity. GDTF is better to work with now than it was a few years back too

@christianjackson 4 ай бұрын

Definitely. A lot of better now that weed more than 40 fixtures in the library

@DARTHJJ246 4 ай бұрын

We need the exec button view like ma2!

@Lamarama 4 ай бұрын

@christianjackson We had a Recipe pool in 1.4 or 1.3 or something. It's probably in the software already behind some curtains. I agree 100% with needing a Cookbook.

@christianjackson 4 ай бұрын

Yeah I feel like I remembered it somewhere but it didn't exist when I started actually using the software with 1.7

@Lamarama 4 ай бұрын

@@christianjackson Recipe was very different back then. But it makes me think that the pool still exist some where ;) Ill poke around at PL+S.

@jeffguan 3 ай бұрын

For MA3, it should be an upgraded version of MA2, rather than being as difficult to use as it is now. I hope that the MA3 manufacturer can improve MA3 on the basis of MA2 instead of starting from scratch. The cloning function of Ma2 is very useful, and I can use it to clone complex lighting layers during large-scale performances

@kirschner.production 4 ай бұрын

Where did you get that ayrton hoodie/jacket?

@christianjackson 4 ай бұрын

Actually I can't remember lol. I think from LDI or PL+S a few years ago.

@Timotali 4 ай бұрын

man talking about ma3 while magicq is casually running in the background :D

@RenatoHarripaul1217 4 ай бұрын

👍👍👍👍👍👍

@rev_dude 4 ай бұрын

WHAT?!?!? I was on your channel the other day thinking "when's Christian going to upload again", and lo and behold, the king of lighting returns

@SandyCrack69 4 ай бұрын

Wow that’s quite a list, but I’d be happy with just getting chasers back , mind you I’m a dinosaur ..🦖

@Unknowable-Lighting 4 ай бұрын

Make a grandMA3 crash course that you did for ma2

@T1yler 4 ай бұрын

Jackson, is the MA2 version at a stop? I know MA3 pushed a huge software update just wondering since our church is interested in a 2 light.

@christianjackson 4 ай бұрын

It's been discontinued and is not receiving new development or features for the last 5 years or so. Nothing wrong with them... they just are focused on building the newer software of course.

@T1yler 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! Looks like were going to aim for a 3 light@@christianjackson

@danielrazo7658 4 ай бұрын

Can you make a video on how to connect a viz key to capture on ma3pc?

@christianjackson 4 ай бұрын

Yep, I'll be including that with my upcoming videos

@TheTimelessCreator 4 ай бұрын

what visualizer do you use?

@christianjackson 4 ай бұрын

Depence and Capture.

@Reazintful 4 ай бұрын

good list, love the favorites idea....i also miss the action button page, it was nice to have a page of execs that could be controlled and modified just like physical ones....having only 1 action assigned to the entire sequences pool has not been a good replacement at all.

@kevinw.9651 4 ай бұрын

You can have a actionpad... Just assign your sequence in your Layoutpool. There you can assign the executor as flash, toggle and so on. You could also assign the sequence multiply times in your actionpad with different action... For example one for flash one for toggle and one for go+

@christianjackson 4 ай бұрын

Agreed, that's also on my list

@yanuu_9834 4 ай бұрын

Wake up bro, Christian posted!

@SailorToBoat 4 ай бұрын

The one thing I want is the ability to have timers be an average of multiple other times. Firing CO2/flames etc I want to know indervidual times of firing as well as a quick average.

@christianjackson 4 ай бұрын

Yeah that is a tough one.

@MLassiLD 4 ай бұрын

@christianjackson The plebs have access now.

@mohamedasmar2083 4 ай бұрын

can you make a crash course for ma3 like how you did for ma2?

@christianjackson 4 ай бұрын

Eventually.

@ConcertLD 4 ай бұрын

What would be nice if they could come up with a good 2 to 3 showfile converter to where you dont haft to go back and redo hundreds and hundreds of cues. Ive got years into building my MA2 showfile. Not really wanting to start over again...

@edvinboo1065 4 ай бұрын

I unfortunately don't think they will. The workflows of ma2 vs ma3 are different enough that I think you would actually want to redo your file. With recipes and phasers, it would probably be impossible to get an MA2 file to run smoothly.

@christianjackson 4 ай бұрын

It's really worth it to start fresh on 3 in my opinion.

@shehansasmitha 4 ай бұрын

So Christian , when are we going to get a MA3 crash course from you ?

@christianjackson 4 ай бұрын

Probably in the next 4-6 months. It's going to be a little more involved than the ma2 video.

@sonyvaioboy 4 ай бұрын

We need Shapers please 🙏

@sonyvaioboy 4 ай бұрын

lol 2mins in and you mention Shapers 😂

@ibimslawa 4 ай бұрын

Hit us with those bugs!

@christianjackson 4 ай бұрын

There have been some interesting ones...

@alararang4932 4 ай бұрын

All I can "legally" say is that you dropped the ´when's the new release coming´ video at quite the convenient time ;) And that's all I'm gonna say...

@christianjackson 4 ай бұрын

I was really hurrying to get it out because I recorded this many weeks ago lol

@4lp4z3ro 4 ай бұрын

14:42 u mean like avo has been doing for some time :p...?

@superkaboose1066 4 ай бұрын

Goodness the shutter shaping alone is so annoying, MA2 for theatre until that is at least fixed for sure.

@3CouzHein 4 ай бұрын

Funny that the next morning the 2.0 is out 😂

@christianjackson 4 ай бұрын

I swear I did not have inside info before making 😂 and I shot this video weeks ago

@3CouzHein 4 ай бұрын

@@christianjackson oh i know ! But the king is back and prophecy is happening i thought it was a nice coincidence !

@jeroensnoeijen7891 4 ай бұрын

2.0 will be released within two weeks. Or so I've heard...

@MrTinnuiN 4 ай бұрын

Doesn't matter, I am still heading to the ma3 website to see 1.9 waiting for me still right now.

@lsgbassboost9206 4 ай бұрын

hi christian im trying to get on youre discord but i cant. My account got recently hacked and the hacker sended 18+ discords everywhere so i created a new account and cant get on youre server

@christianjackson 4 ай бұрын

Sorry, not sure how i can help

@j2ballybatty 4 ай бұрын

Big up to the Christian uno man tried help the mandem with a viper we found

@morsikpl 4 ай бұрын

Well... let me ruin life and tell you that version numbers as math, and number after 1.9 doesn't need to be 2.0. It can be 1.10, and 1.11 and then after very very a lot updates, even 1.222 :P

@NiklasAuBln 4 ай бұрын

yeah, but as he mentioned some people had seen the current development state at tradeshows and to my knowledge it is called 2.0 (at least that was how it was called in ocober last year when i talked with people from MA, back then they mentioned that they try to release in time with LDI but i guess that they found some serious bugs and I hope they will release 2.0 for "prolight and sound" faire, which is next week but we will see)

@Reazintful 4 ай бұрын

think your a bit confused, it could be what your saying if it was 1.09, but not 1.9, it would need to be 1.910, or 1.922, or it could be 1.9.10....your point still stands though....but...im pretty sure act has already confirmed the next big release is 2.0, which is a common number jump with a large release.

@morsikpl 4 ай бұрын

@@Reazintful no, I'm not confused. I do software development, and version numbering doesn't work like regular math because they are not decimal numbers, but instead each number between dots is independent number from each other. You have X.Y.Z where X is major number, Y is minor number, Z as patch number and sometimes something additional (but it's unusal). Each one increments on it's own, and 1.09 is the same as 1.9 (because "9" is independed and as in normal numbering you get rid of leading zeroes like in "0009"). When Y increases, Z gets zeroed so: 1.9.5 will become 1.10.0, then 1.10.1 patch, then 1.10.2 patch and then minor release again with 1.11.0 and maybe patch 1.11.1. THEN after all of that, when you decide that changes are that huge (and as semver standard says) may be incompatible when previous versions) you do 2.0.0.

@christianjackson 4 ай бұрын

It was confirmed when I wrote the script for this video about a month ago that it would be 2.0.

@morsikpl 4 ай бұрын

@@christianjackson ok then, fair enough ;) But as you can see even one comment above people misunderstand version strings, so... ;)