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MA Lighting Releases New Software
MA Lighting has released new software version 5.60 for grandMA multimedia consoles available which is available now for free download from MA´s website. At the same time they are offering another useful tool: grandMA video, the only fully network integrated (MA-Net) and software based mediaserver.
Many new and innovative features has been added to the new software version 5.60. In conjunction with additional tools such as grandMA 3D, grandMA onPC and grandMA remote the grandMA console becomes a much more powerful multimedia control tool that meets today’s sophisticated requirements. Users from all around the world contributed to the new software, ensuring these improvements determine grandMA's role as market leader.
The new grandMA video software can be controlled with advanced features like browsing, previewing bitmaps of video footage and pictures as well as arranging the content of the media server directly on the console via MA-Net. The “Channel Value” organisation within the “Fixture Editor” has been redesigned and it will support channel values with 16bit resolution for every single fixture. The installation dimming system dimMA can be remotely configured from the lighting console via network. This includes the monitoring of dimmer feedback as well as error messages.
The new User Right “Designer” feature was created to enable users to view everything, and make selections to see specific channels and fixtures without being able to change anything or operate any kind of playback. The new Content Sheet & Compact Content Sheet is for displaying the content of specific cues. Modes are as follows: Auto Scroll to display the last and the next Cue of selected Executor or manual scroll for manual scrolling through the cues or selecting a specific cue.
Fixture Function Sets can be called and modified faster. The new in Fixture/Channel/DMX sheets now show changes in Tracksheet colours (blue/magenta/green/red). The new Filter in Fixture and Channel Sheet display Parked Channels, Selected Sequence, and Programmer only. The Executor Sheet now has five editable view tabs. All columns except Cue number can be moved and sorted. Tabs can be labelled individually.
In addition many user friendly improvements to some of the existing features have also been added.
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23rd August 2005
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