MA Lighting grandMA3 FullSize (2024)

The MA Lighting grandMA3 FullSize is the flagship model of the grandMA3 series, designed to meet the most demanding requirements of professional lighting control in large-scale productions. It represents a significant evolution from the grandMA2 series, offering enhanced processing power, a more intuitive user interface, and expanded control capabilities. The grandMA3 FullSize is engineered to handle the complexities of modern lighting design, making it the preferred choice for high-profile events such as concerts, tours, theatrical productions, and broadcast applications.

The grandMA3 FullSize features an impressive array of controls and displays, ensuring that operators have everything they need at their fingertips. The console is equipped with 12 multi-touch screens, including three large 15.6-inch screens that provide a comprehensive overview of the system, and additional smaller screens for quick access to key functions. The interface is designed to be highly customizable, allowing users to tailor the layout to their specific workflow. This flexibility is complemented by the console’s 60 motorized faders and 16 rotary encoders, all of which are fully assignable, providing an unparalleled level of control over lighting parameters.

Underneath its sleek exterior, the MA Lighting grandMA3 FullSize is powered by a state-of-the-art processing unit that significantly boosts its performance compared to its predecessors. This enhanced processing power allows the console to manage up to 250,000 parameters, making it capable of controlling vast and complex lighting rigs. The console supports a wide range of communication protocols, including DMX, Art-Net, sACN, and MA-Net3, ensuring seamless integration with a broad array of lighting fixtures and devices. The grandMA3 FullSize also features multiple network ports, allowing for redundancy and secure, reliable data transmission across large networks.

One of the key innovations of the grandMA3 FullSize is its advanced software platform, which introduces a new, more intuitive way of programming and operating lighting shows. The software is designed to simplify complex tasks, with features like the 3D visualizer, which provides real-time previews of lighting designs, and enhanced fixture control, allowing for more precise adjustments. The grandMA3’s software also includes powerful effects generators and an improved timecode synchronization system, enabling operators to create intricate, dynamic lighting sequences with ease. Additionally, the console supports multi-user operation, allowing multiple programmers to work simultaneously on the same project, which is particularly useful in large-scale productions.