Quick Tip Tuesday: Group Masters
A Group Master is a Fader Assignment that allows for a maximum intensity to be held for a group of lights in your showfile. Some consoles call this an “Inhibitive Fader” because it can inhibit the output of your lights regardless of any other higher values currently in playback. Think of it as a GrandMaster, but only for a particular group of fixtures instead of all fixtures.
To assign a Group Master, you first need to have a Group of the fixtures you wish to inhibit in the Groups Pool. Then, enter the ASSIGN menu of any Fader and enter the FUNCTION tab. Here, by pressing the GROUP MASTER option, you can then pick from your established Groups- which will show up in the list.
Alternatively, you can simply press the Group you wish to inhibit from the Groups Pool, followed by any button on an empty Executor Fader.
Using these Group Masters are simple, but if you’re likely to be changing pages a lot in a show, keep in mind that your Group Master might be on a different page- and might have been previously lowered- which might result in less output on stage than you might expect. A quick way to locate all of your Group Masters is to press the GROUP key twice. This will open a new window showing all of your Group Masters and their respective levels. Here, you can press the FULL or OUT options to quickly change the master levels without changing pages (there is also an ALL FULL option). However, if you would like to go to the page containing that Group Master, simply press the name of the Group Master.
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