Masters

Masters are global controls that scale or modify output values across all or part of your show. They are typically assigned to faders on an Executor Page.

Master types

Type	Description
Grand Master	Scales all dimmer output globally (0–100%)
Speed Master	Controls the BPM speed of linked effects
Time Master	Scales the fade times of linked executors
Group Master	Scales the dimmer output of a specific fixture group

Grand Master

The Grand Master scales all dimmer output across the entire show. At 100% (1.0), output is unaffected. At 50%, all dimmers are halved.

master create "Grand" grand 1.0master 0 value 0.5    -- set Grand Master to 50%

Speed Master

A Speed Master controls the playback speed (in BPM) of all effects linked to it. Tap tempo lets you sync to music live.

master create "Speed 1" speed 120    -- create a 120 BPM speed mastermaster 1 value 0.75                  -- set to 75% of the max BPM rangemaster 1 tap                         -- tap tempo

Link an effect to a speed master:

When creating or editing an effect, reference the speed master by its index. See Effects for details.

Time Master

A Time Master scales the fade times of executors and effects linked to it. At 1.0 (default), fades run at their programmed times. At 2.0, they run twice as slow.

master create "Time 1" time 1.0 min 0.1 max 5.0

Group Master

A Group Master scales the dimmer output of a specific fixture group independently of the Grand Master.

master create "Wash Level" group 1.0master 2 link group 1    -- link to group 1master 2 value 0.8       -- set wash fixtures to 80%

Managing masters

list masters                  -- list all mastersmaster 0 value 1.0            -- set master at index 0 to 100%master 0 range 0 200          -- set BPM range 0-200 (for speed masters)master 0 rename "Grand"       -- rename a masterdelete master 0               -- delete a master

Tap tempo

For Speed Masters, tap tempo calculates BPM from the interval between repeated taps:

master 1 tap    -- tap (repeat to set the tempo)

Using masters with faders

Masters are typically controlled via fader widgets on an Executor Page. You can assign a fader to any master:

In the GUI, add a fader widget to an Executor Page and bind it to the desired master. The fader will then directly control the master's value.

See Executor Pages for how to set up fader widgets.