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MagicQ Console Quick Start Manual
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Users familiar with Avolites consoles
Choose “Normal Mode”
MagicQ operates most like a Avolite console when you set it into “Normal” mode rather than “Tracking mode”. You
can choose the mode when you start a show, and also at any time via “Prog Mode” on Soft Button B in the Setup
Window.
“Normal mode” automatically sets the following Setup options
Programmer Tracking
No
Unused chans return to defaults
No
Select heads on keypad intensity set
No
Select heads and palettes from keypad
No
Highlight mode
Normal
Select Multiple Groups
No
It also sets the defaults for multi-step Cue Stacks to Chases rather than Theatre Stacks.
Step controlled as chase
Yes
Step halts before executing
No
Cue Stacks are set to auto activate and release when the fader is moved:
Fader activates stack
Yes
Fader releases stack
Yes