ChamSys MagicQ Training: Austin, TX: July 2026: Level 1 (2 day course)

Go from unfamiliar to confident on MagicQ — in just two days.

Whether you're a lighting technician stepping up to a professional console for the first time, a theatre programmer looking to expand your toolkit, or a touring tech who needs to get up to speed fast — this two-day hands-on training is built for you.

Led by ChamSys-certified instructors with real-world touring and production experience, Level 1 gives you everything you need to walk onto a gig and run a MagicQ rig with confidence. No prior MagicQ experience required.

You'll work directly on hardware consoles throughout the course — not just watch slides — covering the full workflow from patching and programming through to playback, pixel mapping, and show file management.

By the end of day two, you'll be able to patch a full rig, build a cue stack from scratch, program palettes and groups, work with timecode, and manage your show files — the core skills every working MagicQ operator needs.

WHAT'S INCLUDED

• Console access throughout (two attendees per console)
• Lunch is provided both days
• ChamSys swag bag including: MagicDMX interface, ChamSys branded USB, ChamSys pen, and the iconic ChamSys Blue Duck
• Official MagicQ Training Course book
• Completion certificate

WHO IS THIS FOR?

• First-time console operators
• Theatre and live event lighting designers
• House and touring technicians
• Students (ages 15+)
• Self-taught MagicQ users looking to fill in the gaps

TOPICS COVERED

We aim to cover as many of the following as possible across the two days:

• MagicQ buttons, windows, and layouts
• Getting started: DMX outputs and patching
• Editing: Include & Update, Record Merge
• Using dimmers: patching fixtures, setting levels, selecting heads
• Head control and palettes: Locate, recording palettes
• Playback options: Cue Stack options, Add/Swap, Blind Mode
• Group Masters
• Theatre programming: Move When Dark, Mark Cues
• Timecode and scheduled events
• File management: Merging shows, File Manager
• Execute Window
• Pixel Mapping
• Macros and Automation
• Networking, Art-Net, multi-console and tracking backups (introduction only)

VENUE

Doors open at 9:30 AM. Sessions run 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM both days.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Olden Lighting, 9503 Brown Lane, Austin, United States

Concerts, fests, parties, meetups - all the happenings, one place.

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