About this Event
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
Chauvet Lighting, 3325 W Sunset Rd, Las Vegas, United States
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