What are Executors

The Executors are handles and controls to other objects.

They are often used to control sequences, but they can control other objects.

The idea is that an object (for instance a sequence) is assigned to the executor. The executor is then controlling the object. Several executors can control the same object.

A sequence assigned to an executor is actually running cues from the sequence pool. In essence the executor is manipulating or sending commands to the sequence in the pool.

 

Executors are physical buttons, knobs, and faders on the grandMA3 consoles, the grandMA3 extension, and the grandMA3 onPC command wing. They can also be represented as on-screen virtual executors - these can be viewed and operated in the Playback Window.

Read more about the physical executor hardware in the Executor Elements topic.

There are 4 rows of executors. The bottom row is numbered from 101 and up. This row only have a single executor button. The row above is numbered from 201 and up. This row have a button and the fader. Next row is from 301 and up. This row have a button and a rotating knob. The top row are from 401 and up. This row also have a button and a rotating knob.

The Xkeys are also executors. The buttons labeled X1 to X8 are executor 291 til 298. The buttons labeled X9 til X16 are executors 191 til 198.

Executors are organized in wings. There are vertically 15 columns of executors on a Wing. They are organized in sections of 5. There is 60 (15 columns x 4 rows) executors on a wing. There are 6 wings for a total of 360 (6 wing x 60 executors) executors plus the 16 from the Xkeys - total is 376.

The physical device might have fewer executors, then the amount existing in the software. For instance the grandMA3 compact console have 2 x 5 columns of executors.

 

Executor pages

This is just on one page. It is possible to create up to 1000 executor pages. Each page can have their own setup of executors. Executors that are active on one page are still active when the page is changed to another.

The pages can be seen and labeled in the Page Pool - it can be created as a window.

The page pool is also available as a pop-up, that can be opened by tapping the middle part of the page selector.

There are no functional differences between the pool as a pop-up or as a window.

Pages are automatically created when the Page+ and Page- keys are used scroll trough the pages. The up and down arrows in the page selector can also be used to change page just like the physical keys.

A page can also be created using the following syntax:

Store Page page_number

 

Executor labels

The letterbox screens show the labels for the executors. The bottom of the left command screen shows the labels for the Xkeys.

The entire mini executor bar is described in more details in the Mini executor bar topic.

The labels display how the encoders are grouped, what object they are controlling and what handle function each executor have.

Read more about how to change all these things in the Assign object to an Executor topic.

The labels takes appearance and scribbles from the object assigned. For example if a sequence have a special appearance then this appearance is also displayed in the mini executor bar.

 

Playback Window

The playback window is a virtual representation of the physical executors. Labels indicate the assigned handles but currently not the objects.

The window automatically adjusts the amount of visible executors based on the width of the window. This means that a window can minimum have 5 x 4 executors  and a maximum of 15 x 4. The minimum size of the window to display a section of 15 executors is 10,5 squares on a screen.

Tap the WingID button in the title bar to select one of the 6 different wings.

Tap the desired wing in the list to select it.