Halyx's principles
- A visible gesture rather than a syntax: no command line to learn, everything is done by touch on a tablet.
- The engine computes, the operator describes: "red", "aim at this point on stage", "as a wave over 2 s".
- No hidden mechanism: a cue contains everything you see.
- What one show in ten needs stays out of the way.
Feature by feature
| Topic | grandMA3 | Halyx |
|---|---|---|
| Hardware | Consoles, or onPC with a box to output more universes | A PC and your tablets; Art-Net / sACN nodes of any brand |
| Input | Command line and encoders | Touch gestures, no syntax |
| Cues | Tracking: a cue only keeps what changes | Complete cues; "also in the following cues" when recording |
| Timing | Per-attribute and per-fixture times, cue parts | Fades, delay, colour and movement times, wave, per cue |
| Effects | Phasers on every attribute | One editor for intensity, colour, position, zoom, iris, focus, gobo, prism |
| Fanning | Align / Fan | Fan, linear or symmetrical, on any setting |
| Executors | Executor pages | 48 faders, custom pages of buttons and faders |
| Visualization | Separate software (MA 3D) or built-in view | Built-in real-time 3D visualizer |
| Users | Accounts and rights | Per-device role (full, playback, pages), optional programmer per device |
| External control | MIDI, MSC, OSC, timecode, Lua | Learned MIDI, OSC, LTC, MTC and ArtTimeCode timecode, Companion module |
| Profiles | Fixture types, GDTF, MVR | Generics, GDTF, GDTF Share, profiles read from the manual by AI; MVR planned |
When to choose grandMA3
For a stadium tour, hundreds of universes, a crew already trained on MA, advanced needs (MVR, pixel mapping, backup sessions, PosiStageNet), grandMA3 remains the tool.
When to choose Halyx
For a theatre, a company, a concert venue, a rental house, a corporate event or a film set: a complete console without hardware, controlled from several tablets, that a crew picks up in an afternoon. And a 3D visualizer included, to prepare the show without being in the venue.
grandMA3 is a trademark of MA Lighting International GmbH. Halyx is not affiliated with or endorsed by MA Lighting. Information about grandMA3 comes from its public documentation.