Technical Project
GMA2 Maker
Maker+ is a multi-plugin Lua suite for GrandMA2 consoles that automates song-sequence creation, renaming, replication, revision, and archival across live production showfiles.
The problem
Managing a large library of song sequences and template pool objects across rotating lighting programmers led to inconsistent numbering, manual macro edits, and bloated showfiles.
How I approached it
I designed a shared Lua API and configuration layer inside GrandMA2 that powers companion plugins for creating, cloning, revising, and condensing song sequences while keeping template pool references synchronized.
Inside the build
- Implemented user-manager tooling to create, rename, replicate, revise, and condense song sequences.
- Built addon and companion plugin workflows for sequence operations and archive helpers.
- Created setup/API management layers so multiple plugins share consistent configuration.
- Source code is available on GitHub.
The result
Standardized lighting programming across Eastside’s production teams for seven years before inspiring the GrandMA3 successor.