Consoletrainer Courses

Welcome to a new way to learn about Lighting Programming

Consoletrainer Courses offer training and certifications designed by Cat West that are 100% Online and On Demand. These courses delve further into the details so you can feel confident that you truly understand the topic.

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Learn the fundamentals of traditional and automated followspots: from advancing and designing cues to communicating with your operators. Gain the knowledge to be confident you're going to call a great followspot show.

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New grandMA3 Course

Everything you need to know to program your grandMA3 shows to timecode.

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Meet Your Instructor

Since my first job programming lighting at a small Vegas club back in 2000, I knew that pushing buttons was the gig for me. I've been lucky enough in my career to travel the world, programming shows of all sizes. Some of the acts I've programmed for include: Danny Elfman, NKOTB, Metallica, Christina Aguilera, J. Cole, Lorde, Ok Go, Eric Church, Melanie Martinez and more. In 2007, I started consoletrainer.com as a resource of training videos, tutorials and quick start guides for lighting programmers of all skill levels.

Cat West

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Consoletrainer Courses

Previews for My Essential Timecode Courses

Certificate Courses

All Consoletrainer Courses come with a personalized certificate of completion at the end of the course. You can download the PDF, or use the links to upload directly to your social media profiles.

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Course Reviews

“Very objective and always with extra tips for better workflow. Great Course with great resources.”

“Very objective and always with extra tips for better workflow. Great Course with great resources.”

“I've been doing timecode shows for years but when you are learning by yourself its really easy to skip the simple things. By doing this course it helps you dump all the information you already have and also add all those simple and important steps...”

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“I've been doing timecode shows for years but when you are learning by yourself its really easy to skip the simple things. By doing this course it helps you dump all the information you already have and also add all those simple and important steps into a great order in your mind. A great example are the timecode macros that Cat made. Simple but effective without having 25 lines of macro for doing the exact same thing. Thanks Cat for this amazing course! ”

“Whether you are new to timecode, migrating from MA2 to MA3, or just building your programming knowledge this course will be an invaluable resource. Easy to follow and logically formatted lessons by a trusted, seasoned lighting professional! ”

“Whether you are new to timecode, migrating from MA2 to MA3, or just building your programming knowledge this course will be an invaluable resource. Easy to follow and logically formatted lessons by a trusted, seasoned lighting professional! ”

“This course was perfect for me. I knew very little about timecode and with the benefit of the videos I was able to take my time and work through it at my pace. Hope Cat continues working on more training videos for MA2.”

“This course was perfect for me. I knew very little about timecode and with the benefit of the videos I was able to take my time and work through it at my pace. Hope Cat continues working on more training videos for MA2.”

“I took this class as a "brush-up" as I haven't used timecode since pre-pandemic. And man there are just some little tidbits in here that I would have never thought of. The using timecode to figure out follow times is worth the price of entry. Cheers”

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“I took this class as a "brush-up" as I haven't used timecode since pre-pandemic. And man there are just some little tidbits in here that I would have never thought of. The using timecode to figure out follow times is worth the price of entry. Cheers”

“Very clear and coherent course! Definitely worth every dime. Thank you Cat, so much!”

“Very clear and coherent course! Definitely worth every dime. Thank you Cat, so much!”

“thank you for support ”

“thank you for support ”

“Very well constructed course ”

“Very well constructed course ”

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