Achieving Different Looks with Your Genesis

Versatility was a must for the engineers at Master FX when designing the Genesis, and the machine delivers. From light veils of low fog to billowing clouds rolling across the floor, all without CO2, dry ice, or water, no other machine on the market comes close.

The magic is in how everything works together. Fog output and fan speed settings give you direct control over density and movement, while two fluid options let you shape the character of the effect, and the Prodigy+ and Prodigy Pro give you volume options to match the scale of your space. Through it all, automatic heater adjustment runs quietly in the background, keeping your fog clean, dry, and low lying no matter how you have it configured.

There is no right or wrong way to dial in the Genesis, it just comes down to experimenting and finding what works best for your desired effect. Here are a few starting points to get you going, and you can take it from there.

 

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