# Executors

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This section explains some of the most common executor concepts and functions. The section called [Advanced Executor Functionality](/grandma2/key_adv_exec/) explains the rest.

 

Executors are handles used to control and execute stored content.

The most obvious use for an executor is to assign a sequence with cues for playback. However executors may also be used as handles for other objects, for example a physical key for a specific macro or a speedfader for a group of chasers.

Executors are arranged in Executor Pages. This enables you to easy get a new set of executors merely by changing page.

**Hint:**\
Changing page will not load new content into the physical executors, like on some other consoles. Changing page just instructs the console to **display** another set of executors on your physical hardware. This enables you to have executors from multiple pages active and running at the same time.

Read more about this in the [Executor Pages topic](/grandma2/key_adv_exec_pages/) (Advanced Executor Functionality section).

 

A more detailed explanation of the executors are found in the [What are Executors topic](/grandma2/key_exec_what_are/).

 

Executors are physical keys and faders, but they can also be represented as virtual executors on the screens - [Executors on the Screens](/grandma2/key_exec_on_screen/).

There are two ways to see all the active executors, this also provides a fast way to turn Off executors - read about it in the [Looking at the Active Executors topic](/grandma2/key_exec_running_playbacks/).

 

Assigning an object to an executor and changing the function on the faders and keys are explained in the [Assign a Function topic](/grandma2/key_exec_assign/).

 

Finally some of the common options that are not already covered in this section and in the [Cues and Sequences section](/grandma2/key_cues_and_sequences/), are explained in the [Common Executor Options topic](/grandma2/key_exec_common_options/).

## Subtopics

- [What are executors](/grandma2/key_exec_what_are/)
- [Executors on the screens](/grandma2/key_exec_on_screen/)
- [Assign a function](/grandma2/key_exec_assign/)
- [Looking at the active executors](/grandma2/key_exec_running_playbacks/)
- [Common executor options](/grandma2/key_exec_common_options/)