#Qlab midi trigger software
#Qlab midi trigger Pc

QLab was sending a midi signal that was so fast, freestyle just wouldn’t pick it up.6 seconds make is so the note is actually “Played” for. (this is the big hang up - this is why FreeStyler wasn’t hearing the note properly to toggle the cue. In the Basics tab - set the “Post Wait” field to. The one’s we’re interested in are “Toggle Sequence XX”īack over to Qlab before we teach freestyler to listen for Midi. Leave the bottom ones set to “No output”, and don’t hit the start button since we’re not outputting from Freestyler anyway.Ī huge list of functions is below there.

#Qlab midi trigger Pc

Select the name of the PC there on both the left and the right. Select external control -> Midi Control.Īt the top, there’s a list of Midi Devices to choose from. Once that’s done, go to the “Setup” menu at the top of the freestyler window and choose “FreeStyler Setup”. Build the show as you see fit adding cues to the list of… Cues. Since you can force latency I think this is why that list is there.įirst things first. I think the question marks are simply showing that there’s not any latency at all. Strangely, on the PC side the latency shows as ? where as on the Mac it shows 0. Now, on the PC and the Mac you’ll se that in the participants lists each others name will appear there and show the latency. (or just double click).Įnsure that the “Enabled” checkbox is selected under the Session area. In the directory field, you can see that the Mac’s name will appear there. Under “Who may connect to me”, choose “Anyone”

Under Live routings, ensure that “Network Session 1” is chosen from the bottom of the two pulldown menus. (It’s going to show up there in a second) In the Bonjour Name Field, type in a name that you’ll recognize when looking at the PC’s screen. Go to the “Window” menu and choose show midi studio. Next on the Mac that’s going to be running QLab, (Note that QLAB can’t be open or running while you set this up) open up “AudioMidiSetup”. The only thing I changed from default was the “Who may connect to me” pull down menu option. What this program does is allow midi information to cross through network connections (including wifi!) excluding the need for extra cables.

When I installed it, I accepted all the installation options.

#Qlab midi trigger software

On the PC, I installed this software that’s called rtpMidi Here's a bit of a long winded explanation as to how I got it to work. I've struggled with this for some time, but finally figured it out. I realize that this is an old post, but I'm using FreeStyler and QLab at the theatre I volunteer at and have about 30 LED lights, 9 channels each.Īdditionally we use a lot of projections and sound so having Freestyler trigger from QLab would be a real boon!