I have the ETC Element and would like to hook it up to my computer where I am running Pro Presenter and would like to be able to trigger cues via Pro Presenter. Any help would be great?
Sorry I'm late to the party. Just joined this forum, something I should have done awhile ago...
I'm curious to know what ever happened with your setup. Here's what I have learned regarding MIDI & OSC using the element.
I will preface by saying the OSC is the way to go. I'm hoping that ProPresenter releases an OSC module.
Recently, our VBS moved into our main worship space. We have several LED fixtures, a few movers, as well as a bunch of S4s. The console is the Element. I wanted to created a few shows for the songs that they were doing. I enlisted the use of Ableton Live as well as OSCulator. Here's the workflow that I created (in simplest form):
1. ProPresenter (Mac) sends MIDI note over network to my MacBook and triggers Ableton to play a scene.
2. Ableton sends MIDI notes to OSCulator, OSCulator translates these notes and sends OSC to Element.
3. Element receives OSC commands and works wonderfully.
To simplify things, you can use ProPresenter in conjunction with OSCulator to trigger cues, macros, and a slew of other commands on the Element. Here's what the workflow would be (you'll need either the communications module or the MIDI module for PP:
1. Clicking a slide triggers MIDI cue (MIDI note).
2. Note gets picked up by OSCulator (on the same machine)
3. OSCulator picks up the note and translates its to OSC and sends it to Element.
I've used both of these scenarios and am more than happy to help you get it going if you haven't already.
