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Triggering Sound via MIDI on EOS

Hello.

I am currently in the process of figuring out a nice workflow for triggering the Sound Department's Ableton Scene-list via MIDI. 

The obvious way to do this is putting an execute in every cue where you want to send MIDI but the implementation using the MIDI Raw format seems pretty daunting to me (Picking out a MIDI note, converting this into MIDI Raw, and then editing every cue execute manually) 

I was wondering if anyone here has a nice workflow for triggering large amounts of Midi send commands without having to constantly do MIDI to MIDI Raw conversions. I heard some people are using separate MIDI cuelists and I'm sure there are even more ways to do it. 

Some input on how you use MIDI sends in your Shows would be highly appreciated. Thanks!

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    Questions i would ask beforhand would be:
    - Do i need to trigger every Cue by name or can i simply do a GO
    - Can OSC help me to improve my workflow

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    I would hesitate to just send a GO whenever we want to link Lights and Audio since we're working in live with the possibility of jumping cues. It is an option since it would be very easy to integrate but it still feels hacky.

    We aren't using OSC since in the past, mostly the Audio guys were triggering Lights, and the MIDI integration in Ableton is way better (to be expected) than OSC, allowing for "Timecode-like" behavior in long musical sections. Also, a MIDI connection is easier to grasp so even the older colleagues can troubleshoot it.

    On some occasions, we want lights to trigger sound since they also control show-critical stuff like magnetic releases. Also, you can't expect the sound guys to always be on trigger duty just from a colloquial standpoint.

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  • 0 in reply to mathilda

    I would hesitate to just send a GO whenever we want to link Lights and Audio since we're working in live with the possibility of jumping cues. It is an option since it would be very easy to integrate but it still feels hacky.

    We aren't using OSC since in the past, mostly the Audio guys were triggering Lights, and the MIDI integration in Ableton is way better (to be expected) than OSC, allowing for "Timecode-like" behavior in long musical sections. Also, a MIDI connection is easier to grasp so even the older colleagues can troubleshoot it.

    On some occasions, we want lights to trigger sound since they also control show-critical stuff like magnetic releases. Also, you can't expect the sound guys to always be on trigger duty just from a colloquial standpoint.

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