MIDI Keyboard controlling intensity

This is possible, but with a few limitations.

•Eos supports mapping MIDI note velocities to submaster fader positions, but it does not support MIDI control changes or aftertouch/channel pressure.  This means that when the console sees an incoming MIDI note with a certain velocity, the submaster will snap to a level that corresponds with the velocity of that note.  There is no way to vary the intensity over the duration of a note.  If you want fades, you have to get creative and store effects on the mapped submasters, or map your MIDI notes to macros that sneak the submaster handle, etc.

•You're definitely going to want to run the beta of v2.9 (available now) or the released version depending on when your show goes into rehearsal. v2.9 introduces a number of improvements to MIDI note mapping.  It's possible on 2.8.2 and before, but it's a huge pain.  I'm not going to go into the workaround here!

•In the Show Control setup window, set your list type to "Network" and then make a new event.  Set the MIDI string of each event for each note with a Velocity setting of 127 and a Velocity Threshold of 0.  Make sure to uncheck the cryptically named "Threshold at 0 = Disabled?" checkbox.

Then set the event's action to "Submaster" and "Fader".  You should be all set.

•In my testing, there's a huge difference in the performance of different ETC Network MIDI hardware and the internal hardware on the consoles.  I have not specifically tested the performance of the MIDI ports on a Ti (and they might be great), but I do know that the MIDI ports on an Ion are not able to keep up with large amounts of incoming MIDI Notes.  For the best performance, use one of the new Response MIDI Gateways and set it up on your network.

I believe people also use https://www.luminosus.org/ for this sort of thing as well. Not sure if that would negate the need for 2.9 beta or not.

If you use luminosus to remap MIDI notes, I would still highly recommend 2.9.  If you use luminosus to convert incoming MIDI notes to OSC commands, there's no benefit to 2.9.

Thank you both! I’ll have a test set up on Friday next week, so I’ll try both with and without luminosus and with 2.9 beta 

Testing is a very good idea with this!  I actually can't remember if the internal MIDI ports on a Ti will work with MIDI notes.  There have been so many different versions/requirements/etc with MIDI on these consoles.  Maybe Hans.Hinrichsen knows for sure?

In any event, if you're using the internal ports and you see that the console seems to be "missing" occasional Note On and Note Off (velocity 0) events, you'll need a Response MIDI Gateway or you'll need to switch over to a Luminosus/OSC conversion.

Ok, I have a Response MIDI Gateway so I’ll add it to the test line up. I’ll post an update next Friday to verify what worked best in this scenario. 

Thanks!

Howdy!

Yes, the internal MIDI ports should work with MIDI Note events. The Net3 Show Control Gateway (*before* the Response line) do not support MIDI notes. 

Hans

Where can I find 2.9? I couldn't find it in the open Beta's.