Hi all,
We're a small non profit theater group that will be tackling a light heavy show in a few weeks. We have SmartFade ML, SmartSoft 3 and an audio program called "Multiplay" that we use for the music and sfx tracks. This program offers MIDI out. At the bottom of this post is a description of the MIDI options from multiplay.
Our assumptions are:
1. We can set up and save lighting sequences in the SmartFade and SmartSoft so that the cues can be fired in time with the music consistently.
2. The trick with this is to start the music and the lighting sequence at the same time.
3. By using a midi command out of the Multiplay, this can trigger the lighting GO command through the smartfade.
Questions:
Are my assumptions correct?
What, if any challenges do you foresee with this set up?
Thanks in advance and please contact me with any questions.
Regards,
Dan
MultiPlay supports multiple MIDI output devices. MIDI messages are sent to these devices via the Outputs property in the
Cue Properties window.
Each MIDI cue can be independently routed to one of the MIDI output groups. Each group can choose one of the MIDI
output devices installed.
More than one named group can be routed to the same MIDI output device without error.
A cue list that utilises a certain set of MIDI devices on one PC can be run on another PC with different MIDI hardware
without any changes to the MIDI cues themselves. All you need to do is select the correct MIDI output device (from the
list of available devices) for each MIDI output group.
Each of the MIDI output groups has three properties.
The first is the name of the output group. This name is used in the Cue Properties window so you can select from names
that better describe what the MIDI output really controls.
The second is a drop-down list where you choose which of the available MIDI outputs this out routes to.
The third one is the Enable check box so you can easily enable or disable a whole MIDI output without going into each
MIDI cue.
