Hi Folks,
Making progress on this.
- Got my scenes created and put them in a cycle.
- Set my scenes to "Go" within the cycle
- Right Mouse clicked on Master, then clicked on Settings
- Selected "Trigger" from Extern Action and trigger box
- Up came a table with tiggerable events.
Did the following:
X 3. Go to next scene (PGDN)
Midi Channel X ALL
Midi Note X 3
*Also did the same with 4. (PGUP, Note 4),
5. (PAUSE, Note 5),
& 6. (PLAY, Note 6).
- Then hooked my Roland PAD (Octopad II)
to a Midi<->USB interface, then plugged into
the laptop with Compu running.
- Assigned PAD 1 on the Octopad to Note 3 (which aligns with PGDN).
I didn’t worry about setting a midi channel since I'm receiving
on all midi channels in Compu 2006. If I wanted to (if maybe I was
running another midi device) I could set it to a particular number
in both Compu and the Midi Pad.
- Assigned PAD 2 to Note 4 (which aligns with PGUP),
PAD 3 to Note 5 (which aligns with PAUSE),
PAD 4 to Note 6 (which aligns with PLAY).
Now For Some Action:
I bring up the cycle, Hit PAD 4 and the Cycle starts playing the 1st SCENE. It will stay there (because I set it to "GO" within the scene).
Ready to go the next scene (In my case, probably the next tune in the music set list). I hit with my drumstick PAD 1 and voila!, it moves to the next scene. AWESOME!! I can go back with a PAD 2 hit if I need to, PAUSE the cycle with A PAD 3 hit. It's working for me! So, most of the night, I'll just be hittin' one pad between tunes, and I'm off to the races.
I plan to add some bright flash strobes, create it in a switch, and then assign it to another midi note on my pad. That way, I can pop an accent here and there.
So, one thing I haven't figured out yet (in my now 3 days of using this cool software) is what's the best way to create a blackout? How do folks do it? Do I need to create a blackout scene (set it to go) and interleave the current cycle (Scene with Stuff, Blackout Scene, Next Scene with stuff – etc). Any advice here would be appreciated!
I plan to debut this craziness on New Years. I run several professional bands in the
Bay Area. One of which will be in the Main Room at the Ritz Carlton Half Moon Bay.
http://www.siliconvibe.com
go into "music"... you'll see me slappin the drums on some old school stuff.
Thanks!
Carlos (Los) Almeida