[QLab] MIDI file playback

[Steven Devino]

This whole thread has me confused.

What CAN be sent via MIDI fro m QLAB?

I thought MIDI was MIDI. So any string of MIDI command or MIDI notes  
would be possible, No?

Steve


On Apr 12, 2007, at 8:18 PM, Christopher Ashworth wrote:

>
> On Apr 12, 2007, at 1:20 AM, Joshua Coleman wrote:
>>
>> Yep.... That's kinda what I figured... guess I'll have to try using
>> some very precise "pre-wait" calculations added to the MSC cues. Not
>> ideal, but I've got my heart set on making Qlab and the Lanbox run
>> this entire show from house lights to curtain call...
>
> One thing that might help (at least a little bit):
>
> You can create an absolute timeline of MIDI messages by putting all
> your MIDI cues into a Group that is set to "Fire all children
> simultaneously", and then using pre-waits to set the time the cue
> should fire relative to the moment the entire group is started.
>
> For some circumstances this "absolute" timeline can be a lot better
> than the typical "relative" timeline.
>
> (i.e. It can be a lot easier than trying to do a bunch of: "Cue C
> fires 1 second after Cue B fires 2.5 seconds after Cue A...oh crap, I
> want to reduce the wait after Cue A, but still have Cue C fire at the
> same time...which means I have to adjust every single time between
> the cues...ARRRRGGGH!")
>
> Chris
>
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