Midi Show Control

I'm attempting to use an AKAI APC20 midi control surface as a controller for Martin M-PC. Can MT be used to generate Midi Show Commands from the APC?

Hi Mechro,

What do you mean by MIDI Show Commands?

Scott

I'm not familiar with the standards for MSC, so I'm hoping to find someone that can at least tell me if I'm wasting my time. Here's the best overview that I have found so far.


http://www.richmondsounddesign.com/docs ... cation.pdf

Any news related to Midi Show Control (MSC) ?

Martin´s M-series, Grand MA and Chamsys are some of the lightdesk´s/controllers that support MSC
but few controldevices support MSC.

Can MT translate for ex. program change to MSC ?
If it could, it would be possible to use for ex Behringer FCB1010 to control lights.

Here are some info from the Chamsys manual:

MIDI Show Control Command Format
For more details on MIDI Show Control protocols see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIDI_Show_Control
MIDI Show Control Commands are of the format
F0 7F <device_ID> 02 <command_format> <command> <data> F7
<device_ID> is 7F for “all call” ID for system wide broadcasts
<command_format> is 01 for “Lighting”
MagicQ supports the following commands in the <command>
01 GO
02 STOP
03 RESUME
04 TIMED_GO
For example:
F0 7F 7F 02 01 01 31 F7 // Go Cue 1 in the Cue Store
F0 7F 7F 02 01 01 32 30 F7 // Go Cue 20 in the Cue Store
F0 7F 7F 02 01 02 31 F7 // Stop Cue 1 in the Cue Store
F0 7F 7F 02 01 01 00 31 30 F7 // Go Cue Stack 10 in the Stack Store
F0 7F 7F 02 01 01 32 00 31 30 F7 // Go Cue 2 on Cue Stack 10 in the Stack Store

Any help/info regarding MTs capabilities would be appreciated !

//Ulf

Hi DMX-Uffe

Terribly sorry about the approval delay. For some reason this post got caught in the wrong approval queue. Regardless, if you have still been waiting, yes MT can transmit MSC, and use MIDI to transmit to MSC just using standard controllers, as long as the app receiving MSC can receive via virtual MIDI ports.

Thanks
Jared