Original LXSeries Forum

Sitting here, experimenting with MIDI.
I try to make LXConsole to respond to MIDI signals. I looked in preferenses for what channel (1) and note number (60) to use and enabeled MIDI under menu File>external then start Live. As I understand it, Live would then go one step forward in a cuelist. But nothing happend.

To confirm MIDI signals were coming through in my set up I used miniStageControl, MidiKeys, MidiMonitor and QLab.
MidiKeys and QLab send signals to miniStageControl.
miniStageControl shows up as a reciever of midisignals in MidiKeys, MidiMonitor and QLab. LXControl does not.

What have I missed in order to make LXControl use midi signals?

My best!

Try "Enable MIDI" after you have your device connected.

If midi is enabled prior to launching MidiKeys, LXConsole does not respond until you disable and re-enable midi.

You should be able to do the following:

1) Launch LXConsole and MidiKeys

2) Switch to LXConsole and choose File->External->Enable MIDI

3) Open the live window (View->Live).

4) Switch to MidiKeys and press middle-c (labeled "z" on my version)

You should see cue 1 run for 5 seconds in the new blank cues file

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This test assumes that LXConsole has the default Midi preferences of channel 1 and note = 60. Also that MidiKeys is set to channel 1 and the destination is "Virtual Source"

Yes, that works, thank you.
Then LXConsole is "listening" to a Virtual source. What is that?

What I am aiming at is using QLab as a trigger for LXconsole cues.
That does not seem to work because LXConsole does not show up as a destination for/in QLab midisignals whereas miniStage does.

However the little appelscript I found here at the forum works fine with LXConsole.

Try this:

Set the velocity of the MIDI note (60 in the default preferences) to 1 or anything but 0.

A note with velocity of 0 terminates a note and LXConsole ignores anything with velocity 0.

Succes! But not that easy.
Mac OS X has some sort of MIDI driver built in. It has to be started. It is called IAC-driver.
QLab's MIDI cue now have something to output to.
Then I did what you suggested. Channel 1, Note number 60 and velocity 1.
This is in the Inspector >Midi message of QLab's MIDI cue.
Then I started LXConsole, enabeld external MIDI, had an apropriate cuelist and started Live window. returned to QLab and hit GO.