MIDI or OSC controller? What matters in theatre and live events
USB MIDI, DIN MIDI, RTP-MIDI, OSC or keyboard emulation: what each connection does, where the traps are, and what to look for when buying.
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Knowledge & practice
Redundant presentation control: PowerPoint and Keynote on two computers
Keeping main and backup on the same slide: why a clicker isn't enough, and how one key press drives both computers at once.
Read moregrandMA3 onPC on the road: editing shows without a console
Edit your show at the hotel or at home: an encoder and Stream Deck for grandMA3 onPC, without a command wing, Elgato software or Companion.
Read moreWhere and why we use OSC
Media servers, QLab and video, lighting and playback, several systems in sync: where we use Open Sound Control in theatre and touring, and why.
Read moreThe clear advantages of OSC over MIDI
MIDI is dependable, but OSC reaches further, carries more precise values and uses the network that is already there. Plus when MIDI is still the better fit.
Read moreOSC hardware controller for FOH engineers
Why we built OSC straight into the FrenschPress: real keys, no Companion, no extra computers, and LED feedback from QLab.
Read moreControlling ChamSys from QLab
Lighting and sound from one seat: how we trigger ChamSys MagicQ from QLab over OSC, why OSC rather than MIDI, and what the touring setup looks like.
Read moreUsing OSC to drive two QLab systems redundantly
Two QLab machines, one GO: how we trigger main and backup at the same time over OSC, why it is simpler than linked workspaces, and what the setup…
Read morePreparing a QLab show computer: our checklist
Notifications, updates, sleep, double GO: how to prepare a Mac for QLab in a live show, including the safety features QLab already has built in.
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