![]() Now, every time you press the Qlab Go button with this cue selected, Qlab will send a MIDI Note to OSCulator. Enter whatever Channel/Note Number/Velocity settings you’d like to use. Set your MIDI Destination to 1 - OSCulator In, and set the command type to Note On. Make a new MIDI cue by choosing from the Cues menu (Command-8). You can use any MIDI note source, including a MIDI keyboard through a USB/MIDI interface. Qlab 3 Setup I used Qlab 3 as my source of MIDI notes. Seriously, that’s all you have to do at this point. If you see a series of responses from the console, you’ve got it set up correctly. Something is wrong if you see “Request timeout for icmp_seq 0”. You can test the network connection by opening Terminal on your Mac and entering the command: ping. Set your static IP address as follows (or whatever static IP you’ve decided to use):ĥ. Start up your Mac and enter System Preferences>Network settings. While you’re in this screen, scroll all the way to the bottom of the screen and check that UDP Strings & OSC are enabled:Ĥ. It should look something like this (note, this screen shot was taken from the Mac Nomad software, so it looks a little different than the console version):ģ. ![]() Click on “Network” and assign the proper static IP address for your console. Start up your console and click on Settings when the Shell screen appears. Connect your primary console and the Mac to the same wired network. Initial Network Setup ETC publishes a list of recommended static IP addresses for their consoles, networking gear, and 3rd-party computers running on the same network. This guide assumes you can set up your network with static IP addresses. ETC recommends you set up your system using DHCP. I believe it’s best to use static IP addresses on your network because routing OSC commands requires sending them directly to a specific IP address. If you have trouble, I’d check the OSCulator manual. The process for connecting your specific MIDI note source to OSCulator may vary. I wrote this guide using Qlab version 3.1.22 (running on the same computer as OSCulator) as my MIDI note source. At the time I wrote this, OSCulator cost $19.99. You will need to download, purchase and install OSCulator version 2.13.3 or higher, on a Mac running 10.5.8 or higher. This guide was written using software version 2.3.3.Ģ. Your Eos Family console must be running software version 2.3 or higher. If you have trouble setting up your network, give them a ring (during normal business hours). ![]() ![]() ETC’s tech support is awesome at troubleshooting network issues. I don’t work for ETC, or for the folks who wrote Qlab or OSCulator. Please don’t use this to control pyro, automation, or anything else that could possibly be more dangerous than an accidental blackout. Consumer-grade WiFi networks just aren’t robust enough for your show control system. While it might be tempting to set up this connection using a WiFi network, I can’t recommend anything other than a wired network. Also, the Eos and/or OSCulator developers might change how this all works at any time. ![]() While I’ve tested this setup locally, I can’t guarantee anything about its reliability. OSCulator Receives Note & Converts to OSCĭisclaimers 1. Here is an overview of the basic setup: MIDI Note Source Generates MIDI Note You can map any number of MIDI notes to any number of Eos keys (and lots of other Eos stuff too). I’ll show you how to map a MIDI Note to the Eos master button, but the full list of OSC key commands that the Eos family can accept is here. This document will describe how to translate MIDI notes to OSC commands using a piece of software called OSCulator running on a Mac computer. Converting MIDI Notes to Eos Family OSC Commands using OSCulator Introduction While the ETC Eos Family of consoles can respond to incoming commands from a number of show control protocols (UDP, OSC, and others), it does not have the capability to respond to MIDI Notes. ![]()
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