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| This guide will show you how to set up QLab to play a single audio file each time a button is pressed. | This guide will show you how to set up QLab to play a single audio file each time a button is pressed. | ||
| - | You could use the [[products:the_big_button|The Big Button]] or [[products:the_button|The Button]] for this, or any of the our other products with multiple buttons if you wanted to expand this to multiple sounds. | + | You could use [[products:the_big_button|The Big Button]] or [[products:the_button|The Button]] for this, or any of the our other products with multiple buttons if you wanted to expand this to multiple sounds. |
| + | {{:usage:qlab-play-single-file-02.png?direct&900|}} | ||
| + | You'll need to load the audio file into QLab. | ||
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| + | (Make sure you save your workspace as you go!) | ||
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| + | ---- | ||
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| + | {{:usage:qlab-play-single-file-03.png?direct&900|}} | ||
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| + | If you are not in **Edit** mode click the Edit button in the bottom left corner and the click on your audio file to show the bottom pane of the window and then click on the **Triggers** tab. | ||
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| + | ---- | ||
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| + | {{:usage:qlab-play-single-file-04.png?direct&900|}} | ||
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| + | Click the checkbox for **MIDI Trigger** to enable it and make sure **Note On** is selected in the drop down menu next to the checkbox. | ||
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| + | ---- | ||
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| + | {{:usage:qlab-play-single-file-05.png?direct&900|}} | ||
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| + | Click on the **Capture** button and get ready to press... | ||
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| + | ---- | ||
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| + | {{:usage:qlab-play-single-file-07.png?direct&900|}} | ||
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| + | When you see **Waiting for MIDI...** you can press the button on the device. | ||
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| + | ---- | ||
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| + | {{:usage:qlab-play-single-file-08.png?direct&900|}} | ||
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| + | After you press the button it should show the **Note** and **Velocity** sent from the device. | ||
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| + | //(Note: If this doesn't work we may need to check that the device is showing up properly in QLab. We'll add another guide for that.)// | ||
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| + | ---- | ||
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| + | {{:usage:qlab-play-single-file-09.png?direct&900|}} | ||
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| + | You can now change from **Edit** mode to **Show** mode using the buttons in the lower left corner. | ||
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| + | Typically with a cue list you would need to highlight an item in the list to start things... | ||
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| + | ---- | ||
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| + | {{:usage:qlab-play-single-file-10.png?direct&900|}} | ||
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| + | But since we've created a trigger for this specific file you can just press the button to play the audio and you don't need to highlight the file first. | ||
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| + | ---- | ||
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| + | {{:usage:qlab-play-single-file-11.png?direct&900|}} | ||
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| + | You are all set! Press the button to play the sound. | ||
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| + | The advantage of using a device programmed for MIDI is that QLab does not need to be the frontmost application to capture keystrokes from a computer keyboard. As long as QLab is running (and configured) it will play the sound. | ||
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| + | Don't forget to save your workspace! | ||
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