Send Midi via Stream Deck

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Hi

I’m doing FOH and Monitoring at the same time most of the time. In order to get to the splitted channels I use for monitoring I switch scenes and then select the mix I want to adjust. So far so good.

Since it is not possible with actions to put these two steps on one soft knob, so it would switch the scene and directly select the mix-channel i was wondering if i could do it with my stream deck.

I’m pretty sure it works. The program change for the scene is easy, but I’m just not able to come up with the command to select the mix-channel.

Does anyone have a similar issue (already solved) or a genius tool that translates the cryptic reference table into something everyone could use?

Easiest way would be, to have the ability to do this with actions.

Thanks

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Integrating Midi and more possibilities for actions has a huge potential for improvements on dLive systems in general.

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The best way I do this stuff is usual reverse-engineer it.
Send the midi message from the console to Midi Monitor (or some other app that can read midis signals - in Hex if required), then try and emulate this through one of the various Streamdeck midi functions.

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Have you tried using the SEL-MIX-PAFL-SCENE soft key options? that’s always been my go-to for this.

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This! I mix in a house of worship context and we run monitors from our FOH console. I have 10 soft keys setup with that specific function. I really wish it was possible to combine all of those functions into an Action though and combine it with changing the Talkback Group as well, so that I can talk to that band member specifically when their mix is selected.

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thanks for the ideas and support, i‘m thinking of using qlab for now. would be great tho, if
it would work on the surface itself

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Have you tried companion? There is an A&H module and you can also send own commands via console midi - just send the HEX code for your midi command. There are many tools out there to translate your MIDI into HEX.

With companion you can stack multiple commands and even differentiate for “pressed” or “depressed”, change color/name of the stream deck key in order of it’s state and so on.

It’s a bit homework to do, but worth it.

Companion is totally free and widely used for audio, light and video remote tasks. You can have it on a PC, Mac oder Pi3/4, programming is all webbased.

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hi pete, yes I tried companion but the a&h module is quite restricted i thought, and hex I can actually send through my stream deck midi module as well, which i tried but didn’t quite work. you know a good midi to hex converter?