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Hello The RCA Aux In/Out jacks on aux channels 5 and 6 are just to make it easier to connect to external devices such as a phone, tablet, DVD player, recorder, etc. You could play back the audio from your tablet using a 3.5 stereo plug to L/R RCA cable. You could connect the audio from a DVD player in the same manor. These of course would go to the RCA audio input. You could output the audio from the RCA aux out jacks to a cassette recorder or CD recorder using RCA L/R to RCA L/R cable. It should be noted that you can connect two different sources to AUX in/out channels 5 and 6 at the same time but the mixer only sees this as one input so you need to control the input level by adjusting the volume on the devices. For example you could connect the audio from your phone to the RCA input jacks 5 and 6 and also connect the audio from your tablet using 1/4 inch input jacks 5 and 6 at the same time. The mixer would only see this as one stereo source so you would need to control the volume level on the phone and tablet in order to achieve some kind of balance to the audio input signal. Hope this helps Ed Richards

Hello. You can find the original TouchOSC Mk1 App here: hexler.net/touchosc-mk1 Hope this helps. Ed Richards

Hello Yes, you can contact me directly at ctltech2@outlook.com I also have a web site for theater tech. comutinytech.com/TheaterTech/ My goal is to be a helpful source of information to the community theater techs that are looking for cost effective solutions to their technical needs. Ed Richards

Hello So you only have two options here and it all depends upon how you set up the LED strips in your fixtures tab. Lets take one LED RGB strip for example: You could list it as one fixture with 4 DMX channels: 1-Dimmer, 2-Red, 3-Green and 4-Blue. In this example you would only be able to display it as one light in the DMX monitor but it would display the changes in color. So if your Dimmer, Red and Green channels were at 100% you would see a yellow light. The other option would be to enter the 4 DMX channels as simple dimmer channels in the fixture tab. For example the dimmer channel could be generic dimmer 1. The Red channel could be generic dimmer 2. The Green channel could be generic dimmer 3. And the Blue channel could be generic dimmer 4. Now these would show up as 4 separate lights in the DMX monitor. These would be displayed as white lights since they are just generic dimmers. You could fix that by clicking in the "Gel Color" box and selecting a color when you are placing your lights in the 2D grid. Hope this helps Ed Richards

You are absolutely correct. I should have mentioned that in my tutorial. I will do an update. Thanks for the catch!! Ed Richards

Hello By audio tracker I am assuming you want to use an audio signal to control lights in QLC+ Here is the video I have on that subject: ruclips.net/video/4PfOXc1Oh6w/видео.html Ed Richards

Hello. Yes, you can do what you want but not with Midi messages. Midi messages are binary computer code that does things like turn notes on/off, changes volume, changes instruments, etc. It is not an actual text message. Here is the best way to do what you want to do: 1. Set up a laptop with power point slides which are instructions for the actors. You could connect an extra monitor to the laptop so that you could have one on each shoulder of the stage. It doesn't have to be official MS power point either. Check out the free presentation software in Libre Office: www.libreoffice.org/ 2. Load the helper program "OSC Keypress" onto the laptop with the power point slides. You can get it here: www.eleton-audio.de/en/osc-keypress-2/ 3. Make sure your show control computer running "Multiplay" and your power point laptop are on the same network 4. Send OSC commands from "Multiplay" to your power point laptop to display certain slides with instructions for the actors I have a video about OSC Keypress that explains how that works: ruclips.net/video/yZrR1_dKSBE/видео.html I should have a video somewhere about sending OSC commands from Multiplay. I will get back to you with that. Ed Richards

@@edwardrichards7722 Thank you very much Edward, I'm waiting for that video on how to launch the OSD signals from Multiplay, that's what I need. On the other hand, how do I get the signal from the table to the TVs? Can I do it via WiFi? Because I don't think using a cable would be practical, since the theatres won't have that cable. Thank you very much Edward, I keep insisting, thanks to your videos I'm learning a lot, best regards.

@@7272joseph Here is the link to the new tutorial I recorded for sending OSC messages from Multiplay Again I think your best course of action would be to have a laptop displaying actor instructions via power point or some similar presentation software. Then you could use Multiplay to send OSC commands to that laptop and display certain slides with info for the actors. You could possibly have that laptop also screencasting to a smart TV on the other side of the stage. Ed Richards ruclips.net/video/WqUPkhbrE3o/видео.html

Hello So you are correct that there seems to be some functionality in question. Here is what I found. When you bring up the web interface "Simple Desk" there is a menu at the top that allows you to choose the universe. then you can use the faders to control the values in that universe. NOTE: It does not change the display on the computer running QLC+ to show you are in a different universe but it does work. If you bring up the DMX monitor on the computer running QLC+ you can see that it is affecting the channels in the universe you selected. Unfortunately the keypad doesn't change with the universe selection so as of this version of the software, the keypad only controls universe 1. I will post on the QLC+ message board to see if they can correct this issue with the next version of the software. Ed Richards

Yes you can Open the preferences menu (click on the "Cog" icon in the top menu) Select "shortcuts" The top of the list is the "Go" function. Double click in the cell across from the "Go" function under the Midi column. You can then enter a Midi message that will activate the GO button. NOTE: if you are using a "Note ON" message to activate the GO button it must be followed by a "Note Off" message in order to activate this command over and over. The Note On and Note Off would be sent automatically if you are using a midi controller and pressing then releasing a button. Ed Richards

@@edwardrichards7722 thanks buddy!

The RUclips video is actually on a windows 10 computer. So OSC keypress has to be on the computer that is receiving the OSC commands. It then translates the OSC command to a keypress. This all happens in the background so it should be able to be used on any software that uses key presses. What App or software are you using to send the OSC commands? For instance you could use TouchOSC to send OSC commands from your phone or tablet. Or you could use show control software to send OSC commands from a computer.

Hello In Multiplay look under the 'Production Properties" then "Audio" to see what it is using for audio output. I recommend not taking your audio signal from your laptop or computer headphone jack. It is frequently very noisy especially when put through an amplifier. Best to purchase a USB audio device. It will give you better quality sound as you can use the ASIO driver. Also you get added benefits like the ability to record in stereo and also midi output which can be used to control external devices like mixers and light boards. Something like this would be fine: www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/AudioBox25--presonus-audiobox-usb-96-usb-audio-interface-25th-anniversary-edition Hope this helps Ed Richards

Another note: It is always best to use non compressed audio files in .wav format on a PC with Windows OS. When you use an mp3 file, then windows OS has to convert and uncompress it before playing it. This can also cause some audio abnormalities.

@@edwardrichards7722 Thank you so much

Yes this is possible but not in the show tab. Take your show and add it to a chaser so you can follow it with a static scene (front lights) I made a video to explain ruclips.net/video/NlqeVv_hHUM/видео.html Hope this helps Ed Richards

@@edwardrichards7722 Thank you very much for your explanation. That's exactly what I needed

NOTE: Magic 3D Easy View is an older program that is no longer under development. You will find versions of it on the web that do not work. Hopefully using the information below you can get it working for you. The visualizer is Magic 3D Easy View You can download a working version of Magic 3 D Easy View Here: magic-3d-easyview.software.informer.com/download/ A couple of notes: When I was installing this my antivirus software flagged it for unknown files and I had to click “allow” in order for it to install. It looks like a false positive since I have had no virus issues when running the software. I would recommend restarting your computer after install. Make sure you have QLC+ set to output ArtNet Universe 1 with the address of your computer if you are running both programs on the same computer. For example mine is set to output Universe 1 ArtNet 10.0.0.25 Make sure you select ArtNet when starting Magic 3D EasyView and set up your universes. If it doesn’t work the first time, close the software and reboot the program. Some people are having trouble accessing the artnet. I found this info on the QLC+ Blog: I struggled quite some time on getting the Art-Net to work on ALL my computers. On some it did work right away, on other: no luck. What seemed to be the problem: multiple network interfaces! When I disabled my VMWare virtual network interfaces (and therefore had a system with just one network interface), I was able to use Art-Net in Magic 3D Easy View. So: make sure your computer has only one (enabled) network interface, and you should be able to use Art-Net. I would make sure that you uninstall the current version of the program before installing this version. The program will say DEMO but most features will function without limits. The Full version of the program is no longer available. Best Wished Ed Richards

Hello My understanding is that only USB DMX devices made by Chamsys can be used. The workaround is to use an ArtNet DMX interface. The free version of the software can use 3rd party ArtNet devices. The ArtNet node needs to be setup on your local network so it needs to be connected either through a router or network switch. You cannot plug the ArtNet node directly into your computer. Here is one on Amazon: www.amazon.com/Pknight-bi-directional-Ethernet-Controller-Interface/dp/B0B1YRTYB7/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=1Z5eL&content-id=amzn1.sym.eb12963a-1824-4e85-bbd8-e45801545a5c%3Aamzn1.symc.ee4c414f-039b-458d-a009-4479557ca47b&pf_rd_p=eb12963a-1824-4e85-bbd8-e45801545a5c&pf_rd_r=HNYFS8G2CF66VT0HS8SH&pd_rd_wg=HX9hv&pd_rd_r=9a9b3b7e-95ab-45ea-8135-2386676fc9de&ref_=pd_hp_d_btf_ci_mcx_mr_hp_d&th=1 If you are looking for free lighting software that will work with your ENTTEC Pro, take a look at QLC+ www.qlcplus.org/ I have many tutorials for this software ruclips.net/p/PL_kjo8_ebNREy9grE9i4DNeAepMg8FrCq Best Wishes Ed Richards

@@edwardrichards7722 Is this a recent change? Magic Q PC has supported the Enttec USB Pro dongle for over a decade

@@TDHMEDIA1 In the free version of Chansys MagicQ software: Go to the "setup" tab and then DMX I/O The only USB devices you will see listed are those manufactured by Chamsys. You can, however, use an ArtNet node to connect to the software and provide DMX output Ed Richards

Yes. I use a program called loopbe1 to create an internal midi connection. Then I can send midi messages from show control software to QLC+. Yes, both programs are running on the same computer simultaneously. You can find loopbe1 here: www.nerds.de/en/loopbe1.html Ed Richards

What I would recommend is to use show control software to play the audio tracks while also sending midi messages to the lighting software. I would take a look at Multiplay vers. 3 for the show control. I would use QLC+ for the lighting program. It is free and accepts both midi and OSC messages natively. Magic Q is great software and very intensive but the free version does not allow midi or OSC messages. I think you will find QLC+ a lot easier to use with a less steep learning curve. I have bunches of tutorial videos on RUclips for both pieces of software. Learning Magic Q Lighting Software: Here is the link to the playlist ruclips.net/p/PL_kjo8_ebNREy9grE9i4DNeAepMg8FrCq Tutorials 1 through 10 will get you through the basics of using the software Show control using multiplay: Here is the playlist ruclips.net/p/PL_kjo8_ebNRGkXHjjdNsTetpzUW3sGFFX Look for the Multiplay tutorials Here is a specific video show how to use show control to send messages to lighting software ruclips.net/video/KiLLqwwcjUM/видео.html As you learn this, feel free to email me direct if you have any questions: ctltech2@ouitlook.com Also I maintain a webpage for theater techs with loads of info about lighting, sound and show control comutinytech.com/TheaterTech/ Best Wishes Ed Richards

You do not have to hold down a key. I made a video for you. ruclips.net/video/drLFH5sr3fo/видео.html This should answer your question Ed Richards

Hi Matthew My absolute favorite is still CSC Show Control but you would have to pay approximately $150 for a license. The license fee is just a one time expense and is good forever. (unless they come out with a major update of the software) I just find the features to be better than the other two programs. See my videos: ruclips.net/video/UwbAaJYZT7g/видео.html If not CSC then I think I would opt for Multiplay. I think it takes less work to create cues that are associated with one another and you do have OSC cues available. The only bug in the Multiplay program is that you cannot use the same midi interface to send midi note cues and midi sequence cues or else it locks up. The work around is of course to either use midi sequence cues or midi command cues but not both. For most people this is not a huge inconvenience. Ed Richards

@@edwardrichards7722 Thank you, I plan to be using OSC commands with Multiplay to control QLC+ as they use lots of volunteers at this location so having one spacebar to control both sound effects and lighting is ideal (I plan on programming, just volunteer operators to run). I noticed you did a video on OSC on CSC Show Control but not Multiplay. On QLC+ it should be the same, but an idea for a future video might be setting it up on the Multiplay side (just to have complete tutorials). Thank you for everything you do, you made my journey into theater tech much more enjoyable!

@@MATTHEWVALERI Hi Matthew On your suggestion I made a video about how to send OSC commands from Multiplay to QLC+. ruclips.net/video/JYWg1MTLMe0/видео.html Sorry about the leaf blower in the background. Ed Richards

Some downloads of this program do not work. See my notes Below. Also, sometimes just restarting the program gets it up and working Hello I did a bit of research on Magic 3D Easy View so here is what I found. You can download a working version of Magic 3 D Easy View Here: magic-3d-easyview.software.informer.com/download/ A couple of notes: When I was installing this my antivirus software flagged it for unknown files and I had to click “allow” in order for it to install. It looks like a false positive since I have had no virus issues when running the software. I would recommend restarting your computer after install. Make sure you have QLC+ set to output ArtNet Universe 1 with the address of your computer if you are running both programs on the same computer. For example mine is set to output Universe 1 ArtNet 10.0.0.25 Make sure you select ArtNet when starting Magic 3D EasyView and set up your universes. If it doesn’t work the first time, close the software and reboot the program. Some people are having trouble accessing the artnet. I found this info on the QLC+ Blog: I struggled quite some time on getting the Art-Net to work on ALL my computers. On some it did work right away, on other: no luck. What seemed to be the problem: multiple network interfaces! When I disabled my VMWare virtual network interfaces (and therefore had a system with just one network interface), I was able to use Art-Net in Magic 3D Easy View. So: make sure your computer has only one (enabled) network interface, and you should be able to use Art-Net. I would make sure that you uninstall the current version of the program before installing this version. The program will say DEMO but most features will function without limits. The Full version of the program is no longer available. Ed Richards