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Offline kollimann

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can i make this in Xlights?
« on: May 30, 2017, 07:24:29 AM »
Hello, and sorry for my bad englich.
I have draw a Picture for better understand my Question.

Can I declare a Key, or better a Midi Note for the green Part and other Key/Note for the red Part, and then press Key/Note 1 the green Part is playing, then press Key/Note 2 the red Part is playing ?
This is for Live Control...

Thanks Heiko


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Re: can i make this in Xlights?
« Reply #1 on: May 30, 2017, 01:24:15 PM »
Live switching of effects cant really be done the way you want in the sequencer easily. Maybe you could set up a key binding but it would only be tied to the keyboard and you would only be able to use one prop.

Where people have done this in the past it is typically by creating one sequence per effect and then switching between them in either FPP or in xSchedule. The downside of this approach is that there is typically a small delay while it switches between sequences. You would need to test if that was too large or not.

On FPP a plugin like big buttons is often used to do the switching. A similar capability exists in xSchedule or you can physically build buttons to switch such as in this video ... http://videos.xlights.org/how-to-get-physical-push-buttons-to-control-the-new-xlights-scheduler_8bb6a1520.html

You could build something similar to monitor MIDI key presses and send similar instructions to xSchedule or FPP.

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Re: can i make this in Xlights?
« Reply #2 on: June 01, 2017, 03:06:16 AM »
OK, thanks for your Answer.
I found this is a good Function for the Next Update?

50% for this is in Xlights, i can great Marker at the Timeline and i can this Marker set Labels. Then i can set to Labels a Key is by press the Key this Section active and Play... ;)
Verry easy.... :)

I hope this read the Xlights Programmer, i read this Function search another Peoples......