[SOLVED] MIDI triggering with Program Change - OSX 10.9.5

[Graham Morse]

All,

MacOSX 10.9.5
Generic USB to MIDI
Tech21 Midi Moose foot controller

I have various working scenes and shows set up in Virtual Console.
I have the foot controller set up in Inputs/Outputs, it shows the joystick flashing when operating.
Auto detect works on the buttons in VC, and I have assigned triggers to some scenes.

They don't trigger.

Am I missing something simple?

Graham

[adriankapka]

hello

Is the USB to MIDI is working properly ?
Have you managed to create a new profile for the device Tech21 ?

Greetings
Adrian

[Graham Morse]

Hi Adrian,

Yes to all that (I think!)

I have attached some screenshots, they may help.

Graham

[Graham Morse]

And another...

[adriankapka]

It looks correct .
It can change the mode of program change on control change at the input .
Set in proporties button triggering "key combination " and check if that works.

[mcallegari]

Graham, to diagnose this, it is necessary to understand how the foot pedal sends the MIDI CCs.
I just found this: http://www.snoize.com/MIDIMonitor/

Can you please give it a try and post here any relevant log that it can produce ?
I need to see if this is a "hold" problem, meaning that each pedal sends a "on" as long as you keep it pressed, and a "off" when you release it

[Graham Morse]

Thanks both,

Adrian, the key command works fine when set on a button.

Massimo, Midi Monitor downloaded and working... log image attached for first 10 clicks on footcontroller (five each on two banks).

Graham

[mcallegari]

Thanks for the picture but unfortunately there's missing data.
A MIDI message should be composed by: channel - data1 - data2
Apparently this MIDI monitor displays only data1, which I believe is the CC index.
data2 is the most interesting, because it carries the value on which QLC+ reacts

In Linux we have this: http://i1-linux.softpedia-static.com/sc ... imon_1.png
As you can see, it displays the whole message

Let's try again with this: https://itunes.apple.com/it/app/midi-mo ... d889445281
Seems more complete to me

[Graham Morse]

How's this? I can adjust settings if you need me to.

Thanks so much for your help.

Graham

[adriankapka]

In the case of the "Program Change" is sent only channel number and controller number, so there is no value information,
"Control Change" - sends the channel number, controller number and value.

[mcallegari]

Oh wow. I need to make a test with my BOSS GT-8 then.
So maybe we could "complete" a Program Change message with data2=127 (turned into DMX=255), so buttons will be triggered correctly.

Please stand-by

[Graham Morse]

You mean that we may be able to map PC to CC in QLC+ ?

I hope so!

[mcallegari]

No, I didn't mean that. QLC+ is not a MIDI message router.
Why would you need PC to CC anyway ?

I just did the test. Turns out Program Changes work as expected on Linux.
This is a OSX specific issue (and potentially Windows too)
Gonna fix it asap

[Graham Morse]

Sorry, my misunderstanding. I'm right on the edge of my knowledge with MIDI.
A fix would be great!
Thank you again for your help, I really like the software, it's allowed me to get in to DMX at last – your video tutorials were the key to it all for me.
Graham

[mcallegari]

Glad to help.
You are a very lucky man
I fixed the issue on OSX and uploaded a TEST version: QLC+_4.9.2-TEST-20150714.dmg

Please check it out and let me know if it works for you.

[Graham Morse]

You Sir, are a genius, and I salute you.



I downloaded, plugged in and it worked perfectly!

THANK YOU!

Graham

[mcallegari]

No problem. Thanks to you for spotting the problem.
It was one line of code on OSX, a few more on Windows...