soundlight
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I was asked an interesting question by a friend about wanting to sync MIDI commands to an external timecode stream. I know exactly how to do this with lighting software, but that seems a bit complicated for the application of switching plugins based on a SMPTE stream to FOH. He's just looking to fire a CC or PC MIDI message to another program within the computer based on an incoming timecode stream. The easy way to do this would be to have the CC/PC messages originate from the band's playback software, but that would require getting MIDI to FOH from stage which isn't always easy - whereas getting an audio line of LTC is.
So basically, what I'm trying to come up with is a program that can relatively easily listen to an external LTC source and just have MIDI PC/CC commands fire at a given time. Does anyone know of any relatively simple programs that could do this? Perhaps @JohnHuntington knows of some program that would handle this easily?
So basically, what I'm trying to come up with is a program that can relatively easily listen to an external LTC source and just have MIDI PC/CC commands fire at a given time. Does anyone know of any relatively simple programs that could do this? Perhaps @JohnHuntington knows of some program that would handle this easily?