Tiger Touch Cue List - Qlab Lighting cue via Midi / OSC

Andrew Lee

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Apr 18, 2021, 11:31:09 PM4/18/21

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Hi guys,

does anyone here has experience with a Tiger Touch lighting board? and how to create a cue list to be recognised in Qlab.

I got one of this Midi controllers, don't seem to fire the right lighting cues in Qlab or rather I am not sure how to turn on Midi controls in Tiger Touch..

http://pandamidi.com/midibeam

Would it be easier to fire the lighting cues via OSC?

Sorry I'm very new to lighting programming on Qlab, the reason why I'm also asking is, I've worked with a lot of event companies and most of them uses Tiger Touch lighting board, and none of them knows how to create a cue list or knows how to fire via Midi or OSC..

Thank You in Advance!!

micpool

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Apr 19, 2021, 3:48:01 AM4/19/21

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There seems to be some confusion in your post between lighting cues in QLab, and using QLab to control external lighting boards.

Light Cues in QLab were introduced in QLab 4 and control lights directly through dmx or artnet interfaces.

QLab has always been able to control external lighting boards through MIDI cues, which send MIDI. MIDI cues can send MSC ( MIDI show control) which refers to your Tiger Touch Cue list by deviceID and cuelist ID, which you set up as described in the manual linked below. You can also send MIDI voice messages like note ons or offs, or cc values which the Tiger touch can map to its buttons and faders. I would start by getting the MSC command GO to trigger a cue list on your Tiger Touch. Once you set the device ID and cue list ID on your Tiger Touch that should be straightforward.

Avolites Titan Series consoles, including Tiger Touch, do not have OSC implemented.

They can only be controlled with MIDI. Either using a the 5 pin DIN MIDI in on a standard Tiger Touch or additionally, USB on a II or Pro version.

https://manual.avolites.com/docs/en/running-the-show/midi-dmx-or-audio-triggering/

https://www.avolites.de/wiki/external:midia

Your MIDI beam just replaces a MIDI 5 pin cable, so you still need a physical MIDI interface on the Mac running QLab to connect to the MIDI in of the MidiBeam transmitter.

I would get MSC from QLab working using an interface and a cable first, then try to replace the cable with the MidiBeam..

micpool

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Apr 19, 2021, 4:03:25 AM4/19/21

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Apparently the MIDIBeam receiver will function as a standard Mac MIDI interface.

“C) Using it as a computer MIDI interface. RX02 alone can be used as a conventional MIDI interface to your computer. In this case TX02 must not be turned on. Connect RX02 to your computer with a USB cable. It will appear as “Panda-Audio midiBeam” on either Windows or Mac platforms without any driver installation. Typically, connect the MIDI OUT of your keyboard to MIDI IN on RX02, and connect MIDI OUT of RX02 to the MIDI IN on your hardware synthesizer or MIDI expander box. You can use in this setup RX02 to record into a sequencing program from your MIDI keyboard, and to replay from the sequencing program into your hardware synthesizer.”

So you connect the Mac running QLab to the USB on the RX02 and then use a MIDI cable from the RX02 MIDI out to your Tiger Touch MIDI in. QLab will see your RX02 interface as Panda Audio MIDI beam, so set your QLab MIDI cues to use that patch.

Andrew Lee

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Apr 19, 2021, 7:48:41 AM4/19/21

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Thank you Mic!

Yes I would like to control my lighting cues specifically tiger touch through Qlab. I will read through the manual you sent for tiger touch and try to have a better understanding to how to patch the panda mini to it to be triggered..

I have to read your post a couple of times slowly to understand it :D thank you!!

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On 19 Apr 2021, at 4:03 PM, micpool <m...@micpool.com> wrote:

Apparently the MIDIBeam receiver will function as a standard Mac MIDI interface.

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