Midi Commands

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Hey everyone,

I’m looking to integrate ProPresenter (running on a separate computer) with AbleSet via MIDI. My goal is to have ProPresenter send MIDI commands over the network to AbleSet to:

1.	Queue up locators
2.	Trigger playback from those locators

I’d prefer to run these MIDI commands through AbleSet instead of Ableton Live so I can take advantage of AbleSet’s non-interrupted playback, meaning the track won’t restart unless it’s explicitly stopped.

Has anyone successfully set up a system like this? If so, what’s the best way to get AbleSet to receive and respond to network MIDI commands from another computer?

Any insights or setup recommendations would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

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Hey @cgbb1964,

You can use macOS’s Audio MIDI Setup to set up a virtual network MIDI connection between your computers. Here’s a tutorial on how to set it up:

Once this is set up, you might have to restart AbleSet which will then show you this MIDI connection and will allow you to map incoming MIDI messages to functions.

If you’d like to make use of AbleSet’s advanced mapping functions, you can select “Custom OSC” in the mapping view. This allows you to access all of AbleSet’s features using OSC commands documented here.

Regarding the queuing of locators, you can either queue them by name or their position in the setlist. For example, if your jump mode is set to “End of Song”, /setlist/jumpToSong "My Song Name" will jump to the first song called “My Song Name” when the current song ends, while /setlist/jumpToSong 1 will jump to the first song in the setlist when the current song ends.

Let me know if this helps and if you have any further questions :slight_smile:

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I actually use Companion and this is talking to both machines. ABLESET can then talk to Companion which can then talk to Pro Presenter and vice-verse. There doesn’t seem to be any noticeable delay. I use Bome Network Pro to communicate between computers. I’ve found it to be much more reliable than Apples Built in RTP midi (though to be fair, I have not used the built in in years so it could have improved a lot).

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Thank you very much for the replies. I’ve gotten things to work over here. The midi capability of ABLESET is just fantastic. :+1:

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