MIDI input (remote control)

LTCast can be driven by a MIDI controller, a control surface, or another show-control system. You choose the MIDI port to listen on and map the messages you want to use to LTCast actions. This is separate from MTC input — LTCast does not follow incoming MIDI Timecode — and from the triggers LTCast sends out.

Setting it up

Open Settings → Devices and find the MIDI Input section, below the MTC port.

1. Choose the input port in the menu (— select MIDI input port — until you do). The dot beside the title lights when a port is open.
2. Under MIDI Mappings click + Add Mapping. Each mapping is one row: the incoming message on the left, then an arrow, then the action.
3. Set the message — NOTE, CC or PC (program change), the channel, and the note or controller number — or press Learn and then press the button on your controller: LTCast captures the first message and fills the three fields in. Press Learn again to cancel.
4. Pick the action from the menu.

The channel box takes 1–16, or 0 for "any channel"; the number is 0–127. The mappings and the chosen port are saved with the show. When two mappings match the same message, the first one in the list wins.

Actions

• Play, Pause, Stop and Play/Pause — the same as the transport buttons. Stop here is a plain stop; it does not fade.
• Trigger Cued Song (GO) — starts the preselected song, like Enter. Does nothing if no song is preselected, and only shows a message while chasing.
• Next Song and Prev Song — preselect the next or previous song, like ↓ and ↑; they do not start anything. Ignored while chasing.
• Go to Song # — loads song number N (the numbering starts at 1) at once. Type the number in the box that appears.

See Preselect & GO for how preselecting and GO work together.