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12 articles on Show Control.

ETC Eos vs GrandMA3 for Audio-Driven Automation

Both take OSC and both automate well. The differences that actually matter once a controller is firing cues, and which rooms each one suits.

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Who Owns Timecode When disguise Is in the Rig?

A media server with its own transport changes the master question. When disguise should own the clock, when it should chase, and how to draw the seam.

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Automating Avolites Titan Playbacks from Live Audio

Titan takes OSC directly — playbacks, cues, faders and macros with no middleware. What to map, and what belongs to the operator on a corporate show.

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Audio-Triggered Playbacks on ChamSys MagicQ

MagicQ's OSC surface takes playback activation and fader levels with no console-side scripting. What to send, and where the free PC version fits.

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How to Chase External Timecode with a Cue Stack

Most guides cover generating timecode. Following someone else's is the harder half — locating, re-syncing, and deciding what happens when it stops.

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QLab or GrandMA3: Which One Should Be Master?

Two systems that both want to own the show clock. How to decide which is authoritative, and why the wrong answer only shows up under pressure.

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How to Trigger Lighting Cues Without a Click Track

A click track buys the lighting op a clock and costs the band their timing. What to do when the show is played rather than played back.

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How to Trigger ETC Eos Cues from Live Audio

Eos speaks OSC out of the box. The exact command surface, why the Go key is not a cue fire, and how to drive the desk from music without an operator.

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MIDI Show Control: Still the Most Reliable Cue Trigger

MSC is a 1991 spec that still runs theatres. The SysEx byte format, the command families, the 128-byte cap, and four ways it fails without an error.

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How to Convert TCNet to SMPTE Timecode

TCNet carries deck position over UDP 60000, but no lighting console reads it. How to turn it into LTC, MTC or Art-Net timecode a desk can actually chase.

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Where Should Your Show's Timecode Come From?

Reaper, QLab, the console's internal clock, a hardware generator, or the live performance itself. Four architectures, and how to pick between them.

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Audio-Reactive Cues Over OSC: What QLab Can and Cannot Do

Reacting to live audio usually gets built from QLab network cues, OSC queries and patience. What that does, where it stops, and what analysis adds.