To be properly detected, your MIDI device needs to be plugged in before starting Ovation.
Ovation Show must be started for the MMC controls to work.
Machine Control
Ovation controlling a MMC device
- Ovation settings
Go in Ovation Settings > Player Units > MIDI
Select your MIDI interface, enable it and assign a Virtual Midi Port to it.
Click on OK to apply and close the settings - Cue Mapping
Select the Cue that will send the MMC control, and access its Cue properties.
Browse to MMC
Set your MIDI port (= MIDI Virtual port number configured in the Settings)
Enter the required Start TimeCode (if any).
Remote control of Ovation with a MMC device
- Ovation settings
Go in Ovation Settings > Controller Units > MIDI
Select your MIDI interface, enable it and assign a Virtual Midi Port to it.
Enable the Midi Machine Control (MMC) option.
Remote Control
Fire, Pause or Stop specific Cues using General MIDI.
- Ovation settings
Go in Ovation Settings > Controller Units > MIDI
Select your MIDI interface, enable it and assign a Virtual Midi Port to it.
Enable the Direct Cue mapping option, to allow direct cue control.
Enable Legacy GM option, for automatic MIDI message mapping.
Click on OK to apply and close the settings. - Cue Mapping
Select the Cue you want to control, and access its Cue properties.
Browse to REMOTE CONTROL General MIDI Command.
Set your MIDI input port (= MIDI Virtual port number configured in the Settings)
You can enter a specific MIDI message (in Hexadecimal) directly in Fire, Pause and Stop Command.
Or perform the desired action on your controller. All MIDI actions will be listed in the drop-down menu on the right.
Ovation Commands mapping using General MIDI.
Many Ovation commands can only be mapped with General MIDI messages.
Lists of Ovation mappable MIDI commands can be found in Ovation User Manual.
- Ovation settings
Go in Ovation Settings > Controller Units > MIDI
Select your MIDI interface, enable it and assign a Virtual Midi Port to it.
Enable the “Enable Mapping based on command” option, and select the type of command you want to use (Note, Program or Control change,...) - Command mapping
In the mapping section, click on Add to map a command.
Enter the Midi Channel, select the required command from Media Sequencer drop down menu.
Now select the MIDI data that will trigger the command (0-63). This value is in decimal, not hexadecimal.
In the example below, CueFireSequenced is mapped on a MIDI keyboard, using Note on, triggered when pressing a specific note.