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PRO Series Live Audio Systems
Owner’s Manual
Chapter 22: Events (Automation)
This chapter shows you how to use the events of PRO Series automation.
About events
There are four types of event — MIDI, GPIO, internal and crossfade — that you can
have in a scene, and you can have any combination of each. You can choose whether
the event is triggered on the PRO Series or on an external device.
For more information on the events and also how to create, edit and copy/paste an
event, see “Additional control — managing events” on page 116.
MIDI
MIDI performs two functions on the PRO Series. It allows the PRO Series Control
Centre to trigger external MIDI-equipped equipment on each scene change and it also
allows external MIDI equipment to trigger a PRO Series Control Centre scene change.
MIDI output from the PRO Series Control Centre can include a globally-enabled
outgoing message that contains the recalled scene number and is sent out for all
recalled scenes. Also, up to eight messages with user-selectable content are stored per
scene and sent out whenever the scene is recalled.
MIDI input can be globally set up to cause scenes to be recalled when specific incoming
MIDI messages are encountered.
GPIO
The general purpose input and output (GPIO) on the PRO Series is used to control or
respond to various devices. You can use GPIO inputs to control PRO Series parameters
from an external device, for example, you can use an external switch to switch the PRO
Series Control Centre’s talkback on/off or you can use an external switch or joystick to
control the PRO Series Control Centre’s parameters. You can also use the PRO Series
Control Centre’s keys and faders to send control signals to an external device.
Internal
You can create an event on the PRO Series without using an external device; this type
of event is called an “internal” event. This means that an event is triggered and carried
out entirely on the control centre.
Crossfades
For information on crossfades, see Chapter 23 "Crossfades (Automation)" on page 227.
Global scene
You can include an event(s) in every scene. (see “Global events” on page 233).