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Ok, so in learning to use MIDI triggering today, I've managed to figure out how to load a cue list and step through it, but I can't find a way to kill it.
I've tried the Item commands for Stop and Set Level, but they don't do it. One problem there is I don't see anything in the trigger mapping about what level "Set Level" is setting. I just recorded the trigger with the fader at 0. The cue list is set to "Kill at 0", so zeroing it out should be enough to get rid of it -- if I can zero it out properly.

I can disconnect it by sending a double-tap on the Connect button channel (which is nice), but again, it's still there in the Active Playbacks window.

Also, if anyone has more detail about MIDI triggering than is in the manual, I'd appreciate it. There's not a lot of info there about what commands are available or how they work.

make a macro which kills the cuelist,
to do so press:
record
macro
choose a button to save the macro to
release
cuelist
and then press macro button again to stop recording

now link a midi command to that button

yyy898 wrote:make a macro which kills the cuelist,
to do so press:
record
macro
choose a button to save the macro to
release
cuelist
and then press macro button again to stop recording

now link a midi command to that button

Ok . . . now how do I set a level with a MIDI command? Because clearly I was doing that wrong when I tried it before.

There was an issue with Set Level in v9.1 which was resolved in v10.0. Alternatively you can try the Fire At Level or Refire At Level options.

There are some new macros available as part of v10 which may also be useful:

• [Kill First Playback]. This will kill the first playback on the currently selected page.
• [Kill First Playback Page 1]. This will kill the first playback on page 1, regardless of current page.
• [Kill Playback 1]. This will kill the playback with user number 1.
• [Release First Playback]. This will release the first playback on the currently selected page.
• [Release First Playback Page 1]. This will release the first playback on page 1, regardless of current page.
• [Release Playback 1]. This will release the playback with user number 1.
• [Release Me]. This will release the associated playback (cuelist).

Note that if required it is relatively easy to create custom macros that apply to other playbacks, pages or cues where relevant by using the factory macro xml as a guide.

Thanks! I've found a workaround that gets viable results for my programming style in 9.1 (all cue list faders up, then use MIDI to Connect each one and send Go commands), but I'll definitely re-evaluate how I do things once I upgrade to 10.