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+ Personal monitoring can allow a performer with a smart phone to set their personal monitor mix for a floor wedge or in-ear monitoring. - In Ardour 5.6 OSC commands to allow this were added. + In Ardour 5.6 OSC commands to allow this were added for use with aux + buses. Ardour 6.0 added Foldback buses for this purpose and these + commands work directly for those.
- Some setup needs to be done in the GUI mixer window before this can - work. + Foldback buses can be added from the GUI + (see: Foldback section) + or using the /cue/new_bus OSC command.
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All of the personal monitoring commands and feedback start with a /cue. It is expected that a surface used as a personal - monitor control will use only /cue commands. + monitor control will use only /cue commands. +
+ There is one OSC command apart from the /cue
+ commands: /select/add_fldbck_send
Most phone OSC applets (TouchOSC, Control) require manual port to be set. There are certainly more controls than needed. Using send enables for example, may lead to wasted time discovering why a send has no sound. - A good easy to use controler that fits on most phones while still + A good easy to use controller that fits on most phones while still being controllable even with big fingers might look like:
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+ Ardour is not limited to talking to one personal monitor controller + at a time, but is able to deal with many simultaneously, each controlling + its own foldback bus. +
The send controls and feedback all have the send id (1 to n) in line as part of the OSC path. So the path for the second send would be @@ -64,23 +90,38 @@
| /cue/connect | -Returns a list of aux busses and connects to the first. |
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| /cue/aux aux-number | -where aux-number is an integer or float which is the aux bus - number this surface will use. |
| /cue/next_aux | -Sets the the aux bus to one bus higher. |
| /cue/previous_aux | -Sets the aux to one bus lower. This can also be used as a "connect" - button to save space in a phone layout. | Returns a list of foldback busses and connects to the first. | +
| /cue/bus index | +where index is an integer or float which is the + foldback bus number this surface will use. |
| /cue/next_bus | +Sets the the foldback bus to one bus higher. |
| /cue/previous_bus | +Sets the foldback bus to one bus lower. This can also be used as a + "connect" button to save space in a phone layout. |
| /cue/connect_output output | +where output is a string that is the name of an output port + or the number of the output port if the port is a system:playback port + to connect the foldback bus to. |
| /cue/new_bus name l-output + r-output | where name is the name for + the new foldback bus as a string, l-output (optional) is the name + of the output port to connect to. And r-output (if present) will + make the new foldback bus stereo and connect the right output port to the + named port. All parameters are string type. + |
| /cue/new_send strip | +where strip is a string with the name of the strip to add + a foldback send to that sends to the current foldback bus. + |
| /cue/fader position | where position is a float for the position of the fader between 0.0 and 1.0. |
| /cue/mute state | -where state is a float of 0.0 for mute off and 1.0 for the Aux bus mute on. | where state is a float of 0.0 for mute off and 1.0 for + the foldback bus mute on. |
| /cue/send/fader/id position | -where position is a float for the position of the fader - between 0.0 and 1.0. | where position is a float for the position of the send + fader between 0.0 and 1.0. |
| /cue/send/enable/id state | where state is a float of 0.0 for disable and 1.0 for enable. |
| /cue/name name | where name is a string that is the name of the currently - selected aux bus. | |
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| /cue/name/id name | -where name is a string that is the name of the aux bus + | where name is a string that is the name of the foldback bus that id belongs to. |
| /cue/fader position | where position is a float from 0.0 to 1.0 that shows the - fader position for the selected aux bus. | |
| /cue/mute state | where state is a float of 0.0 or 1.0 that shows the state - of the mute for the selected aux bus. | |
| /cue/signal activity | where activity is a float of 0.0 or 1.0 that shows audio - activity for the selected aux bus. | |
| /cue/send/name/id name | where name is a string that is the name of the channel that send id belongs to. |