[In 11.3.0] Cue Toggle via Midi

[tcsound]

Hi

So I would like to toggle a cue to start and stop (fade out) the same way it works with the hot key toggle. It is possible to do this using just the note on function and every time it is sent it toggles on / off.

Thanks,
Tom

[Mike Daniell]

Coincidentally, I received this same request from another user a few days ago. Since the overall logic was already in place and the mod was fairly simple to implement, this feature will be in SCS 11.3.0.

Specifically, there will be two new 'Activation Methods' for cues: 'External (Toggle)' and 'External (Note)'. With External (Toggle) please note that SCS remembers the toggle state, so when you first send the Note On for the particular cue the cue will start playing, and the next time you send the Note On, SCS will stop the cue. However, if the cue has already stopped then SCS still treats this as a 'Stop' request even though it does nothing. The reason for not resetting the state automatically after the cue naturally ends is to avoid the situation where the operator sends the 'stop' toggle request at around the same time as the cue naturally ends. If the operator's 'stop' request arrived after the natural end and if SCS had reset the state, then SCS would restart the cue, which is not what was required. So by having a consistent approach, always requiring both 'start' and 'stop' requests, we avoid embarrassing situations of a cue being started accidentally

[tcsound]

That's great news thanks Mike. Any ideas when the next version will be released only as I have a project coming up where I would like to achieve this by the end of this week. Is there a work around using the current software. I'm assuming just using two different controls to start and stop?

Thanks
Tom

[Mike Daniell]

Please try SCS 11.3.0 RC6 which I've just uploaded.