Opening live mode
Live mode plays all Autoloops, static looks and song shows of your project on the 3D stage, and you control them the way you do on the night: on the computer, on the PRIME 4 or on the Control One. That way you see how your shows work together before the gig.
Step by step
- Open your project on the start page.
- Tap “Live” at the top right.
- If you still have unsaved changes in the Studio, Droplit asks “Go back without saving?”. “Keep editing” keeps you in the Studio so you can save first.
- The first time, “Live mode: keyboard shortcuts” appears. Tap “Let’s go”.
- The stage is at the top, the controls are below it. Tap a pad and the lights come on.
- The card at the top left of the stage shows what is running, e.g. “Autoloop” with its name and bar. Active looks and overrides appear below it as small tags. What they mean is explained in What the stage shows: card and tags.
- “Back” at the top left leaves live mode. Music and microphone stop.
More from “Live mode”
- Live Desk: control your show while you DJThe Live Desk is your own MIDI surface for SoundSwitch: on your computer, tablet and phone. It comes mapped to your show, with the names and colors of your loops and looks. There is nothing to learn or map.Summary
- Spot Director: guide your movers from your phone on the nightWith Spot Director you guide your moving heads from your phone or tablet during the event. Tap the floor and all selected heads go there together. Drag your finger and they follow the couple across the dance floor.Summary
- Choosing the controls: Perform, PRIME 4, Control One, StageAt the top of live mode you choose what the controls look like. Each layout recreates a device, so you pick your shows the same way you do on the night.Summary
- Playing Autoloops and static looks liveIn the “Perform” layout you see SoundSwitch 2.11 in Performance mode, just like on your laptop after clicking “MIDI”: the same tabs, buttons, colors and spacing. You play Autoloops and static looks there just as on the night.Summary
- Overrides: color, strobe, blackout and moreOverrides sit on top of everything that is running. Use them to color everything in one color, trigger strobe, black out, aim the moving heads or set the brightness. They only affect the preview, like the buttons of the same name in SoundSwitch.Summary