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Correct OSC personal monitoring to Foldback

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64: Monitor.
</li>
<li>
128: Audio Aux.
128: FoldbackBusses.
</li>
<li>
256: Selected.
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</ul>
</p>
<p class="note">
Audio Aux? say what? I am sure most people will have noticed that they
can find no <em>Aux</em> strips in the Ardour mixer. There are none.
There are busses that can be used a number of ways. From analog days,
in OSC, a bus is something that gets used as a sub mix before ending up
going to Master. An auxiliary bus is used like a separate mixer and
its output goes outside the program or computer to be used as:
a monitor mix, a back up recording, or what have you. In OSC where
controller strips may be limited, it may be useful not to use up a
strip for an aux that is not really a part of the mix. It is also
useful to get a list of only aux busses if the control surface is a
phone used to provide talent monitor mix control on stage. Each
performer would be able to mix their own monitor. The user is free
to enable both busses and auxes if they would prefer.
</p>
<h3 id="hidden">Using hidden strips</h3>
<p>
Ardour allows any of it's strips to be hidden so that they do not show

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<p>
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.
</p>
<h3>Setup</h3>
<p>
Some setup needs to be done in the GUI mixer window before this can
work.
Foldback buses can be added from the GUI
(see: <a href="@@foldback-strip">Foldback section</a>)
or using the <kbd class="osc">/cue/new_bus</kbd> OSC command.
</p>
<ul>
<li>
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</li>
<li>
Connect the output of that bus to one of the audio
interface's playback ports that is not otherwise used. OSC
will now include this bus in its list of aux busses as it
no longer has its output connected to the Master bus.
interface's playback ports that is not otherwise used.
</li>
<li>
Add an aux send to each channel the performer needs to hear
Add a foldback send to each channel the performer needs to hear
in their personal mix. Many performers only need three or
four sources to be mixed. If the performer needs to hear a
a set of inputs that are combined into a bus, adding the
aux send to that bus may make more sense than adding ten
foldback send to that bus may make more sense than adding ten
drum channels for example.
</li>
<li>
If the performer wishes to hear effects in their monitor,
an extra send from the send bus, placing the performers aux
send after the effect or a plugin can be added in line in
the aux bus itself.
an extra send from the effects bus or a plugin can be added in line in
the foldback bus itself. Foldback sends are always just before the
Fader.
</li>
</ul>
<p>
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<em>/cue</em>. It is expected that a surface used as a personal
monitor control will use only <em>/cue</em> commands.
</p>
<p class="note"> There is one OSC command apart from the <code>/cue</code>
commands: <a href="#select-fldbck"><code>/select/add_fldbck_send</code></a>
</p>
<p>
Most phone OSC applets (TouchOSC, Control) require manual port to be set.
There are certainly more controls than needed. Using send enables for
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<p>
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 Aux bus.
its own foldback bus.
</p>
<p class="note">
The send controls and feedback all have the send id (1 to n) in line
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<h4>Commands</h4>
<table class="dl">
<tr><th><kbd class="osc">/cue/connect</kbd></th>
<td>Returns a list of aux busses and connects to the first.</td></tr>
<tr><th><kbd class="osc">/cue/aux <em>aux-number</em></kbd></th>
<td>where <em>aux-number</em> is an integer or float which is the aux bus
number this surface will use.</td></tr>
<tr><th><kbd class="osc">/cue/next_aux</kbd></th>
<td>Sets the the aux bus to one bus higher.</td></tr>
<tr><th><kbd class="osc">/cue/previous_aux</kbd></th>
<td>Sets the aux to one bus lower. This can also be used as a "connect"
button to save space in a phone layout.</td></tr>
<td>Returns a list of foldback busses and connects to the first.</td></tr>
<tr><th><kbd class="osc">/cue/bus <em>index</em></kbd></th>
<td>where <em>index</em> is an integer or float which is the
foldback bus number this surface will use.</td></tr>
<tr><th><kbd class="osc">/cue/next_bus</kbd></th>
<td>Sets the the foldback bus to one bus higher.</td></tr>
<tr><th><kbd class="osc">/cue/previous_bus</kbd></th>
<td>Sets the foldback bus to one bus lower. This can also be used as a
"connect" button to save space in a phone layout.</td></tr>
<tr><th><kbd class="osc">/cue/connect_output <em>output</em></kbd></th>
<td>where <em>output</em> 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.</td></tr>
<tr><th><kbd class="osc">/cue/new_bus <em>name</em> <em>l-output</em>
<em>r-output</em></kbd></th> <td>where <em>name</em> is the name for
the new foldback bus as a string, <em>l-output</em> (optional) is the name
of the output port to connect to. And <em>r-output</em> (if present) will
make the new foldback bus stereo and connect the right output port to the
named port. All parameters are string type.
<tr><th><kbd class="osc">/cue/new_send <em>strip</em></kbd></th>
<td>where <em>strip</em> is a string with the name of the strip to add
a foldback send to that sends to the current foldback bus.
<tr><th><kbd class="osc">/cue/fader <em>position</em></kbd></th>
<td>where <em>position</em> is a float for the position of the fader
between 0.0 and 1.0.</td></tr>
<tr><th><kbd class="osc">/cue/mute <em>state</em></kbd></th>
<td>where <em>state</em> is a float of 0.0 for mute off and 1.0 for the Aux bus mute on.</td></tr>
<td>where <em>state</em> is a float of 0.0 for mute off and 1.0 for
the foldback bus mute on.</td></tr>
<tr><th><kbd class="osc">/cue/send/fader/<em>id</em> <em>position</em></kbd></th>
<td>where <em>position</em> is a float for the position of the fader
between 0.0 and 1.0.</td></tr>
<td>where <em>position</em> is a float for the position of the send
fader between 0.0 and 1.0.</td></tr>
<tr><th><kbd class="osc">/cue/send/enable/<em>id</em> <em>state</em></kbd></th>
<td>where <em>state</em> is a float of 0.0 for disable and 1.0 for enable.</td></tr>
</table>
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<table class="dl">
<tr><th><kbd class="osc">/cue/name <em>name</em></kbd></th>
<td>where <em>name</em> is a string that is the name of the currently
selected aux bus.</td></tr>
selected foldback bus.</td></tr>
<tr><th><kbd class="osc">/cue/name/<em>id</em> <em>name</em></kbd></th>
<td>where <em>name</em> is a string that is the name of the aux bus
<td>where <em>name</em> is a string that is the name of the foldback bus
that <em>id</em> belongs to.</td></tr>
<tr><th><kbd class="osc">/cue/fader <em>position</em></kbd></th>
<td>where <em>position</em> is a float from 0.0 to 1.0 that shows the
fader position for the selected aux bus.</td></tr>
fader position for the selected foldback bus.</td></tr>
<tr><th><kbd class="osc">/cue/mute <em>state</em></kbd></th>
<td>where <em>state</em> is a float of 0.0 or 1.0 that shows the state
of the mute for the selected aux bus.</td></tr>
of the mute for the selected foldback bus.</td></tr>
<tr><th><kbd class="osc">/cue/signal <em>activity</em></kbd></th>
<td>where <em>activity</em> is a float of 0.0 or 1.0 that shows audio
activity for the selected aux bus.</td></tr>
activity for the selected foldback bus.</td></tr>
<tr><th><kbd class="osc">/cue/send/name/<em>id</em> <em>name</em></kbd></th>
<td>where <em>name</em> is a string that is the name of the channel
that send <em>id</em> belongs to.</td></tr>
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While a fader is being adjusted, the corresponding <em>/*/name</em>
text will give the level in db.
</p>
<h2 id="select-fldbck">Setting up a Foldback bus from a selected strip</h2>
<p>
A selected or expanded strip can create a foldback send and create
a foldback bus at the same time using:
<kbd class="osc">/select/add_fldbck_send <em>name</em></kbd>
where <em>name</em> is a string with the name of the desired foldback
bus. If the name matches an existing foldback bus the new send will
be added to the selected or expanded strip that feeds that bus. If there
is no strip of that name, one will be created.
</p>

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<li>MT - MIDI Track</li>
<li>B - Audio Bus</li>
<li>MB - MIDI bus</li>
<li>AX - Aux bus</li>
<li>FB - Foldback bus</li>
<li>V - VCA</li>
</ul>
<li>Strip name</li>