Control QLC+ with an x32S using MIDI cable

 

I'm controlling QLC with my X32 assignment buttons using a USB MIDI cable

I'm using an E-MU XMidi1x1 Tab USB to MIDI cable.  You CAN use the built in USB port on the card that comes with a X32 mixer, but usually I'm multitracking a performance, so the USB port is in use, and the other issue is that the midi data that is available on a Behringer is minimal to start with, and the USB midi has even less than the actual midi jacks.  So here we are using a cable.

Here is exactly how I made it work.

First I plugged the cable into my computer (windows 11)

Windows found the drivers 

Next I launched QLC+

Inputs/Outputs -> Select MIDI and select the USB adapter

Make sure the status for input changes to "OPEN"  very important.  If it doesn't say open, something is conflicting with your midi connection.

Now plug in the MIDI cables into your X32

Midi cable OUT to X32 MIDI IN

Midi cable IN to X32 MIDI OUT

Make the following changes in SETUP - > MIDI CONTROL in your X32

In QLC select "PROFILE" tab in the inputs outputs

Give your midi controller a name, then click on "INPUT MAPPING"

Click on the Input Wizard Button

A window will prompt you that you will be put in "WIZARD" mode, which makes QLC listen to the midi line to let you program the various data streams that X32 sends.  This will let you create MIDI associations to buttons in the QLC control panel.  

Its not super obvious, but you will need to click on this wizard button to get out of the mode, else it will feel that QLC is locked up when you try and move or close windows.

Now click a MUTE button on your X32

If everything is setup ok, you should see some data appear in the window.

In this example, midi channel button 4097 is the mute

Channel 2 fader on X32 is channel 0002 on the midi

Now the X32 MIDI is really limited, fader value and mute buttons mostly.

What I've done on my 32 is use the matrix outputs to control QLC, as I don't use matrix in most situations that I would run lights, so these were the inputs I used.

For the input/output section of QLC, I've set it for INPUT and Feedback.  This way I can also control the faders in QLC and it will reflect in the X32.

So you can see here I've matched the buttons for the matrix to 6 faders in QLC+.  I've mated the mute buttons to some scene buttons.

With buttons, they are latched. This means you press MUTE (and it will light up) to activate the QLC scene, but you need to press it again twice to deactivate it.  So in QLC we've set the buttons to be "FLASH" as this will keep them running