One of the most common questions I get
about the Rodecaster Pro is, can you use the Rodecaster
to switch between video sources?
And my answer for the past two years
has been, no it's an audio mixer.
But Rode is now released new Beta firmware version 2.1.2,
which includes the ability
for the Rodecaster to act as a Midi controller.
This is probably one of the biggest things I've seen.
I hope this makes its way to the final version.
So having the Rodecaster act as a Midi controller
basically means that via USB
the sound pads can trigger Midi controlled effects
on different applications throughout your computer.
Now on the download page for the firmware
which you just download a new companion app, open it up
and then it will update your Rodecaster to the Beta.
And of course, this is all Beta firmware.
So you Beta believe that things could change in time
and Rode also actually published the guides about setting
up Midi with streaming software OBS on PC specifically.
And that's because they tell you how to download
a Midi application that will let you map out keystrokes
for PC and OBS.
But I got a little tired of the BS of OBS.
And so I have been using Ecamm live since last summer.
So when it comes to using Midi Mac users
are kind of stuck in the medial
of not being able to use this super new feature.
Until right now cause I totally figured it out.
So here's how you use the Rodecaster to switch scenes
or whatever other functions you want in Ecamm live.
So the first thing you need to do is install
the Beta firmware on the Rodecaster.
And after that you go into the advanced audio options
click on operations
and you will see an option to enable Midi control.
Make sure that that is enabled.
Once you've got the new Beta firmware installed
you can go to this website right here, elmc.app.
You can download a free trial
so you can check it out see if it works for you
or you can download the full license, which is $25.
And now as you can see,
I have Ecamm live and ELMC open on my computer.
If I wanna change something to do with scenes
I can click refresh and it will bring
in all of my scenes from Ecammm.
And let's see, there's a few that I want to look at,
mine are kind of a mess right now.
I'm gonna use the countdown, which is my main thing.
So when I do a stream, there's a countdown that pops up
it looks something like this.
And then my second scene is just my default scene
which is just my main camera
or whatever I have selected with the Atem.
So countdown, I'm gonna find that here
it's got a typo in it who cares?
We're gonna click on sync
and then we're gonna import that.
And what that's gonna do is it's gonna
import all the overlays
and all the things that I have with that scene in here.
And now, if you notice the sync button
for countdown is a slightly different color
from the other ones.
That means it's had everything imported.
I'm gonna go down to the bottom
and find my default scene and sync that one.
And now the program the Rodecaster
is super easy down here on the bottom.
I'm gonna select the Rodecaster.
It will only show up down here.
If you already have Midi turned on
in the Rodecaster settings,
and now setting up the control, couldn't be easier.
So on the countdown
I'm gonna click this little edit button
and I'm gonna click Midi learn
and then I'm just gonna press
the sound pad on the Rodecaster that I want.
In my case, I'm gonna press sound pad one.
If I press Midi learn, it says listening for new Midi,
but sometimes that stays up there for a long time.
and sometimes it only stays up there for a second.
You need that to be on there when you're pressing the keys.
So make sure that's there,
and then you press the key that you want to assign.
Like I mentioned, this is Beta firmware
and this is just the quickest way I found to be able
to map the Rodecaster sound pads to Ecammm live.
So now I've got sound pad two set up as my default scene
which is this scene right here.
And I've got sound pad one set up
as my countdown in my like pre-show.
So if I press sound pad one, this pops up right here.
And if I press sound pad two, it goes away.
So now I'm switching between my scenes
using the Rodecaster Pro.
This is just the quickest way I've found
to map the sound pads to Ecamm live
important note though when you trigger the sound pads
to change a scene or a camera or add an overlay
or whatever you programmed them to do,
they will still play the sound effect
that's attached to them.
So you might need to mute your sound pad audio.
So that way the sound effects aren't just playing
every time you change a scene.
Obviously it would be nice to be able
to fix that and separate those things.
So maybe in the full release of the firmware,
there's a way to do that.
Where the actual playing of the sound pads
isn't connected to the Midi control
of the sound pads also Rode is not talked
about using this on a Mac at all.
It's just something I kind of pieced together
as best I could, because this is such an exciting feature.
So even though it's imperfect, Hey, look at this
I can add stuff
and take it away using the Rodecaster Pro
I'm so excited that Rode is leaning in
towards embracing the streaming capabilities
of the Rodecaster
because I think that is such a great use for it.
And I think that's where they're just packing
more and more cool value into this thing.
So hope that's helpful.
Good luck.
Remember it's all Beta stuff.
So there's gonna be some problems,
but if you want things
that are a little more polished without problems.
Check out these Rodecaster Pro videos right here.
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