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Keyboard reference
Every key, and where they work.
They work while the Operatour window is focused, and nowhere else. Operatour never takes a key from the rest of your machine, so nothing here can fire while you are in your editor.
Layers
| Key | |
|---|---|
1 - 9 |
select a layer |
[ ] |
opacity down / up by 0.05 |
{ } |
opacity down / up by 0.25 |
\ |
toggle the selected layer on or off |
b / B |
next / previous blend mode |
r |
reset the selected layer |
0 |
blackout, and back |
- = |
master down / up by 0.05 |
_ + |
master down / up by 0.25 |
t |
tap tempo, four taps set it |
T |
let the tracker's tempo back |
⇧1 - ⇧8 |
fire a cue |
↑ ↓ |
move the selected layer up / down |
| ⌘↑ ⌘↓ | the same |
| ⌘⌫ | remove the selected row |
| ⌘1 ⌘2 ⌘3 ⌘4 | launch column 1, 2, 3, 4 |
| ⌘5 ⌘6 ⌘7 ⌘8 | launch column 5, 6, 7, 8 |
The show
| Key | |
|---|---|
| ⌘O | add a layer |
| ⌘V | add a layer from the address on the clipboard |
| ⇧⌘O | open a saved show |
| ⌘N | a new, empty show, asking first about this one |
| ⌘S | save the show |
| ⇧⌘S | save it somewhere else, and go on saving there |
| ⌘, | settings |
The stage
| Key | |
|---|---|
f |
fullscreen |
Esc |
close the fullscreen stage |
v |
switch between Perform and Build (arrives with v1) |
OSC
Settings → Audio input sets the port Operatour listens on and where it sends. Layers are numbered as the keys count them; a parameter is the name the sketch declared; numbers are 0 to 1.
| Address | |
|---|---|
/sialk/layer/N/opacity f |
the layer's opacity |
/sialk/layer/N/on i |
on or off |
/sialk/layer/N/blend s |
normal, add, screen, multiply |
/sialk/layer/N/<parameter> f |
one of the sketch's parameters, 0 to 1 |
/sialk/cue/N |
fire a cue |
/sialk/cue/N/store |
store what is set into a cue |
/sialk/master f |
the master |
/sialk/blackout i |
blackout on or off |
/sialk/tap |
a tap of the tempo |
/sialk/fade f |
seconds a cue takes |
Out, to the address in Settings: /sialk/audio/level, /sialk/audio/bands
(bass, mid, high), /sialk/audio/bpm thirty times a second, and
/sialk/audio/beat on the beat.
Art-Net
Settings → Audio input sets the universe. One fixed patch on port 6454:
| Channel | |
|---|---|
| 1 | the master |
| 2 | blackout above half |
| 3 - 10 | opacity of layers 1 to 8 |
| 11 | a cue: each sixteenth of the fader fires the next of the eight, twice over |
| 12 | seconds a cue takes, in tenths |
Every key on this page can be moved in Settings → Surface → Keys.
The one to remember
\ toggles the selected layer. It is the fastest thing on this page in a set,
and it is reversible, which is what you want at the moment you are not sure.