User manual

7. Playback 40 Chauvet® ShowXpress™ V6.22
Sound Triggering (Auto BPM)
When a light scene is operating in this mode, it will use the internal computer mixer to
determine the sound
source.
Please see the steps below to access this setting (Windows® ONLY!).
1. Open the Windows® Control Panel.
2. If the view is not already set to “Classic View”, change it to this.
3. Open “Sounds and Audio Devices”.
4. Select the volume tab.
5. In the “Device volume” area, select the “Advanced” button. A new window will
open, displaying the playback mixer.
6. In the “Options” menu, select “Properties”.
7. In the new window that appears, refer to the “Adjust volume for” area. Select
“Recording”.
8. Refer to the volume controls at the bottom of the window, and place a check
mark next to the audio input you wish to trigger from in Live-buttons.
9. Press <OK>.
10. In the “Master Volume” window that appears, adjust the properties for the volume
input. Deselect the mute option; adjust the balance and volume settings.
11. Open Live-buttons from the Control Board.
12. Right-click on the scene button and select “Speed button”.
13. In the window that appears, select “auto BPM”.
14. Press <Validate>.
15. On the right-side of Live-buttons, turn the Auto BPM function ON by selecting
the check box.
16. If the source is sending signal at sound levels, then the indicator window should
appear as the image below demonstrates.
The purpose of this function is to synchronize the changing of the steps to the music.
The sensitivity may be adjusted between 1/1 and 1/8.