Does ShowXpress need to be in the foreground? [done]

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Robin_D
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Does ShowXpress need to be in the foreground? [done]

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I am a laptop down for an event on Wednesday. I usually run sound from one laptop and lighting from the second. One laptop has been dropped and broken a hinge! I have installed ShowXpress on the same laptop as the sound (a mixture of Mixxx and SCS), and have an Akai APC midi controller configured for the lighting. The sound runs out via USB into a Yamaha MG20XU mixer. I am going to struggle to get everything together to test it before Wednesday, so wonder if the Midi controller will continue to work normally if ShowXpress is not the active window in Win 10? Will it pull ShowXpresss into the foreground?

I have an alternative of taking my full size ETC lighting desk, but would prefer to keep it simple and light if possible.

Thanks in anticipation.
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Re: Does ShowXpress need to be in the foreground?

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Yes, our software can handle the midi messages and run the lighting scenes by staying minimized in the OS task bar.
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Robin_D
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Re: Does ShowXpress need to be in the foreground? [done]

Post by Robin_D »

Good news.... Thankyou. Will report back after Wednesday if I have any difficulties.
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