Using Show Buddy Active with Logic Pro
Show Buddy Active can run as a VST or AudioUnit (AU) plugin directly within any compatible DAW. This lets you visually program synchronised light shows alongside your audio tracks.
This article shows the quickest way to program lights in Logic Pro using the Show Buddy Active AU plugin.
First, open your Logic song and choose [Track > New tracks…] from the main menu.
This takes you to the “Create New Track” window.
- Highlight Software Instrument in the MIDI box
- In the Instrument popup menu, select AU MIDI-controlled Effects > db audioware > Show Buddy Active > Mono
- Set Multi-timbral = 2 parts
- Click the Create button.
This will add two new tracks to your arrangement. We will use the first track to program our SBA bank changes, and the second track to program our SBA preset changes.
- Rename the tracks to SBA Banks and SBA Presets.
- Under the Track inspector panel, set MIDI Out channel for the tracks to 15 and 16. (MIDI channel 15 switches SBA banks, and track 16 switches SBA presets)
At this stage, the Show Buddy Active AU has been added to your project, and you are ready to start programming some lighting changes!
Simply add MIDI regions and notes as required, wherever you need an SBA bank or preset change. For example, here we have a MIDI region on the Bank track that triggers the first bank at bar 1 (using Note C-2), and the second bank at bar 2 (using note C#2).
