Viz Mosart connects to a variety of audio devices, from various manufacturers. 

Select the required audio device from  AV Automation > Devices > Preferences > Audio.

Audio Mixer

This tab enables setting-up of the main mixer and optionally, a backup.

• Use Audio mixer: Enables the audio mixer functionality.

Audio Mixer Types

• Serial (Calrec, Lawo, Studer, etc.): Serial port connected to the audio mixer, when Serial radio button is selected.

• TCP/IP: Hostname or IP address and port to communicate with the audio mixer, when TCP/IP radio button is selected. Note that for Calrec it is possible to configure a main and backup audio mixer by specifying two comma separated hostname values and port values.

• Hostname: Hostname or IP address of the audio mixer.

• Port: Port on the audio mixer.

• Local port: (Ardour only) The mixer will send messages to this port on the Mosart server. Use 8000 unless there is a good reason for choosing another port.

• Backup hostname and port (LAWO RMNOPL): Hostname (or IP address) and port to the backup audio mixer console.

• Set user labels on console: When selected, user labels on the (non-EMBER+) Lawo or Vista console are overwritten.

• MidiCh (MIDIMIXER and YAMAHA_O2): MIDI channel assigned to the audio mixer. Depending on mixer model, this setting may have to correspond to settings on the mixer.

• Midi Input port (MIDIMIXER and YAMAHA_O2): System MIDI input port to communicate with the audio mixer.

• Midi Output port (MIDIMIXER and YAMAHA_O2): System MIDI output port to communicate with the audio mixer.

• Default fade time: Time in frames for fading open faders with the manual fade function (CTRL+F).

• Default snapshot: Snapshot to recall when starting the automation (MIDI parameter change).

• Audio effect server: Name for the Audio effect fader. This fader will open if effect transitions are used.

• Send reset command on connect: Used for STUDER3000 SW 2.2, or lower. Recalls a default setup for the Mixer panel.

• Visible audio faders: Maximum visible faders in AV Automation.

AV Automation Audio Mixer Availability Table

Audio Players

You select from available audio players at AV Automation > Devices > Properties > Audio tab > Audio Player sub-tab.

Viz Mosart Audio Player

Requirements

Refer to general section Prerequisites.

Supported File Formats

The Viz Mosart Audio Player supports formats: mp3, wav, wma, aac, m4a, mp4, aiff, avi.

To set up the Mosart audio player

1. On the machine that will be used for the audio player, open the Viz Mosart installation folder and locate the Audio Player installer file, named something like
   VizMosartAudioPlayer-5.13.2.32554.msi

2. Install the audio player, ensuring to add a Desktop shortcut, for user convenience.

3. Start the program from the Desktop.

4. On the Viz Mosart server, open AV Automation.

5. Go to Devices > Preferences > Audio > Audio player.

6. Check Use Audio player and choose from the players in the drop-down list.

   

7. Under Host write the hostname or IP address of the computer where the audio player is running (the machine selected in step 1. above).

7. Under Default directory, write the folder path where the audio files are stored. This is specified by the setting Audio Directory in the Viz Mosart Audio Player.

   

8. Restart AV Automation and check that the connection is green.

   

Working with the Viz Mosart Audio Player

When the Viz Mosart Audio Player is configured, the user opens the UI from a desktop shortcut 

or file location “%programfiles(x86)%\Mosart Medialab\Mosart Audio Player\Mosart Audio Player.exe”.

Viz Mosart Audio Player UI

The Settings menu

Testing panel

• Select this option to display a player at the foot of the Audio Player panel.

  

To select the directory containing your audio files

• Click Change Directory.

  

To select a file for playing

• Click the double-arrow to list and select a file.

  

Behavior when file is already playing

• In this panel, you can determine what action the Audio Player will take when a new file is played and a file is already playing.

Outputs

The Name column shows all outputs. The Device column shows all available playback devices on the computer.
The line between them shows which playback device the output uses to play the audio file.

To select audio device for an output

1. Click an Output. (In this case, Output 1 has been clicked.)
   The panel below displays a drop-down menu of available devices.

   

2. Choose from the displayed devices to associate one of your computer's playback devices with the selected output.

3. (Other operations) Here you can also

   1. Rename
      Overwrite the content of a name under Outputs (for example Output 1 above) by first clicking on it, typing a new name, then clicking Save.

   2. Delete

   3. Create a New
      output.

Help

When working with settings, a tooltip box at the bottom of the panel displays additional information about the current operation.

• Mouse-over a setting to see the tooltip.

  

Audio Player Port Numbering

The port number used by the Audio Player is by default 8084.

To change Audio Player port number

If the Player port number conflicts with some other service, it can be changed.

1. Editing the Audio Player Configuration file Mosart Audio Player.exe.config located at
   %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Mosart Medialab\Mosart Audio Player\.

2. Change the baseAddress attribute to use another port, for example 8087.
   <add baseAddress="http://localhost:8087/LiveSoundService.svc/"/>

3. If the port number is changed in this way, the AV Automation settings for the Audio Player must also be modified to use this port number.
   Specify the port number in the Host field in AV Automation's Audio Player properties to this format:
   Server=localhost;Port=8087;

4. To verify that the Audio Player actually uses the new port, you can test if the URL (for example, http://localhost:8087/LiveSoundService.svc/) is responding in a web browser.

Operating the Audio Player

Refer to section Playing Audio in the Viz Mosart User Guide.

TriCaster Audio Player

By selecting TriCaster from the list of available audio player devices, you can control (access and play audio clips) the TriCaster onboard audio player from a Viz Mosart template.

To set up a TriCaster audio player

1. Start the TriCaster on a host machine available to the Viz Mosart server. 

2. In AV Automation, navigate to Devices > Properties > Audio (tab) > Audio player (tab).

   1. From the drop-down menu to the right of Use Audio player, select TriCaster (previously called vizrt-ips).

   2. In the Host field, enter the hostname or IP address of the TriCaster host.

   3. In Default directory, enter the audio clips directory on the TriCaster machine (for example, C:\ProgramData\vizrt\Media\Sound and Music\Sample\www.SoundTraxxMusic.com).

   4. Click Save & Close.

3. Restart AV Automation and make sure you have a green connection (as in the SpotOn audio player example below).

4. In AV Automation, navigate to Template Editor > Template > Select or Template Editor > Template > New.

5. Choose or create an appropriate template, right-click in the dark grey area to the left and select  Enable > Audio player.

   

6. In AUDIO FILE, enter an existing file name.

   

These can be browsed in the SOUND tab on the TriCaster (in this example, Inspire.mp3).

7. On the Soundplayer device, click OK.

See also: TriCaster and Viz Mosart.

Third Party Audio Players

• ENCO DAD Audio Player

• SpotOn Audio Player

ENCO DAD Audio Player

By selecting ENCO DAD Audio Player from the list of available devices, you can control (access and play audio clips) the ENCO DAD audio player from a Viz Mosart template.

To set up an ENCO DAD audio player

1. Start the ENCO DAD on a host machine available to the Viz Mosart server. 

2. In AV Automation, navigate to Devices > Properties > Audio (tab) > Audio player (tab).

   

   1. Check Use Audio player.

   2. From the drop-down menu to the right of Use Audio player, select ENCO DAD AUDIO PLAYER.

   3. In the Host field, enter the hostname or IP address of the ENCO DAD host.

   4. In the Port field, enter the ENCO DAD monitors port. At clean installation, this value is initially preset as 2002, but if left empty, clears to 0.

   5. Click Save & Close.

3. Restart AV Automation and make sure you have a green connection.

   

4. In AV Automation, navigate to Template Editor > Template.

5. Choose an appropriate template, right-click in the dark grey area to the left and select  Enable > Audio player.

   
   

6. In AUDIO FILE, enter the name of a file in the ENCO DAD library.

7. In OUTPUT, enter a valid machine number (in ENCO DAD).

8. For Soundplayer device, click OK.

SpotOn Audio Player

To set up a SpotOn audio player

1. Download, install and start the device software to a host machine available to the Viz Mosart server. 

2. In AV Automation, go to Devices > Properties> Audio > Audio player.

   1. Check Use Audio player.

   2. Choose SpotOn Audio Player from the players in the drop-down list.

      

   3. Under Host write the IP address to the machine where the SpotOn player is running.

   4. Click Save & Close.

3. Restart AV Automation and check that the connection is green

   

Working with the SpotOn Audio Player

Addressing an audio file that is stored in a SpotOn client is similar to the default player method above, but the file identifier is different.

• LEVEL: This value does not affect the audio fader that is taken to Program. Instead a special command option is offered. Set LEVEL to -90 to send a STOP (playing audio) command. All other values are ignored.

• OUTPUT: Enter the panel button number to identify the associated audio file (in this sample screenshot below, 2a).

• AUDIO FILE: Enter the panel button name here (in this example 0452_32Bit).

  

Loudness Control

Viz Mosart can interact with a loudness controller from Junger.

To configure loudness control

1. Navigate to AV Automation > Devices > Properties> Audio > Loudness controller

   

2. Follow these setup guidelines:

   1. Use loudness controller: Check the box to enable loudness control.

   2. Loudness controller type: Dropdown menu selector. Choose JUNGER T*AP

   3. Triggers/levels: Name of triggers or loudness levels, one for each line. These appear in a tooltip menu of Template Editor, and must correspond to the configuration in the loudness controller(s)

   4. Channels: Fixed values. For Junger T*AP there are four stereo channels per host.
      Connections to the audio faders are configured in AV Automation > Devices > A/V Setup > Edit > Audio config > (Loudness channel)

   5. Host:port: Hostname or IP address and optional port number for each controller.

3. Save & Close.

See Also

• Audio Player

• Stagetec Driver Configuration (RAS protocol)

• Audio Mixer Configuration Files