OSC/Trigger Release of Multiple/All Playbacks

[Rye]

Maybe there is a better way of doing this - but I'm setting up a show with Audio/Light cues that sync up - and found Multiplay to be a great tool.

I've been able to get it to work no problem so far - but I was wondering if there's an OSC command that like, essentially just clears all current lighting/playbacks.

We have a bunch of random colour playbacks set up at the moment, and a handful of other cue stacks for some old shows. I've occasionally run into issues where something I'm doing on OSC/Multiplay can be interferred if there's any pre-existing playbacks that happen to already be running.

I know there's the option to clear all Playbacks by holding Clear and then tapping the Channels/Playbacks button, but I was wondering if there's a Trigger command that does the same thing.

There's the Blackout one, but that just dims without clearing/releasing. There's also the Release command - but that only does a specific Playback or the current Playback.

Best thing I could think of was just running like, 96 commands to manually clear every single Playback - but that seemed like overkill and a hassle.

[Archie D]

Hi @Rye,

The easiest option here if you were using a full-size FLX would be to use macros. Macros have the ability to capture press and hold events on front-panel buttons, therefore you can record a macro that records key presses (not syntax commands), hold CLEAR and tap the Fader Function button (same as the FLX S Channels/Playbacks button). You could then execute this macro via OSC.. /zeros/macro/1 for example.

As you're on FLX S however, the above won't work as user macros are not a feature of FLX S consoles. There isn't an OSC command to release all playbacks, so you're right - you would have to release each one with its own individual network cue. To simplify operation though, you could make each network cue follow on from the previous one so you can trigger the first playback release network cue and each playback (1-96) gets released at the same time. If you were using QLab, this could be done with a group cue instead.

I hope this helps.

Archie

[Davidmk]

On 7/14/2026 at 11:51 PM, Archie D said:

As you're on FLX S

@Archie D has made this assumption because you have posted in FLX S. If you actually have a full FLX then recording a macro that is then triggered by OSC would be the way to go.

However, all may not be lost if you are really on FLX S.

You could record a cue that releases playbacks (see manual here) and then trigger that from OSC. A similar cue could also trigger all the cues you want to run.

I'm not sure of the timings (whether releases are done before or after triggers) but you could even try putting all your releases and triggers on the same cue.