Audio Trigger does not receive audio

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ValerioP72
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Hi All,
Nice to meet you. I am new to QLC+ and light shows. I am also new to this community.
Before posting here I went through all manuals, many video tutorials and I read a lot of similar posts.
I thank you all who contributed to such great content. This is a fantastic community of professionals and the QLC+ software is simply great.

However, despite all my researches, I could not find any working solution for me, so I decided to write here.

I am running Win10 Pro, QLC+ 4.12.4 and using Virtual DJ 2021. I rerouted VDJ audio to a virtual cable (that works), mapped it as Input to QLC+, but no signal is received.
Also the level monitor in the Input/Output Audio settings does not show any level.
I've also connected VDJ to QLC via OS2L and it works, but I could find no solution for audio.
Maybe there is another way to achieve my goal, which is just being able to control lights with music beats.

I have reported all information, such as screenshots and configuration details in the attached PDF file. My simple test workspace is also attached.

I apologize in advance if the solution could be trivial for you, but I am new to this world ...

Thank you very much.

Kind regards,
Valerio
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GGGss
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Sorry to say, but in Windows, the audio levels are very low. So relying on audio to get clear triggers won't work.
OSL2 is a completely different kind of signal than audio - so the one working has nothing to do with the other not working, at all.
Now as a general rule: don't use the same universe for input as output.
(a working solution could be: have another program do the audio-analysis and have that other program send Artnet info to QLC+. Now you can use these triggers to forward your chaser.)
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ValerioP72
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Hi Fredje,
Thank you very much for your reply and suggestions.

Please could you suggest a program I could use as a working solution? If I got it properly, this program should get audio input from VDJ (through Virtual Cable) and then send Artnet output to QLC+.
Then, to my simple workspace, how should I configure Universe 2 to separate Input from Output as your recommended?

My guess:
Universe 1: Input = OS2L Line; Output = DMX USB
Universe 2: Input = Artnet (127.0.0.1); Output Artnet (127.0.0.1). I.e same, nothing or other?

Please forgive me if I am so new to this world and potentially post trivial questions.

Thank you very much for your help.

Valerio
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GGGss
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ValerioP72 wrote: Thu Jul 22, 2021 4:49 pm Universe 1: Input = OS2L Line; Output = DMX USB
Do not do this ... keep inputs separated from outputs.
U1 DMX out
U3 OSL2 in
U4 Artnet in (VDJ) 127.0.0.1
Doing so will help you debugging afterwards.

I am not promoting any commercial product. The one that works fine for my usage is Lightjams. Very complex to learn and to be paid for. And you probably need a 2nd computer.
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