03 · Action Deck

Start from Default. Prove GO / STOP / House / Bits on Action Deck — load Blue Lamp — Theater Show if a show list has it, or build the minimum yourself. Fresh Community does not guarantee a seeded sample deck.

Captures (target layout)

These stills show a finished Blue Lamp Theater sample layout — match the page-1 tile names; do not assume the demo box is preloaded.

Target page 1 for the Blue Lamp Theater walkthrough: GO, STOP, House, Bits (Voice / AI / OSC / HTTP optional)

Target Bits cartwall — fire at least one tile cleanly

Before you start

• Steps 01–02 done.
• Page-1 openers are House and Bits — not “Cartwall 1 / 2”.
• Reference: Control.
• Fresh Community 1.0.190 starts with an empty audio library — upload at least one short clip before you can play SFX. Optional CDN samples: sample-sting-a.wav / sample-sting-b.wav, or bring your own .wav / .mp3 / .zip.

Steps

A · Show list has Blue Lamp — Theater Show?

1. If a show/sample list is visible and lists Blue Lamp — Theater Show (or a Blue Lamp Theater sample), load it, then skip to C · Fire.
2. Otherwise stay on Default and continue with B · Build.

B · Build a minimal Action Deck from Default

Chrome below is 1.0.190 (Community Free). Stay on Default. Create cartwall pages before any Navigate-to-cartwall action.

1. Cartwall first: Open Control → Audio → Cartwall (Cartwall is a sibling tab under Audio — not nested under Library). Create House and Bits cartwall pages. Do this before Action Deck navigate wiring — those pages must exist first.
2. Library Upload before Play-an-audio-file: Fresh 1.0.190 ships with an empty show audio library. Open the sibling tab Control → Audio → Library. Empty state reads: “No clips in this category. Use Upload to add audio files.” Click the primary Upload button → modal Upload audio. Drop zone: “Click here to select file or drag files into this area to upload” (mp3 / wav / zip). Upload at least one short file — first-timers can optionally download sample-sting-a.wav or sample-sting-b.wav from the CDN, then Upload that file; bring-your-own short .wav / .mp3 / .zip is equally valid. Until a clip is in Library, a Bits tile’s Play an audio file picker is empty — you cannot fire “Airhorn” (or any sting) yet. Do not use Cloud SFX Add to Library for this step.
3. On the Bits cartwall page, add at least one fireable tile (label it e.g. Airhorn if you like — that name is yours). Wire the tile to Play an audio file and pick the file you just uploaded — not a catalog that is not there yet.
4. Open Control → Action Deck. Create or name a deck if needed (empty Default deck is fine) — e.g. Page 1 or Blue Lamp — Theater Show.
5. Add each page-1 button (GO, STOP, House, Bits) the same way:
   1. Click an empty cell.
   2. In the inspector, click Add button (not “Add tile”).
   3. Set the Label field to GO, STOP, House, or Bits.
   4. Scroll to Actions → event tab Press → Add action.
6. Wire the Press actions:
   • GO / STOP: pick any catalog command (a no-op is fine — you only need Press to prove the button). Under Style, make GO amber and STOP red.
   • House / Bits (page openers): Add action → Navigate pages → Go to dynamic page… (cartwall, timecode, plugins) → pick the House or Bits cartwall page you created in step 1.
7. Optional later (do not block): Voice, AI, OSC, HTTP.
8. Do not expect a paired hardware Stream Deck layout until you create or pair one yourself.

C · Fire

1. From Action Deck page 1, fire GO, then STOP. Watch Overview / the graph react.
2. Press House — cartwall page opens (not blank).
3. Press Bits — Bits page opens; fire the tile that plays your uploaded Library file (local is fine; a network audio device is step 04).
4. Optional: tap Voice / OSC only if you wired them in 02.

Checks

No local audio device?

That’s OK. Skip hearing on this box, or send cartwall SFX to a network audio device (AES67, ST2110, Sonos, garden speaker, etc.) under I/O — continue with step 04.

Next

04 · Cartwall SFX → network audio device