MIDI Designer Q&A - Recent questions and answers in MIDI But Not MIDI Designer

Answered: MIDI Timeout?

Sat, 15 Jun 2019 04:19:46 +0000

Midi active sense problem?

midi zones in air. A 'D' beam from a keyboard, or a theramin wand. Proximity midi zones.

Fri, 03 May 2019 10:42:34 +0000

Im looking to make a midi controller. A proximity controller. Essentially, a way to cut up the proximity of an object to an electric field (or light field). As in the the Roland Theramin. You can control pitch, as you normally can, by moving your hand closer to the wand. This is cut up into midi zones. I'd like to have a fast, responsive but accurate midi trigger type event in each zone, using this method. The theramin wand is best suited for my application. Any help would be highly appreciated. I'm researching for a product to release as an MVP, if I can get the tech sorted. MAny thanks in advance! ( I have looked around and found one YT video that touches on this. There is the Alesis AirFx, but I need more of a wand type, not a dome.

How do I change two or more CC´s in a variable range by using one MIDI message?

Tue, 09 Apr 2019 14:23:26 +0000

Hi together,

i use an EDIROl PCR-500 to control my Korg Volca Sample. I formulate the MIDI messages in sysex. Up to 24 bits a message are possible. With the pitch/modulation bender i can talk to two different CC´s in time.

How do I formulate a sysex for a poti on my midicontroller which i want to let control two CC´s in a variable range.. example : change cc 43 on midi channel 1 [dt] 0 - 127 and change cc 48 on midi channel 6 [dt] 0-127.

1.) b0 2b [fixed value] b5 30 [dt] 00 - 7F works fine, but how could i tell them (b0 2b & b5 30) to use the same data input? I cant enter [dt] more than one time.

I´m searching long time now for a solution. More and more i feel lost in it.

Which Midi parameter for IOS->Preferences->general->Accessibility->Switch control?

Sun, 27 Jan 2019 10:13:24 +0000

Hi all.

Trying to assign a external midi switch as an IOS Switch control.(IOS->Preferences->general->Accessibility->Switch control)

info: https://www.imore.com/how-use-switch-control-iphone-and-ipad#new-switch

Noticing that, when using a bluetooth apple keyboard using keystrokes, the switch control works nicely.

when assigning a bluetooth midi controller button it recognizes the trigger but nothing happens when activating switch control.

Any ideas how to make this happen?

Cheers,

gurbz

Layout xy pad as keyboard using Stream Byter, CC64 issue

Mon, 09 Apr 2018 20:07:04 +0000

Hello,

on the one hand I want to provide a layout with extensive use of the Stream Byter plugin, on the other hand I have also some questions. Nic from Audeonic helped me to make it work for multiple instances. Thousand thanks to Nic again, I could never have done this alone! In advance a link to the discussion on the Audeonic forum: http://audeonic.boards.net/thread/466/instances-xy-pad-notes-conversion — because if other users will ask questions, I will probably not be able to answer, as I don’t understand everything myself.

It is not a complete layout, and it is not perfect. I exported a page from my layout and duplicated the page to show two instances of it. The instances are determined by midi channel, so 16 instances would be possible.
How it works:
The idea is to play notes with a xy pad (monophonic, of course). The x-controller (CC16) makes the note number, the y-controller (CC17) velocity (and optionally channel pressure). Y creates a note off for the previous note first, and then a note on for the current note.
CC16 and CC17 have extra buttons assigned: CC18 and CC19 (hidden in play mode, because it is not meant to be used manually).
The Off-value (0) of toggle CC18 creates a note off for the last note. This can be filtered if setting the button manually to On.
CC19 is used for CC64 (hold), but only if button "Hold On/Off" (CC20) is on.
The effect is, that "hold" is created only as long as the xy-pad is touched.
And what I really like is, that you can control to a certain extent, how many notes are held. Because new notes are only created, if the value of CC17 changes. So, if you move your finger strictly horizontally (which is almost impossible), you get only a few notes, if you make curves in the movement, you get a lot.
"Hold Super" acts like a hold pedal, in a usual way.

Of course, you will easily see how it works when playing with it. But when looking at the Stream Byter rules, it might be good to know what the controls are doing.

Issues, that I am aware of:
iSEM does not like channel pressure very much. Touch Off always resets pressure to 0. This appears to be a bug in iSEM, because in SEM V2 for Mac and Windows this problem has been solved.
bs-16i interprets channel pressure as modulation.

CC 64 – this is my question
Animoog and Moog Model 15: when receiving Hold Off (CC64, value 0) from Midi Designer (and I suppose from any other software), all notes are stopped, as if they were receiving note offs. In this layout, if both buttons "CC 18 Last Note" and "Hold On/Off" are set to the On-status, the last note should still sound when releasing the xy-pad, but it is also stopped. Whereas, if CC64 is sent by a hardware controller, this is not an issue.
Korg ODYSSEi ignores CC64 completely. It accepts hold only if sent by hardware, and only if the source sends on the same midi channel as ODYSSEi is receiving. When the channel is remapped, it does not work.
Ok, ODYSSEi has many issues, I will have to live with it. But do you have any idea what the problem with Moog is?

Thanks!
Josef

The Stream Byter ruleset is also attached as text file (zip), because it is quite long.

How do get playback to respond to my tap while recording

Tue, 18 Jul 2017 01:06:21 +0000

I have set up a button and Digital Performer 9 is recording my taps while I 'conduct' my sequence. Trouble is the sequence plays at the old tempo until I stop recording, and then it plays back with the new tempo track. I suspect this is a DAW issue. DP is definitely receiving the midi info from the MidiDesigner app on my iPad. Any help appreciated.

Off topic: is anyone using MD with iConnectivityMIDI4+

Tue, 11 Apr 2017 23:40:31 +0000

If so, do you see all 16 ports for the USB Jack that your iOS device is hard wired to?

I do not see the USB Jack or any of its 16 ports that my iPad is connected to.

Answered: MIDI Monitor for Windows?

Thu, 02 Mar 2017 16:46:55 +0000

Bome "sendsx" records midi events on Windows. https://www.bome.com/products/sendsx

Bit changer function in Logic Pro?

Fri, 12 Feb 2016 08:26:12 +0000

I'm replicating my Yamaha 4-OP editor in a Logic environment.

In MIDI Designer, to turn each operator on or off, there is a SysEx fader being controlled by 4 bit changers.

Pretty simple, but I have absolutely no idea how to do this in Logic (if it's at all possible?)

Any help is appreciated!

[edit: i do realize that a drop-down menu with all 16 possible configurations is more than enough, since i always have all 4 operators on anyway!]

Answered: M-audio Oxygen -> Roland FA06?

Wed, 26 Aug 2015 22:10:08 +0000

You need to take a look at the midi specification for your FA06.

If it has midi commands for controlling the drawbars and your Oxygen controller can support those commands you are set to go.

Answered: iPad MIDI Monitor with Copy and Paste

Fri, 26 Dec 2014 22:06:18 +0000

Midi Designer has a log window. Go to More->Log to enter the log window. Take note that the log window only functions when you are in Performance mode.

If your synth spits out sysex the Log window will catch it, provided you have a midi connection TO Midi Designer.

In the Log Window you can copy the necessary sysex and paste it into the Midi Designer sysex field.

Change amp channels with POD HD500x and FS-2 ATM

Mon, 28 Apr 2014 17:36:21 +0000

Hello all,

I'm french and my english not very good

I try to tell u what I want to do

I want to use my bank preset ex : Bank 12 with some effect on different Patch : 12A, 12B, 12C et 12D and in same time I want than I pull on this pactche that change my amp channel

Exemple : When I pull on my 12A preset (with HD500X reverb) I want my amp channel switch automaticly on my clean amp channel

When I pull on my 12B preset (with HD500X chorus) I want my amp channel switch automaticly on my lead amp channel

etc...

It's possible ?

I have a footswitch controler ATM FS-2

I have a midi footswitch controler AMT FS2 and I have programed on prg change 1 =clean and prg change 6 = lead

I'm in ABCD mode et my program on my FS2 is :

Ch1-Prg change01 for Clean channel

Ch1-Prg change06 for Lead channel

But I don't find a solution

I do not know how to program the HD500 X

I'm not sure I was clear

MIDI CC commands stutter frequently in Cubase 6/7

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 18:35:13 +0000

Hey all, I am right away aware that the following problem is NOT MIDIDesigners fault, but maybe someone here knows what it is.

Everytime I am sending e.g. CC01 via MIDIDesigner into Cubase the CC command gets recorded okay, but after a few seconds it start to stutter like hell and the curve is more like a few steps. Does anyone know what this is?

The reason I know why it is not MD fault is, because this also happens with Lemur 4 too. So I think the only problem might be either the Windows network or the WLAN router. Does anyone have a clue? Thank you!

Answered: Note On set to zero vs. Note Off

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 06:41:23 +0000

I'm on my phone so I'll be brief. There's an option for "send on only," but it's rolling out for toggles only in 1.4.3 (due out by Monday, supposedly). Hope you can wait for that. Let me know if I've missed something in the question, but I think I got it.

Best!

Dan

Answered: Mac OSX, Keep MIDI Network Panel Open

Tue, 25 Dec 2012 20:58:14 +0000

Yes. It's been this way since 10.5.x or perhaps before. You have to keep that panel open.

Answered: Roland MKS-30 with Johannes Hausensteiner mod - getting CC to work

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 12:07:57 +0000

I looked it up, it's really quite simple: you press and hold the "MIDI CHANNEL" button, when pressing the "2" button it toggles between MIDI CC reception and no CC reception. On my MKS the small 0's indicating the status are UP if I'm correct. You'll see what I mean when you press those two buttons.

Good luck!

Rainer