MultiControl v.04
by alexarje • Monday 25 February 2008 • Uncategorized • 19 Comments
It has taken a while, but I finally found some time to update my MultiControl application. This was a small program I made back in 2004, and have updated a couple of times since then (that’s why the patching code looks so horrible, please don’t look at that…).
Originally, I made it for a series of workshops with kids, but I have also used it in a few concerts. Inspired by some blog comments and e-mails, I am happy to announce version 0.4 (6.9 MB). The main changes are:
- It handles 20 inputs (I will make this dynamic at some point, but then I will need to repatch the whole thing)
- Saving/reading of preset files should now work properly (again)
Thanks for your patience, and please let me know if you have any problems.
Alexander, your work in Multicontrol is much appreciated! I was about to mail you about the saving problem (I began using the software today and I had 0.3) and it’s awesome to see that you had it fixed.
I study at UFRJ – it’s the largest music university in Brazil. I am beginning to take Musical Technology classes and Multicontrol was a terrific introduction to Max.
I will probably use Multicontrol on stage as soon as I can. It will work wonders!
Thank you again! Compliments from Brazil!
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Sigh… doesn’t work for me on Leopard, says arch is not supported (and I’d think Intel would be right).
Any hints anyone?
Sorry about the problems. It has been on my to-do list for a very long time to do a complete overhaul of MultiControl, but I just never find the time to do it. I even just noticed that the links to the software were broken. I have corrected the links, and have also uploaded the source files here now. It should be possible to run this with Max (or Max runtime), and hopefully someone might take the challenge of making a new standalone application.
If anything, I hope you find time to overhaul it.
I’m trying to map an Arcade Stick to Virtual DJ, and the ONE video on the internet links here, saying to download this HIDtoMIDI and Max Runtime and ‘viola’. Of course I have no idea how to work your program OR code the device XML to recognize the new MIDI signals (assuming I used Max Runtime correctly). Help would be much appreciated, and a tutorial would be beyond helpful.
Did you try this version:
http://www.fourms.uio.no/software/MultiControl/
You shouldn’t need Max Runtime, as it has been bundled as a standalone.
Thank you for making this available! I just built a controller with a uHID nano and it looks like all the inputs are communicating with the Multicontrol! Do you have any suggestions for getting the Mac Midi Setup Prefs to recognize the signals as a new controller or having a DAW like Pro Tools to recognize the signals? I have tried with PT with no luck but I think I saw somewhere else Ableton worked and was going to try tonight.
Again many thanks!
Hi alexarje, got the connection issue solved. I resolved it first in Ableton and then in PT. I missed the part of your tutorial that explained the “MIDI device” at the bottom. Once I identified my controller, then I enabled in DAW and done. Huge thanks for helping me finish a huge class project this quarter!!!
Alexander,
What a practical and ingenious program – I’ve just had hours of fun with an otherwise useless game controller getting it to play music!
Now I’m getting serious about it, I’m trying to figure out how to map the various buttons which MultiControl has recognised to specific MIDI notes.
The only way I can seem to do this is by dragging the MIDI range from 0 to the number I need – which creates a note-on, note-off arrangement – but it seems difficult or impossible to be precise within one or two numbers, the box is very small.
Am I missing something – or was MultiControl never intended to do this!
Best regards,
Andy
I think I’ve figured it out – edit the XML file! It’s too late at night to try it now, but I’ll do it tomorrow. Hopefully that will do the trick!
Sorry about the late reply. Great that you have figured it out. Yes, you can edit the XML file as much as you like. It would be good to include more advanced settings in the application, but unfortunately I have not had time to implement new features in this application for a while.
It is open source, though, so if anyone wants to take the source patch and modify it, please go ahead!
Alex,
Thanks very much for getting back to me confirming what I hoped about the xml file. I’m about to have a go. If I can just enter the appropriate range note numbers, I’ll be sorted! I was very impressed at how quickly it registered the controls as they were moved, and I was able to test it enough to know that it would work as planned.
Best regards,
Andy
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