Comments on: MultiControl v.04 http://www.arj.no/2008/02/25/multicontrol-v04/ Alexander Refsum Jensenius Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:47:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Software and MIDI « Electronica http://www.arj.no/2008/02/25/multicontrol-v04/comment-page-1/#comment-734073 Software and MIDI « Electronica Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:56:41 +0000 http://www.arj.no/2008/02/25/multicontrol-v04/#comment-734073 [...] Another MAX/MSP-based application is Alexander Refsum Jensenius’s ‘MultiControl’, which is able to recognize input from HID and convert the signals to MIDI output.  You can read about it and download it from here: www.arj.no/2008/02/25/multicontrol-v04/. [...] [...] Another MAX/MSP-based application is Alexander Refsum Jensenius’s ‘MultiControl’, which is able to recognize input from HID and convert the signals to MIDI output.  You can read about it and download it from here: http://www.arj.no/2008/02/25/multicontrol-v04/. [...]

]]> By: Andy Murkin http://www.arj.no/2008/02/25/multicontrol-v04/comment-page-1/#comment-733981 Andy Murkin Thu, 13 Oct 2011 18:36:31 +0000 http://www.arj.no/2008/02/25/multicontrol-v04/#comment-733981 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 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

]]> By: alexarje http://www.arj.no/2008/02/25/multicontrol-v04/comment-page-1/#comment-733980 alexarje Thu, 13 Oct 2011 15:31:11 +0000 http://www.arj.no/2008/02/25/multicontrol-v04/#comment-733980 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! 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!

]]> By: Andy Murkin http://www.arj.no/2008/02/25/multicontrol-v04/comment-page-1/#comment-733979 Andy Murkin Thu, 13 Oct 2011 01:36:49 +0000 http://www.arj.no/2008/02/25/multicontrol-v04/#comment-733979 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! 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!

]]> By: Andy Murkin http://www.arj.no/2008/02/25/multicontrol-v04/comment-page-1/#comment-733976 Andy Murkin Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:54:18 +0000 http://www.arj.no/2008/02/25/multicontrol-v04/#comment-733976 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 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

]]> By: chuck http://www.arj.no/2008/02/25/multicontrol-v04/comment-page-1/#comment-733880 chuck Thu, 09 Jun 2011 06:32:11 +0000 http://www.arj.no/2008/02/25/multicontrol-v04/#comment-733880 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!!! 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!!!

]]> By: chuck http://www.arj.no/2008/02/25/multicontrol-v04/comment-page-1/#comment-733879 chuck Wed, 08 Jun 2011 21:39:19 +0000 http://www.arj.no/2008/02/25/multicontrol-v04/#comment-733879 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! 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!

]]> By: alexarje http://www.arj.no/2008/02/25/multicontrol-v04/comment-page-1/#comment-733876 alexarje Sat, 04 Jun 2011 07:33:43 +0000 http://www.arj.no/2008/02/25/multicontrol-v04/#comment-733876 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. 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.

]]> By: D-tor http://www.arj.no/2008/02/25/multicontrol-v04/comment-page-1/#comment-733875 D-tor Sat, 04 Jun 2011 07:09:03 +0000 http://www.arj.no/2008/02/25/multicontrol-v04/#comment-733875 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. 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.

]]> By: alexarje http://www.arj.no/2008/02/25/multicontrol-v04/comment-page-1/#comment-733806 alexarje Wed, 05 Jan 2011 19:22:19 +0000 http://www.arj.no/2008/02/25/multicontrol-v04/#comment-733806 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 <a href="http://www.fourms.uio.no/software/MultiControl/index.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> now. It should be possible to run this with <a href="http://cycling74.com/downloads/" rel="nofollow">Max</a> (or <a href="http://cycling74.com/downloads/" rel="nofollow">Max runtime</a>), and hopefully someone might take the challenge of making a new standalone application. 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.

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