Midistroke pro#

On of the main benefits is that I can see the functions laid-out in front of me, rather buried in menus, or deep within muscle memory related to the relevant shortcut. Next to my keyboard I can reach it by merely lifting a finger to the iPad and hit the command of my desire. Mounted on a вЂmagicвЂ™ arm on my desk, the contraption moves and adjusts where and when I need it. Adding a button is a matter of minutes, open the TouchOSCEditor, add the button, give it a unique midi value and add the same to midiStroke. The above layout is evolving nearly every week. Not the most advanced tool in the drawer, but then in the world of keystrokes nothing has changed since the invention of the computer keyboard anyways.ДЇor my purpose I mapped the functions I use most, in a similar layout and combination as I use in other applications, so that switching from one to the other becomes seamless. Translating between MIDI and Keystrokes is midiStroke, a quick and dirty little application that receives midi and translates them to keystrokes.

Midistroke pro#

Each GUI element, buttons, faders, knobs and more can be assigned midi or OSC control values, that then are transmitted over network to a host.Д®ach control gets basically a address and value, that can be interpreted my instruments, applications or other hostвЂ™s.ДЇor LogicPro its straight forwards, since this application has a comprehensive midi and OSC implementation for all screen elements and shortcuts.ДЇinal Cut Pro X is a bit more elusive, as it does not like to вЂtalkвЂ™ to the world, but luckily most important functions are already accessible via shortcuts (including convoluted ones). TouchOSCВ is a GUI wizard / editor to build touchable user interfaces that run under iOS. TouchOSC is based on the Open Sound ControlВ protocol, a open source networking protocol for custom hardware and software. My old first generation iPad came to rescue, funny enough still being compatible with the application that would make it all possible вЂ“ TouchOSC. Logic Pro and its MIDI world was the spark that inspired the solution, its companion app locked in a predefined layout and functions, so I had to find a tool that allowed me to customize Hans Zimmer style, only at lower cost. In addition they are made to run in concert with Cubase вЂ“ which I donвЂ™t use. This control panels are custom jobs вЂ“ for the ones with endless financial resources. Providing mapped access via buttons to key functions, other way buried in the UI or with convoluted shortcuts that I could never remember вЂ“ or would confuse. Hans Zimmer, Junky XL, all had a touch screen control surface between keyboard and screen. In the last year I started to pay more attention to my role models in the sound world. I found my self all the time evoking a shortcut that was not available in the current app.ДЄt one point in the history of updates Logic Pro came out with a fabulous companion app of for iOS, allowing one to control parameters by touch, mapping deeply buried functions to buttons on a touch screen.ДЄlso I acquired a control panel for Logic, faders, knobs and transport control made work exponentially faster, or at least more intuitive. Each flavor has its own way beyond simple copy paste. In the same time, I started to map each application to a similar set of shortcuts. Precision improved dramatically over mouse controls, granted I could use arrow keys or other shortcuts to nudge and trim various aspects. Having a control surface, like you find in the sound world, put control literally at my finger tips. Very quickly I learned that shortcuts on the keyboard and mouse movements are fine, but are too cumbersome, or too slow when working with large screen real estates. One thing that struck my after a few years of work with more tactile integration with the applications at hand was, that my workflow improved dramatically. For some time I have been working with Logic Pro and other sound applications and pen tablets for graphic design and animation.