midi console
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 7:00 pm
Hi Simon
I'm running into a big problem with my Novation launchpad alternately Apc40.
Due neither Novation nor Akai are able to supply their products with full functional drivers I have to configure my pads via a third part software called 'Bome's midi translator pro'. Unfortunately this software is not able to link itself between, the Novation native driver called Automap and the Launchpad(Midi-controller), so I programmed some workarounds, but there is no way they work properly:
- I can just define the color of the active scene but all other pads keep the Automap color (red)
- when I bypass Automap i can set every color but every button has to be hit twice... because the toggle of a button is still active in Automap but not on the Launchpad.
-If I don't use Automap, just 'Bome's midi translator pro' then there is no toggle function that works right, because Suite2 doesn't send a feedback message when an incoming message of a triggered button is sent. The problem is, the Apc40 & Launchpad sends 127 by pressing a button and 0 by releasing it. To keep the light glowing, I would have to press a button all the time, which is not possible.
(the internal toggle works btw.)
Right now Suite2 output specification works with a few controllers like the Bcf/Bcr only, which have their own osd, but most of them don't have that. So the need of most controllers from suite 2 is midi-out for the triggered button. At least on and off messages to set toggles from Sunlite.
I spend 6 hours to figure all possible ways out.
just want to mention again that suite 2 freezes everytime I change midiout not in the first few seconds. if it doesn't freeze, it will do so, after closing the program - "setting fixture..." doesn't disappear.
I'm on windows xp sp2.
Regards Cedric
I'm running into a big problem with my Novation launchpad alternately Apc40.
Due neither Novation nor Akai are able to supply their products with full functional drivers I have to configure my pads via a third part software called 'Bome's midi translator pro'. Unfortunately this software is not able to link itself between, the Novation native driver called Automap and the Launchpad(Midi-controller), so I programmed some workarounds, but there is no way they work properly:
- I can just define the color of the active scene but all other pads keep the Automap color (red)
- when I bypass Automap i can set every color but every button has to be hit twice... because the toggle of a button is still active in Automap but not on the Launchpad.
-If I don't use Automap, just 'Bome's midi translator pro' then there is no toggle function that works right, because Suite2 doesn't send a feedback message when an incoming message of a triggered button is sent. The problem is, the Apc40 & Launchpad sends 127 by pressing a button and 0 by releasing it. To keep the light glowing, I would have to press a button all the time, which is not possible.
(the internal toggle works btw.)
Right now Suite2 output specification works with a few controllers like the Bcf/Bcr only, which have their own osd, but most of them don't have that. So the need of most controllers from suite 2 is midi-out for the triggered button. At least on and off messages to set toggles from Sunlite.
I spend 6 hours to figure all possible ways out.
just want to mention again that suite 2 freezes everytime I change midiout not in the first few seconds. if it doesn't freeze, it will do so, after closing the program - "setting fixture..." doesn't disappear.
I'm on windows xp sp2.
Regards Cedric