MIDI access on Launchpad and other controllers
Jun 30 2012 | 4:29 pm
I'm about to start some projects with the Launchpad, and I just read the programmers guide last night. I am somewhat new to using Max, but I am about a year into a computer science BS program. I have made a simple patch that takes the MIDI notes sent by the Launchpad, and takes out all the notes that aren't in the C minor scale so I don't have to play a chromatic scale.
...but my question is more of a general one. With all the MIDI controllers that are coming out, is MIDI the lowest level access point for these things? Is everyone programming for this gear simply catching the MIDI information as it comes in, then manipulating it and sending it back out to the controller LED's for feedback? From reading the Launchpad guide it looks like I could access every button's LED with just MIDI notes and CC messages. Is this the case, or are some of you going beyond this?
- Jul 01 2012 | 7:19 pmMIDI is the way to go for speaking to your Launchpad. Take a look at the Max tutorials here. It can help you...
- Jul 03 2012 | 2:46 amI've been sending launchpad input to the GUI element, and having the GUI element send to the Launchpad output. That way if I change the GUI with the mouse, the correct visual feedback will show up on the Launchpad. I also the Phi In and Out objects to connect with the Launchpad, they seem to work really good.
- Oct 08 2012 | 10:17 am@ mike fonte: was trying to do exactly that, but i didn't mange to do it... could you posty your patch? cheers
