Wireless MIDI control for a surface or other windows Tablet?
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The iOS guitar stuff is certainly viable, but the limitations and frustrations are still incredible, and ridiculous at this era in tech and history. The microsoft windows tablets should be just as convenient, and far,. far more powerful, allowing you to use any and all of your desktop signal chains, something you cannot even hope to come close to on iOS at this point.
But what can you use as MIDI control? IK's Blueboard won't work. I don't think Positive Grid's will either. What are you guys seeing for wireless MIDI?
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I have Glab gsc4, I know it's a monster..but I needed also a looper for my amp and pedalboard so...two birds with a stone.
the only wireless midi controllers I know are the BT-4 and the Blueboard
I've also found this:
Youtube Videoit seems homade..you may build one the way you like with arduino's
..or why don't use a traditional cabled midi controller?
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I could, I'm just trying to make it as convenient as the iOS one is in that regard
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The Tech21 Midi mongoose has expression pedal inputs and can be battery powered,.
Scott Stilwell linked this thing to me, maybe worth a try. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01D61QK6W/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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Wow, really cool. If that works you could convert any midi controller
I wonder what version of Bluetooth it is and how fast
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yamaha does it as well
https://it.yamaha.com/it/products/music_production/accessories/md-bt01/index.html
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Looks like none of these work with windows.
I got an email in to the manufacturer of this one though. http://pandamidi.com/midibeam/
I also figured out how to turn REAPER into a really versatile pedalboard. Its amazing just how many hair pulling, headscratching problems, trying to use this stuff on iOS just completely disappear once you have access to VSTs
Really thinking about ditching all of it and going to a windows tablet or laptop
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@pipelineaudio I have it it works, no problem. I can connect my ancient Digitech control 8 wirelessly to my iPad with it. Works like a charm. Works with macOS. And iOS.
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I got an ok one for iPad, its Windows I need one for
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@pipelineaudio I thought windows did not support MIDI LE. I may not be up to date though... I don’t use it much these days.
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I dont know if it supports MIDI LE, but it certainly supports MIDI. I don't care if its Bluetooth or not, I just want wireless
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@pipelineaudio
hey talk to me about laptop stuff because I tried and failed miserably. would much prefer that route because of access to more sounds vs ios. expecially Two Notes Wall of Sound -
I haven’t tried real time throughout on a laptop in a while, but things were certainly powerful enough 5 years ago on a mid range laptop.hopefully it’s even better now. The tablet style would be most convenient for my use, as I’m not sure how to mount a stand that would hold a regular laptop to my FRFR speaker. But as I ask, people are saying the tablets for the most part are too slow...really looking hard into this last few days
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@pipelineaudio AFAIK MIDI LE is the only wireless MIDI standard. It works over Bluetooth. So unless PG makes a proprietary controller it is probably something to care about. :wink:
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There's wireless MIDI in the way that there are wireless guitars and things, just not as convenient as having it inside the pedalboard.
For instance: http://pandamidi.com/midibeam/But something possibly more handy, the Korg Nanocontrol with wireless to windows....Possibly gut this and stick it inside a midi pedalboard?
http://www.korg.com/us/products/computergear/nanokontrol_studio/specifications.php
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I mean if you're going to gut something I guess you could. I'd prefer a dongle myself.
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I would as well. If I could find one
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I have an old ass laptop. It has an I5 sandybridge procesor and 8gb ram. It even has an old 5400 rpm hard drive. I have considered using it to play live but I still can't get consistent enough results. Last time I played it through a cab it sounded way worse than iOS. I could have been doing it wrong though.
I wouldn't mind putting my laptop in a rack case and using a USB midi controller to play a set
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My 2009 dell core2duo laptop is able to run some old stuff I used to try. Nadir and emissary at 128 buffers on a line6 kb37. Raw power wise any I series cpu should decimate that setup, but there’s other factors...I’m going to see if I can borrow some cheap windows tablets and test. A laptop would be ok, but I like that handy tablet holder thing
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this may help...seems like win 10 supports MIDI LE
https://www.midi.org/articles/midi-enhancements-in-windows-10
and this