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RakuRay
Total Posts: 77
Joined 06-10-2003 status: Experienced |
Ok I need a simple midi program for my laptop to use for live performance. It simply takes too long to look up the patch and such for each song our group plays live.
In simple terms I want to ...
also need ...
and if possible ...
I do not want to use big full featured sequencer to do this, I want to keep it simple, very simple. I have searched the web up and down for this and found quite a lot of musicians posting the same question but without any satisfactory replies. Most say, use a sequencer but what I want is so darn simple and yet ...
please help me!
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SpongeBob
Total Posts: 1588
Joined 11-19-2006 status: Guru |
You can use your Motif’s Master Mode to accomplish all but item 5. Click on the support link above and find the article on Master Mode for more help. With one button push you can set up your Motif and external devices, and if you have sequences to play, load them in the Motif and play them from there. The laptop solution may be over-kill, but try Ableton Live. You can get a free download and try it out. I have yet to find any software solution that allows any where near the flexibility and response time of hardware. Bob |
dcool
Total Posts: 426
Joined 11-01-2006 status: Enthusiast |
You can use the MASTER MODE to accomplish steps above with iPad or laptop. Also, you can have 128 master mode patches to config, I think it’s good enough.
With iPad setup:
For example:
MO setup
Ipad setup: (Using Note app)
Play list Pop songs
2) Hurts so good (A), temp: 124
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donsimpson12
Total Posts: 23
Joined 06-05-2011 status: Regular |
I’m looking for the same thing.
I’m not wanting to use the Motif in Master Mode or use any other keyboard to be the controller.
This may be an untapped opportunity for a programmer..
What are the Pro’s using??
our Keyboard lineup consist of:
From one song to the next, potentially up
We are a busy band.. LOL
Thanks
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selbalicious
Total Posts: 207
Joined 09-30-2011 status: Enthusiast |
Y’all might try Live Professor (see: http://ifoundasound.com/?page_id=8). I use it to control M-Audio’s Key Rig soft-synth on a laptop and it has some AMAZING capabilities as far as sending out all the control changes you need to all the various things hooked up to the laptop or running on the laptop itself. It also has Cues that can control a bunch of “changes” (including patch changes, etc.) and you can trigger these Cues with either a key press on the laptop or a MIDI patch change coming from an external keyboard or pretty much any way you want. It takes a few minutes to “wrap your head around” how the dude has architected it, but in my mind it’s brilliant. It also is a fantastic VST host in terms of latency and just sheer robustness. I have used it during live performances now for over a year and it has NEVER failed me EVER. Love that thing. I think it’s still “in beta” (which isn’t exactly true in my opinion because the app acts fully “production” and I’m also a software developer by trade...heck...I’d love to have some of my apps be considered “beta” and be in the shape and quality of this guys material...). Anyway...great stuff. Give it a shot. OH: DEFINITELY download/printout/read the manual. You will understand the architecture and the developer’s “way of thinking” muuuuch better if you do.
Kevin B. Selby
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