News - MidiBt v.0.0.1

Oct 24 2005, 01:24, by olivier

Hi!

I am on my way learning Mac OS X programming. Here is my first project (it is still probably full of bugs)...

Download MidiBt

This application can be used to receive MIDI data through a Bluetooth connection, and to create a virtual MIDI-in device to route this data to any music software. What's the use? Well... Your Palm has bluetooth too, so you can use it as a MIDI controller with a custom client application (hacked in a few hours on a borrowed laptop ;) )

How to use it...
1/ Make sure that Bt is enabled on your Mac and that you are "discoverable".
2/ Launch MidiBt.
3/ Click on "Start server".
4/ Launch the MidiBtTinyController app on your Palm and tap on "connect".
5/ Select your Mac in the list.
6/ Once the connection is established you can use your Palm as a MIDI controller.

There are 4 kind of controllers :
- 4 XY Pads (which can be set to individual channels / controllers settings).
- 1 4x4 buttons matrix (useful to trigger drum sounds or loops).
- [In 320x480 mode] 1 1x6 buttons matrix
- [In 320x480 mode] 5 knobs.

Modern music software should be able to "learn" from all these controllers, so there is no need for a lot of configuration...

If doing the same thing on a PC is easy (and I doubt it is...), and if you find it usable Bhajis Loops will be MIDIfied using this approach.

Rating: 4.7