Hi all.
I would like to connect 2 Novation Launchpads to my computer (OS X 10.4) to make a 128 out of two 64.
The problem is: Launchpad sends midi info on channel 1 and there's no way a user can change that (at least there's no info on that in the programmer's reference manual). So, the two launchpads would be indistinguishable.
Does anyone know how to workaround the problem? I know that in Max there's the [midiin] object that permits the user to select which midi device to listen to. Is there anything similar in PD (even tho a quick look at the Floss Midi Object list seems to suggest that there's none) (btw, i got the [midiin] hint by the creator of the monopad, which is a software useful to connect more than one launchpad in Max http://teamaxe.co.uk/code/monopad/index.php)
Creating an aggregate device of the two launchpads in CoreMidi could do the trick?
I would try that myself but i own only one launchpad and I'm scared of buying another and then discover there's no way to distinguish between them.
Thanks for any help,
pierlu.
If you plug them in together they will appear as 2 separate midi devices, each using its own 16 midi channels from 1 to 16. If you set up pd to use these 2 midi interfaces you will have channels 1 to 16 for the first device and channel 17 to 32 for the second one. You can do your merging inside pd then or if you favor to do so use software outside pd.
cheers, Martin
On 01.09.2010 12:49, pierlu wrote:
Hi all. I would like to connect 2 Novation Launchpads to my computer (OS X 10.4) to make a 128 out of two 64. The problem is: Launchpad sends midi info on channel 1 and there's no way a user can change that (at least there's no info on that in the programmer's reference manual). So, the two launchpads would be indistinguishable. Does anyone know how to workaround the problem? I know that in Max there's the [midiin] object that permits the user to select which midi device to listen to. Is there anything similar in PD (even tho a quick look at the Floss Midi Object list seems to suggest that there's none) (btw, i got the [midiin] hint by the creator of the monopad, which is a software useful to connect more than one launchpad in Max http://teamaxe.co.uk/code/monopad/index.php) Creating an aggregate device of the two launchpads in CoreMidi could do the trick? I would try that myself but i own only one launchpad and I'm scared of buying another and then discover there's no way to distinguish between them. Thanks for any help, pierlu.
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Thanks Martin for the reply,
so you mean that if i plug them both together, the second one will automatically transmit and receive note on and off messages on midi channel 17? Is PD that does this conversion automatically?
Sorry if i'm being insistent but I'm obviuously missing something here and I don't get it completely.
Cheers. p.
On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 1:58 PM, Martin Schied crinimal@gmx.net wrote:
If you plug them in together they will appear as 2 separate midi devices, each using its own 16 midi channels from 1 to 16. If you set up pd to use these 2 midi interfaces you will have channels 1 to 16 for the first device and channel 17 to 32 for the second one. You can do your merging inside pd then or if you favor to do so use software outside pd.
cheers, Martin
On 01.09.2010 12:49, pierlu wrote:
Hi all.
I would like to connect 2 Novation Launchpads to my computer (OS X 10.4) to make a 128 out of two 64.
The problem is: Launchpad sends midi info on channel 1 and there's no way a user can change that (at least there's no info on that in the programmer's reference manual). So, the two launchpads would be indistinguishable.
Does anyone know how to workaround the problem? I know that in Max there's the [midiin] object that permits the user to select which midi device to listen to. Is there anything similar in PD (even tho a quick look at the Floss Midi Object list seems to suggest that there's none) (btw, i got the [midiin] hint by the creator of the monopad, which is a software useful to connect more than one launchpad in Max http://teamaxe.co.uk/code/monopad/index.php)
Creating an aggregate device of the two launchpads in CoreMidi could do the trick?
I would try that myself but i own only one launchpad and I'm scared of buying another and then discover there's no way to distinguish between them.
Thanks for any help,
pierlu.
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Hi,
On 01.09.2010 17:01, pierlu wrote:
so you mean that if i plug them both together, the second one will automatically transmit and receive note on and off messages on midi channel 17?
exactly. (assuming they are both connected via USB, the word "together" maybe was not the right word...)
Is PD that does this conversion automatically?
yes, this numbering exists only inside pd. Note that you have to set up pd so it can use 2 devices in the 'media' menu.
Martin