Midi controller

Hello,

I'm a newbie in the whole midi bussines. But i'm looking for a midi controller to fire ques in live situations. Is there someone who could give some advise what kind of hardware to use.

I found the following on the Internet. And thought that it would be a nice feature next to my hog 3.

www.novationmusic.com/products/midi_controller/launchpad

Or should I be looking for something totally different???

And I assume that when I have the right hardware it's as easy as just connecting and assign things to different midi notes.

Thanks in advance for your advice....

Greetings,

Danny

0 abbe rpm digital lighting - Former HES Forum Member over 13 years ago

Hi Danny,

It is a nice piece of kit, but it does not have a standard 5pin din connector.
That is what you need to connect easily to the HogIII.

A product i have yet to try is the block
www.lividinstruments.com/hardware_block.php
It has all the features needed to connect and trigg scenes in the hog.

/Abbe

Good luck
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0 danny - Former HES Forum Member over 13 years ago

Hi abbe,

Those are the suggestions I was hoping for. Looks nice and even has nice hog style blue buttons..

If anyone else has other options, please let me know.

Greetings,

Danny
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0 snowmaniac153 - Former HES Forum Member over 13 years ago

could you have this plugged into your computer and run hog PC?? work almost as a wing?
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0 abbe rpm digital lighting - Former HES Forum Member over 13 years ago

Well, since the Release 3.1.7 we now allow midi notes to trigg the Hog. This means you can connect any compatible midi controller.
Specific for your question is that you need a MIDI interface to connect to the Hog PC, like the Midiman UNO or similar.
The Block could then work as a Executor wing :)

There is nothing replacing the Wings, since they work on USB connection and is much faster and native to our system.
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0 sanderl - Former HES Forum Member over 13 years ago

Hi Danny,

Did you tried the controller yet? Or others, do you tried a good midipad?

Hoi Danny,

Heb je de controller al geprobeerd? Of heb je misschien andere geprobeerd die goed zijn?

Greetings, Sander
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0 matteopio.olivieri - Former HES Forum Member over 13 years ago

HELLO, I HAVE FOUND A PRODUCT THAT COSTS MUCH LESS, AND MAYBE THAT WORKS WITH HOGPC .... Costs around 70euro ... WHO KNOWS IF IT WORKS, VI Send
www.synthtopia.com/content/2010/03/27/icon-intros-icontroller-istage-icreative-idj/
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0 matteopio.olivieri - Former HES Forum Member over 13 years ago

HOWEVER, this other controller has a native port MIDI5PIN DIRECT CONNECTION TO THE HOG, AND COSTS ARE VERY LOW, APPROXIMATELY 100EUR

www.faderfox.de/mark/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=117&Itemid=222

www.faderfox.de/mark/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=116&Itemid=219
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0 danny - Former HES Forum Member over 13 years ago

Hi Sander,

Im using my iPad with a miditrigger app at the moment in combination with the line 6 midi adapter.. Works great for the few times that I use it..
and the midi block is a bit too expensive for me at the moment..

Greetings
Danny
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0 abbe rpm digital lighting - Former HES Forum Member over 13 years ago

Hi,

The Faderfox LX2 looks interesting, lots of buttons, but is says its 250€?

And whilst this unit is "cheaper" than a Ios device / Android os device the later can be used for more things than with the Hog, is that not worth a bit more money?

It would be nice of you to share what you want to achive, then we could much better understand and suggest a solution.
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0 sanderl - Former HES Forum Member over 12 years ago

What about a keyboard? Will it work?

www.esi-audio.com/products/keycontrol25xt/

It has midi out, with a din5 connector.

I would love to have a midi controller for making colorcuelists, gobo cuelists and so on. Everything where i don`t have to use faders for.
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0 abbe rpm digital lighting - Former HES Forum Member over 12 years ago

Hi,

This keyboard looks fine to do that. Just connect the midi connector and power the keyboard with a external adapter.

Then choose in witch way to control Midi Notes by our spec and set the KeyBoard on the right MidiChannel.

Below is a link to the implementation:
www.flyingpig.com/support/downloads/software/gut_3.1.7_%28Build_2826%29.fpspkg

My suggestion would be to use the Macro´s, that will allow for added flexibility.

Let us know how it works out :)
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0 serdar kastas - Former HES Forum Member over 12 years ago

I hope the button wing will come as soon as possible ...:-( solution to very challenging. midi cod,trig, connect, box , cable, i thingk solution % wholehog exec button wing.. for me nice configuration 1 main console 1 playback wing touch screen and if you 1 exec button wing touch screen...( i have Rhfb and pbwing)
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0 abbe rpm digital lighting - Former HES Forum Member over 12 years ago

Hi,

Are you aware that you can connect a touch screen and put a Scene View on it, then use them as executors?
On a 17" monitor, you get ~150 executors available.

Is that a solution for you?
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0 serdar kastas - Former HES Forum Member over 12 years ago

hi. i want to say; rhfb usb execbttn wing, not midi. while on the 50 button is enough (choose&go and flash programmable) according to me it would be nicer.like ma exec on the console and chamsys exec wing,and maxxyz button modul..
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0 sanderl - Former HES Forum Member over 12 years ago

He has a point there. It would be great to have an executor wing. Like the playback wing, but without the faders. Best would be 30 executors, 3 rows of 10. And then a nice price! Not more then 5000 euro`s, like a playback wing.
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