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MIDI DESIGNER PRO: What do you use it for?
What would you say you need it for?
What apps do you find it is most helpful with?
Do you also use MIDI hardware of any kind?
I ponder the app, but, I always waiver, like "what exactly am I going to do with this?"
Can you assign 1 knob/parameter to control that same feature(say cutoff) on 2 different apps?
I appreciate any feedback and info on this app while it is still on sale.
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MDPro is a lot of fun for live manipulation of parameters on iOS apps. I mostly use it on a secondary iOS device over wifi.
I use it with Loopy. I've been building an iPhone layout that has four pages for record/mute, overdubbing, panning and volume for all 12 of Loopy's tracks (on a separate iPad over wi-fi). It works great so far. A swipe across the four mute pads will mute four loopy tracks together.
I made an Animoog layout that works great, helpful to have all parameters on one page. Also nice to be able to adjust Animoog's LFO rate with buttons labeled 1/4 1/8 1/16 etc, instead of turning the knob in Animoog. Same for delay rate.
The visual feedback and function of knobs and faders in MDPro is really great. One of those functions that is so good you wish every app had it.
Also, it is very easy to set up the " one knob to control 2 things" scenario.
Cool
the " one knob to 2 things" scenario.
Funny and true.
Truth is, I've been thinking about the competition (ie. the $9.99 Lemur sale which is a great idea)... but I still haven't bought it because I just seem to be able to do what I really want with MIDI Designer. It isn't as complicated as Lemur. That has pros and cons. If I had the time to build fancy stuff, LFO based controls, visual feedback, physics based controls, etc... then I might want to dive into Lemur. (and the learning curve)
But MIDI Designer is easy and fun. Easy to build a simple layout. easy to get wi-fi set up. Easy to connect to your apps or network. Oh, and Dan also just updated the app to include Bluetooth MIDI which is astonishingly low-latency. (I haven't tried it yet, but I know he's now collaborating with the guy who made Apollo).
Also the last, and perhaps best part: MIDI Designer is Dan Rosenstark, he's a one man business. Nice guy, a musician, always been very responsive, and super-dedicated to his product and its users.
I like to use these tools to create multi-app control panels to keep me from switching apps for simple settings during rehearsals and live performances. In that regard, Midi Designer, TB Midi Stuff and Lemur all offer a lot of options. I eventually gravitated toward Lemur as it's scripting capabilities allow you to do some things the others can't - but they're all great tools given that you're dealing with apps or external gear with a well defined set of midi specifications.
I went to buy LEMUR and was off sale this weekend.
FAIL on this one.
I guess I will buy MIDI DESIGNER pro before it goes full price. Maybe.
Lemur was on sale all of December. Again, all of these apps are good and have different strengths and weaknesses. I'd buy more on what you want to accomplish rather than what's on sale...
It's the control center for my live performance iPad + Laptop (with Ableton Live & VSTs) setup. I have every signal patch, VST & app parameter, etc that I control "occasionally" on a 2-page layout in MIDI Designer. Other parameters that I use more commonly in a performance are on either my Quneo or my Nanokontrol2. So, I'm controlling my whole setup with those 3 interfaces (MD, Quneo, Nanokontrol2). They line up very nicely and take up almost no space on a table.
Yeah I find MidiDesigner and Lemur serve different purposes. MidiDesigner is great for reshaping particular synth interfaces, whereas I tend to use Lemur more as a more general musical interface (I use it quite a bit with SuperCollider, which I guess is not a typical use case here).