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Setting AUM for hardware synth and midi sequencer
Hi, I have multitimbral hardware synth, and would like to use it in aum with ooba or quantum sequencer or any app from snake bud.
How to set up AUM for hardware synth(external midi) and how for multitimbral synth, so for example I would like to use Fugue Rubato and each head would play different preset from hardware synth.
Sorry for another noob question, maybeI’ mixing different things
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I think you want to sequence hardware synths with iPad, right? I do this a lot.
You really just need a usb midi interface for that. If your iPad has the older lightning connector, you also need a camera connection kit.
You can also use Bluetooth and it does add a lot of latency. I use a cme widi thru6 for this
For wired, I’m currently using a cme u4midi.
I’ll be honest though, all usb midi interfaces I’ve ever tried work with the iPad since I got one in 2014. Never had a single issue personally. I just use cme now because they are cheapish and I’ve had good luck with them.
Edit: I don’t use fugue rubato, but the manual doesn’t mention midi program change messages at all. Even if it did send them, this really depends on the synth, since most will simply cut the sound when you change preset. Some synths can kinda do this….like a Korg opsix will let the previous preset still play the last note of the old preset when you switch.
A little explanation about using a multitimbral sound generator.
You set it up by sending PC, or maybe Bank Select and PC, to select the patch for each MIDI channel you will use. You may need an app or script to handle these steps. Then, notes sent on that MIDI channel will play that particular patch. So, the MIDI note generator(s) will need to send on the correct MIDI channels. In AUM, you can just route all the MIDI sources to the port that's connected to the synth; AUM will combine the messages into one stream.
And remember, the MIDI channel numbers go from 1 to 16. But the actual messages use 0 to 15, and some apps may also.
Hi guys @uncledave thank you, but you speak to me like I know midi well 😉 Could you expand your message? Making it more step by step?
What is PC in this case and bank select? Wich app or app that include such code would I need, who to ask? Is there a way to implement it on iOS, that you know?
PC is the MIDI Program Change message, in hexadecimal
Cn xx, where n is the channel (0..F) and xx is the program number, 0..7F (0..127 decimal). Your synth manual should list the PCs for each of its patches. Note that the program number is often shown on the range 1..128, but is always transmitted as that number minus 1.Bank Select is the MIDI bank select message. If a synth has a lot of patches, thay may be grouped in banks, so you need to send bank select before the PC message. Bank select is actually a pair of MIDI CC (Control Change) messages, in hexadecimal:
Bn 00 mm Bn 20 llwhere n is the channel, mm is the most significant byte (7 bits), and ll is the least significant byte (7 bits) of the bank number. The synth manual should specify these values for the different patches. Sometimes synths "cheat" and just use the
mmmessage to select a bank.The key point is that the channel number in these messages tells the synth to use this patch to play notes sent on this channel.
I am not aware of apps that do this specifically, but someone else may know of exactly what you need. It is certainly possible in iOS (and AUM) using the scripting languages Mozaic and StreamByter. There may already be a script on the Mozaic patchstorage site.
O wow, @uncledave that is some knowledge here you droped. I need to process it🙂
Thank you, sir. 🫡
I will go through synth manual, try mosaic topic and will go through patchstorage link you provided.
I might have some more questions, will be back
@Mateusz Which synth are you trying to control with fugue machine?
Hi, Waldorf microwave XT
Sweet synth, and it’s 8 part. If you set the xt to multi-mode and set the fugue heads to transmit midi on channels 1-8, does that work?
I will try and get back with results🙂 I’m just starting to understand midi, AUM and setting things up.
Cool….thats the basics, so definitely make that happen first. That guy should play one multi part in sound mode and 8 individual parts in multi mode like a lot of rack synths from that era. I’d try to get your hands on a manual pdf if you haven’t already. It will likely cover it thoroughly and require a phd in midi to fully address everything it’s capable of doing over midi….ah the 90s
PhD you say, you made me even more curious 🤔. Who wouldn’t like to know all this stuff in 2025 😁 ah blast from the past. What have gotten into me to own one. Some forgoten, voratious, energetic Virus.. I mean microWave
Nah it’s a great synth…just a bit of a learning curve compared to a all-plugin workflow! I wouldn’t worry about the PC stuff just yet…just make it play midi. I do have the old fugue machine, and this is really all I need to do:
I agree. Because you can actually configure the multi parts in the synth, there's no need to send bank select/PC to configure the parts. The MIDI channels should default, as described, but might take a look at the synth settings to be sure.