Sending Live a MIDI signal to start recording an audio track, and then the same MIDI signal to stop recording is cool, but what if you don’t like that take? You have to walk over to your computer and press the Cmd + Z keys, or Delete, then start again.
How frustrating…
Enter MidiPipe a little utility that gives you full power over any MIDI signal entering your computer. The thing that really got me drooling over this app is that you can run AppleScripts from a MIDI signal!! But really, how cool is that? I’ll tell you… it’s tubular cool.
The guy that made it, Nico Wald, seems to have his finger on the button, the app is designed very intuitively, as all Mac apps seem to be.
Not only that, it comes with a default environment for Live!, so just load it up, change MIDI signals to suit and control Ableton Live right from your MIDI Controller… oh yeah baby, I’m digging it. You could even program your Mac to start podcasting your set via a simple MIDI command hooked into an Applescript, it’s just beautiful.
Anyone keen for a screenshot tutorail? Just leave a comment below (it doesn’t take much to convince me)
Filed in Computer music
March 9th, 2008 at 3:02 am
Hey,
MidiPipe seemed like the exact program for me. I installed it and then opened the Live Control mipi. But for some reason the my midi keyboard isn’t carrying out the actions it should.
I can map the Midi kedyboard fine in Ableton, but I can’t get Midi Pipe to work. Is there something else you have to do apart from just opening up one of the provided mipi files? Is there extra assigning I have to carry out?
Cheers