iPad MIDI Fighter
I built a prototype yesterday. Sends messages over MIDI, transmits buttons, crossfader, and accelerometer x/y.
Is this interesting?
vimeo demo: [ame=“http://vimeo.com/35284210”]iPad MIDI Fighter on Vimeo[/ame]
awesome!
In all honesty, and I hope that doesn’t sound harsh, no it isn’t really.
I don’t know what you did use as a software to create your template but you limit yourself to the frame of a midi fighter and don’t exploit all the resources from either, for example, lemur or touch osc, or even the space of the ipad itself.
I know several templates using the mentioned programs (well mainly touch osc) that duplicate a midi fighter and in a much more efficient way.
Only thing I find of interest is the accelometer.
Of course that’s a subjective opinion.
That’s legit.
It’s actually a full objective-c iPad app, not a template. It stemmed from a conversation that went along the lines of, “can you build a midi fighter in an iPad app?”
So I threw it together in an afternoon. Then added a crossfader and accelerometer.
Thanks for the feedback.
Spacing aside, i think this is pretty cool. I like that it is its own self contained app. Does it send midi over the usb cable? if so that pretty darn awesome. I have tried using touch osc on my ipad with the wifi midi on a windows computer and the results are not to satisfying. I would like to know more:
- Where can I get/try this app out?
- Does it transmit MIDI over the usb cable?
Good work keep it up!
That’s great, get all the benefits of the midifighter, without any of those pesky buttons!
oh wait…
in all seriousness, cool project, but doesn’t it just make you want a real midifighter more?
what would one need to get this running on non-dev iPads? is a jailbreak enough?
@gmcerveny: hey man, I was reading myself again and I found my answer very straightforward and it should be shaded a bit. I think it’s cool as a project and props to you to create that of course. I was just comparing the stuff with what any can find elsewhere currently. That doesn’t reduce in any measure the merit of your work.
Pretty cool considering you wrote it natively!
Only comment I would make is the button sizes are a bit small.
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Not sure on when/how it’s going to be distributed. Feel free to email me at greg.cerveny@gmail.com and I can make a list for testing or release announcements.
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Right now it is a Core MIDI network session. I set my macbook up as an adhoc/peer-to-peer network and directly connected my iPad. This was reasonable for a prototype and I could start tracks with enough accuracy to accurately beat match.
The 30 pin adapter is not able to directly send MIDI messages. Though, with an iPad camera connection kit, it can connect to any MIDI class compliant devices through USB or third party MIDI adapters. I have not yet tried to directly hook the camera connection kit to the usb on a mac. That would be convenient if that worked, then all that would be required is a type A male/male usb cable.
Yes. I definitely want one.
I actually don’t own a MIDI Fighter and was originally thinking of building an arduino clone. iPad clone was even cheaper…
Runs as a legit iOS binary. For testers, I could distribute it through testflightapp, no jail break required.
Thanks for the follow up, I appreciate it. I do value the feedback negative or positive. Cheers!
They could definitely be bigger, but, they are at 100x100 points. The minimum Apple recommends for an easily tappable area is 44x44 points. I found the size to be easy enough to tap without looking.
That being said, I’d want it in your hands to make sure it’s the right size for more than just me.
The accelerometer hold button however needs to be much bigger.
can you press more than one buttons at a time though?
Yup. I played around with hitting hot points and reverse at the same time.
The buttons operate independently. The iPad will track up to 11 unique touches. It’s probable that a gesture could be detected to mash all the buttons at once.
Also, use your imagination about how to get that eleventh touch point down. :eek:
Nice - I would be interested in this if it was commercially available