If you’re on a Mac, TouchOSC its super easy to set up with an iOS device over USB as a MIDI controller. Sorry Windows users, I have nothing for you today.
TouchOSC Editor for Mac is categorized as Design & Photo Tools. From the developer: Download the editor application for OS X, Windows and Linux to design and upload custom layouts for TouchOSC for iPhone/iPod Touch and iPad. TouchOSC is a modular OSC and MIDI control surface for Android. It supports sending and receiving Open Sound Control and MIDI messages over Wi-Fi. TouchOSC is a software platform that provides an array of different touch-control interfaces for the iPhone, iPod, and iPad. Vuo can receive the different forms of controlled output from a TouchOSC display and utilize it for creative input in a composition.
TouchOSC编辑器 Mac苹果汉化版 TouchOSC 允许远程控制和接收从软件和硬件实现的OSC或MIDI协议如：Apple Logic Pro/Express, Ableton Live, Renoise, Pure Data, Max/MSP/Jitter, Max for Live, OSCulator, VDMX, Resolume Avenue/Arena, Modul8, Plogue Bidule, NI Traktor, NI Reaktor, Quartz Composer, Supercollider等应用程序。. Mac Windows Linux / Other. TouchOSC Bridge. TouchOSC Bridge is a standalone application that relays MIDI messages sent from TouchOSC to any MIDI capable application on your computer (and vice versa). TouchOSC Bridge is free to download. TouchOSC version 1.8+ is required to use TouchOSC Bridge. MacOS 10.7 or later is required.
Touchosc Mackie
Some day I will cover making custom layouts and control surfaces with TouchOSC but for now we’re just using it as a portable MIDI controller.
Over USB you’ll get a low latency MIDI input into your DAW.
While it’s technically possible to do this all over WIFI, I would not recommend it.
TLDR
Touchosc For Mac Pro
Touchosc For Macbook Pro
- Unlock iPad and connect with USB to lightning cable
- Launch Audio MIDI Setup utility on the Mac
- Enable the iPad/iPhone in the Audio page
- Open TouchOSC app on iPad/iPhone
- Enable TouchOSC Bridge and CoreMIDI
- Set Layout to Keys or Beatmachine
- Open REAPER and go to Preferences, Audio, MIDI Devices
- Enable Apple iPad/iphone for Input and control, apply preference change
Touchosc Mackie Control
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