r/midi

Hello everyone, I really enjoy NIN industrial and gritty sounds lately and wanted to get myself a good synthesizer/digital/MIDI piano whatever it is. What’s the best suggestion to start from scratch ?

Recently the Minilab 37 caught my attention because Minilab3 is not capable for 2 hands play. Thanks you the help!

I want to use a windows tablet as midi controller (using xotopad) for another pc, but I don't know how to send midi between windows pcs.
Bluetooth isn't an option because it's broken even after installing the correct drivers on the tablet, and as for wifi, I want to be able to do this anywhere, there might not be a wifi network where I go so wifi isn't reliable unless there is a way for me to create a wifi access point specifically to connect my devices.

What options to I have? What's the most reliable solution?

The tablet has micro usb, usb a, nonfunctioning bluetooth, wifi connectivity;
The pc has a docking station with ethernet, usb a ports, wifi and bluetooth connectivity
They both have windows 10. I use Reaper as a DAW.

My boyfriend has been getting into music production lately. His birthday is coming up and I'd love to get him a MIDI keyboard. Even after lots of research online, I'm still unsure what would be best for his use case, and I don't want to spoil the surprise by asking him for too many details, so I'll just throw this out to the community.

• I can't afford to pay too much for it (100€ is my upper limit, ideally I'd get a used one for less)
• He uses Linux, so there should be USB compatibility
• He has piano playing experience
• He doesn't have a lot of space in his apartment and likes to travel, so maybe something relatively portable
• I think he'd appreciate pads, knobs and the like (not just the keys)

If there's any more information you need to be able to give a good recommendation, please let me know! Thanks in advance ♡

Hi everyone,

I’ve been working on a new iPhone/iPad app called MidiDeep, a real-time MIDI effects processor.

It lets you chain up to 4 MIDI effects in any order, including:

• Chord Generator
• Arpeggiator
• MIDI Delay
• Harmonizer
• Step Sequencer

Other features include:

• 4 assignable macros
• Unlimited presets
• Program Change & Control Change support
• USB and Wireless MIDI

The goal is to give hardware synths, MIDI keyboards, controllers and DAWs a flexible creative MIDI processor that fits in your pocket.

🎥 Watch the demo: (add your YouTube link here)

📱 Download on the App Store:
https://apps.apple.com/app/midideep/id6778857915

I’d really appreciate any feedback, feature requests, or ideas from the community.

Thanks!

Hey everyone, I’m using Logic Pro 12 and a Akai MPK mini V4. I’m having an issue I can’t figure out, it’s driving me nuts! I’ve recorded a midi track region, it’s all quantised and lined up correctly. Oddly, when I play it back and the track isn’t selected it sounds awful and out of sync. BUT, when I click on the track it snaps into sync and sounds perfect.

I’ve tried:

- Buffer size is low
- I’ve tried low latency mode
- The BPM in the software instrument is the same as the track 125.
- The sound is the same whether headphones or straight out the laptop.

I have no idea how to fix this. Thank you in advance for your help!

I currently am using the Midi Captain duo. I currently have it enable/disable effects on my ToneX one by way of a polar pico(for midi). They released the Tonex One plus(with midi) literally the next day after I purchase the pico.

Anyway, the duo works fine. One button disables/enables modulation effects and the other is set to enable/disable delay.

My question is if it is possible to use the same button that enables delay to set the tap tempo? I may get one of the bigger pedals regardless, but I am curious if it is possible.

I just don't want to chase my tail trying to figure it out if it's not in the realm of possibilities. But after reading documentation I think it can do what I'm asking.

I'm not great with MIDI stuff, but I'm fairly tech savvy and can figure most of this stuff out.

Thanks!

I suffered an aneurysm which left me with limited dexterity in my left hand. Fortunately, my right hand is completely fine. However, now I need to find a solution to play live.

I can still use my left hand to hold pads down, so I'm looking for a MIDI controller that has 16 or so pads on the left side of the controller that could be custom assigned to trigger chords, while my right hand plays the melody. Internal memory to store custom chords and the ability to flip between for multiple songs would be ideal.

Does something like this exist?

I am wondering if you much more experienced folks out there could help me. I have an ancient Arturia Analog miniLab (25 keys). First off and not my question, the knobs seem to be really sticky…anyone else have this issue?
Anyhow, I am noticing that when I try to play keyboard type lines with various plugins, such as the Logic electric pianos, the piano, the UAD waterfall, etc., there is a lag in my attack. This is making it virtually impossible to lay down any real music besides long pads. I am primarily a guitar player, so the midi controller stuff is newer to me. But, I am not terrible at playing, so I think that it is possible that there are adjustments to be made in Logic, or this keyboard sucks? I am using a MacBook Pro M5. So it does not seem like that should be the issue. I have turned off extraneous plugins (Eq, compression, amp sim, etc.) while recording, and they may account for a small change, but not a solution. Any suggestions? Thanks 🙏

I used to produce music in Ableton using just placing chords, notes and drums in the grid doing patterns, now I've bought an AKAI MPK Mini, but I don't have really good coordination with it, specially for more fast paced music genres I like to produce. Is there any good resource to learn this? One that also supports my Controller?