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Kenton Electronics MIDI controllers retrofits wireless. Patent EP2467845A1 - Foot controller - Google Patents. Field of the Invention The invention relates to a foot controller for generating control signals and to a method for generating control signals from a foot controller The invention may, in particular, be targeted to musicians needing to control musical instruments or sound processing devices, e.g. sound processors, amplifiers, sound effects, etc, while playing their instruments. Background of the Invention Conventional foot controllers for use with devices such as sound processors, amplifiers, and other similar electronic devices feature a number of foot-operable switches - for instance of the push-button type (e.g. momentary or latching push-button switches) - through which a musician can switch on or off a certain feature of the sound processor being controlled, or increment or decrement by a fixed, non-adjustable quantity, a counter (controlling, for instance, a program or preset change).

Summary of the Invention Detailed Description of the Invention. Apple’s New iOS 4.2 = iPad MIDI input / output via USB & Wifi! We have exciting news this week for music producers who crave more integration with their iPads and iPhones – the coming update of iOS 4.2 will include Core MIDI as part of the operating system. This is big news for anyone who has been producing on the iDevices as the options until now have been limited for performance and sequencing on iOS. Some workarounds for MIDI on the iPhone have been published and TouchOSC has been gaining momentum for a new communication protocol as well, but these advances are nowhere near as exciting as true MIDI integration with iOS. Furthermore the change may come sooner that we expected – as early as November 7th according to The Guardian.

The 4.2 update will integrate Apple’s Core MIDI framework in two ways: First as a unique Wi-Fi MIDI protocol for Apple devices (we don’t know if other, non-apple, devices will work directly with this update but Apple-to-Apple connections should work.) So what does this mean for you, the user? RtpMIDI Tutorial | Tobias Erichsen. The rtpMIDI driver is a network MIDI-driver for Windows 7 up to Windows 10. It can be installed and used on both 32bit and 64bit systems. Every Apple-computer based on OS X since “Tiger” (10.4) includes a network-MIDI driver as a standard system-component. You find the configuration of this driver when using spotlight-search for “Audio-MIDI-Setup”. The rtpMIDI-driver is compatible to the driver contained in OS X. Apple has now also implemented network MIDI as part of their Core-MIDI services for iOS 4.2 as well. RtpMIDI is implemented as a Windows service.

For installation of rtpMIDI, just double-click the rtpMIDI_xxx.msi file. If your system does not include the Apple Bonjour component (which is installed by default when installing applications like iTunes), the installer will detect this and suggest to visit the Apple-download-page for Bonjour. If the installer indicates the abscence of Bonjour, resume installation only after you have downloaded and installed Bonjour. Audiopad. Audiopad is a composition and performance instrument for electronic music which tracks the positions of objects on a tabletop surface and converts their motion into music. One can pull sounds from a giant set of samples, juxtapose archived recordings against warm synthetic melodies, cut between drum loops to create new beats, and apply digital processing all at the same time on the same table. Audiopad not only allows for spontaneous reinterpretation of musical compositions, but also creates a visual and tactile dialogue between itself, the performer, and the audience.

Audiopad has a matrix of antenna elements which track the positions of electronically tagged objects on a tabletop surface. It does not use cameras or computer vision. Software translates the position information into music and graphical feedback on the tabletop. Each object represents either a musical track or a microphone. Audiopad was developed by James Patten and Ben Recht.

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