Audiobus: Use your music apps together.

What is Audiobus?Audiobus is an award-winning music app for iPhone and iPad which lets you use your other music apps together. Chain effects on your favourite synth, run the output of apps or Audio Units into an app like GarageBand or Loopy, or select a different audio interface output for each app. Route MIDI between apps — drive a synth from a MIDI sequencer, or add an arpeggiator to your MIDI keyboard — or sync with your external MIDI gear. And control your entire setup from a MIDI controller.

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Usb Midi Joystick Controller

I thought A x-mas present like this might sound good...but not too many offers out here...and this one is $300
https://www.thomann.de/gr/lab4music_enjoy.htm
I know some of the Akai mini keyboard have a joystick...but not sure about mapping different cc's on them so I would rather fancy something like the one above.
Is anyone using something like this?

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  • edited September 2022

    One of these and a Arduino and you could probably make you own.

  • Interesting! Thanks!

  • edited September 2022

    At one point I was searching for a XY joystick option, I’m hoping Intech adds one to their modular MIDI ecosystem:

    I was chatting with these guys from their first product launch and they have plans to create a lot more modules!

  • I have not tried this, but it looks as if TouchOSC has gamepad support (I can see the settings in my iOS version of Touchosc). You could use this to create MIDI or OSC messages from the USB gamepad controller: https://hexler.net/touchosc/manual/connections-gamepad

  • Does it have to be a joystick or would an XY pad do as well?
    Korg has a few low cost options but I remember one little MIDI keyboard with a joystick too.
    An XY pad usually also sends a message when touched, a joystick doesn't.
    Quite a difference for punch-in effects I think.

  • I prefer a joystick, if possible

  • one option is via Control Voltage, using a device that can handle CV and MIDI.

    The Doepfer Drehbank (64 knob MIDI controller from the 90’s) has two CV inputs with 5V power supply. Which means, you only need a potentiometer where you solder a cable and connect the TRS plug to the Drehbank. Very easy to do. I used a simple cheap joystick and the two inputs of the Drehbank to control the quad panner in Cubase, to pan any track in my quadrophonic studio setup.

    The Drehbank is no more produced and hard to come by, but there are modern MIDI controllers with CV as well. The KMI QuNexus for example has two CV inputs, although the mini-TRRS plug is quite a challenge to solder. The CMI XKey 37 has a portamamento pedal input, which is identical to a CV input. However, unlike the Drehbank, both keyboards’ CV inputs need a 5V power source for potentiometers like joysticks.

    Just as an idea. Of course it only makes sense if one already owns such a converter device.

  • edited September 2022

    @Sergiu
    https://www.pjrc.com/midi-joystick/
    about 70$US and an afternoon
    and fun to boot

  • Are those guys still active ? I don’t see any purchase link?!> @AlmostAnonymous said:

    @Sergiu
    https://www.pjrc.com/midi-joystick/
    about 70$US and an afternoon
    and fun to boot

  • edited September 2022

    @Sergiu Yep, they are still active...just ordered a bunch of boards a couple months ago w/ some breakouts from tindie. A lot was out of stock. Looks like they only have the 4.1's currently. (you need to click on each board on the left to see inventory/add to cart)
    https://www.pjrc.com/store/teensy41.html

  • Got it! Thanks!

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