Tutorials

Setup a new MIDI Controller / MIDI Keyboard – make your own MIDI profile

Laserworld Showeditor already comes with some preset profiles for common MIDI controllers and keyboards. And more are constantly added.

However, as there is a multitude of different MIDI controllers available, you may want to configure a new one – or adapt an existing profile.

The setup of a MIDI controller can be done at Options -> MIDI/DMX

 

Midi settings can be made for the Live Window as well as for the Timeline Window. Thus it is possible to assign different behavior, depending on the actual requirements.

  1. Click “View MIDI Monitor” for being able to monitor the incoming MIDI signals. Thus it is possible to see which MIDI value is sent by the MIDI device when pressing a key.
  2. The MIDI signal consists of the MIDI message number, Data1 and Data2
  3. Select the effect that shall be applied to a key / fader / button on the MIDI controller
  4. Press the key or slide the fader the effect shall be applied to. Enter the message number that can be seen in the MIDI monitor in the field for the value of the effect.
  5. Determine which of the two Data values remains constant when the respective key / button is pushed or the fader is slided. Enter this number as “Value” and specify if it was Data 1 or Data 2.
  6. Continue with this procedure until all desired values are specified
  7. Save the MIDI settings when everything has been properly configured, so they can be recalled later.

The above procedure is suitable for assigning effects to the MIDI controller. To learn about assigning figures to buttons or keys , on a MIDI controller, please refer to the user manual of the Laserworld Showeditor.

Important information: If the size control has been deactivated for MID / DMX control (due to safety reasons), there is no size control configuration available in the MIDI setup window. The size control can be toggled in Options -> MIDI/DMX.

Laserworld Showeditor uses single MIDI channel communication. Thus it is recommended to only use MIDI controllers that natively work with this standard.

Exceptions and special functions:

 

PitchBend

When using a 14 bit PitchBend, one of the Data values refers to the high byte, the other one to the low byte. As Laserworld Showeditor only uses 7 bits, only the use of the high byte makes sense.

If the PitchBend wheel is moved slowly, both Data values are changing at the same time. One goes from 0 to 127 (once), whereas the other one always goes from 0 to 127. Thus a 14 bit PitchBend event is emulated, which means that in this example Data1 refers to the low byte (always from 0 to 127) and Data2 refers to the high byte (only once from 0 to 127).

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