Environment: Mac Mini i5 16 Gb memory, Mojave 10.14.5. Hauptwerk 4.2.1, Mt. Carmel Skinner, Menesterol, and St Anne.
I've stripped out a 1970s era Rodgers 330 and converted it to a MIDI controller. Everything works pretty well, but the stop action is a bit clunky. I set it up the way I did looking at the trial edition and the manuals.
Stops on this era are SPDT momentary contact switches (pull and release turns the stop on, doing an on-off on contact 1, push and release turns the stop off, doing an on-off on contact 2) which indicate their status through a light (light on is stop on).
I've wired it to DTS encoders and drivers to do this. For example on one stop on the swell:
* pull generates note on on note 92 on channel 06 and then generates note off on the same note and channel on release
* push generates note on on note 93 on channel 06 and then generates note off on the same note and channel on release
* the LED in the stop knob is lit on note on on note 87 on channel 07 and is extinguished by a note off on the same note and channel
I've made it work in Hauptwerk by (based on autosense response) using "Momentary Piston: MIDI note-on" with primary input (in this case) set to note 92, Input 2 set to note 93, and Primary output set to "MIDI note-on/off" on note 87 on channel 07. It works, but it's not wonderful. For example, if I just flat-hand push a half-dozen drawknobs the way you would on a solenoid-driven console, the ones that are on go off (yeah!), but the stops that were off have now toggled to on.
The only "Input from MIDI stop/piston or key" that allows both "on" and "off" notes is the Generic MIDI key aftertouch, but I don't seem to get stop changes with this set up. This may be due to not setting "On" value/index and "Off" value
How do I make this work with "proper" on/off?
Thanks for your help!
Walter Knowles
Everett, WA
I've stripped out a 1970s era Rodgers 330 and converted it to a MIDI controller. Everything works pretty well, but the stop action is a bit clunky. I set it up the way I did looking at the trial edition and the manuals.
Stops on this era are SPDT momentary contact switches (pull and release turns the stop on, doing an on-off on contact 1, push and release turns the stop off, doing an on-off on contact 2) which indicate their status through a light (light on is stop on).
I've wired it to DTS encoders and drivers to do this. For example on one stop on the swell:
* pull generates note on on note 92 on channel 06 and then generates note off on the same note and channel on release
* push generates note on on note 93 on channel 06 and then generates note off on the same note and channel on release
* the LED in the stop knob is lit on note on on note 87 on channel 07 and is extinguished by a note off on the same note and channel
I've made it work in Hauptwerk by (based on autosense response) using "Momentary Piston: MIDI note-on" with primary input (in this case) set to note 92, Input 2 set to note 93, and Primary output set to "MIDI note-on/off" on note 87 on channel 07. It works, but it's not wonderful. For example, if I just flat-hand push a half-dozen drawknobs the way you would on a solenoid-driven console, the ones that are on go off (yeah!), but the stops that were off have now toggled to on.
The only "Input from MIDI stop/piston or key" that allows both "on" and "off" notes is the Generic MIDI key aftertouch, but I don't seem to get stop changes with this set up. This may be due to not setting "On" value/index and "Off" value
How do I make this work with "proper" on/off?
Thanks for your help!
Walter Knowles
Everett, WA