AirTurn DUO Bluetooth

[Torsten]

Hi,
i search for information if its possible to use a bluetooth AirTurn to switch a variation for and back

AirTurn DUO 500

I can connect it via Bluetooth to my windows PC but no interaction with the Global MIDI to learn this behavior.
Don’t know if this is possible.
Hope that this is possible in a friendly way

Thanks for any ideas

Torsten

[pianopaul]

Did you read the manual, pairing in mode 7 ?

support_BT500-Manual-small.pdf

[jeffn1]

There are a bunch of articles and videos that seem to include midi application.

[Torsten]

Yes i changed the mode to 7 (MIDI Mode) and AirTurn is connected with bluetooth
i installed loop midi and added port, then MIDIBErry and i get the MIDI Interface as output
Going to GP in my Rackspace i get a hint line with “Page UP” left panel and ““Page Down” with right when pressing the paddel
This without any configuration
In Global MIDI i try to edit the Next Variation (loopmidi Port | Control Change | 4 | 1) but i get set what i want and even learning gives me no other results.
Do you know how to trigger this event…??

Thanks al lot for the MIDI Mode!!

[David-san]

I have this pedal that I used to turn the pages of my iPad, which displays my sheet music.

During a gig, I turned a page with my foot and it turned several pages in all directions.

I’m the keyboardist and lead singer of my band, and when you turn a page and your page-turning pedal flips through your sheet music in the middle of a song, it makes a strange impression.

I kept my cool and continued the song, but I also swore to myself that I would switch to something wired.

I still use this device for rehearsals, but in concerts… that’s over now!

[npudar]

@David-san

I’m the keyboardist and lead singer of my band

Any videos?

(Sorry for offtopic)

[David-san]

The band is new and we organized an audio-video recording session during a gig with several cameras, but unfortunately the A&H Avantis console we had for this gig didn’t record anything on the USB stick. We will try do organize this kind of session again in the summer.

[Torsten]

So it is possible to handle tie “Page Up” event?

[AnalogueFan]

I have an Airturn Duo500 that I’m trying to connect to Gig Performer. Is it necessary to also use something like loopMIDI so this Bluetooth pedal can talk to Gig Performer, or can GP inherently “detect” the pedal? I can’t find anything online that shows someone connecting an Airturn pedal to Gig Performer. Has anyone done this, specifically with the purpose of advancing through a set list? Instructions would be very much appreciated.

[jeffn1]

I found this:

AirTurn Manager Setup for MIDI

[AnalogueFan]

Thanks @jeffn1 . I did see this and read through it as well as other articles on the AirTurn Support site. What I can’t figure out, however, is how to get Gig Performer to recognize the pedal. I have it paired to the computer running GP, but I feel stupid that I can’t figure out where to “see” the pedal in GP.

[jeffn1]

Google AI got me some seemingly relevant information. (It reference one of Marty Wade’s videos on hardware setups).

Maybe this thread helps?

Wireless Bluetooth midi and GP

If this is not the right forum, please feel free to delete or move this post to the right one. I want to use my keytar (Roland ax-synth) to play a vst I have in a rack in GP (one of the Arturia VSTs). I need to be able to connect the keytar to the Arturia VST via wireless Bluetooth MIDi. Are there any guides available that explain how to do this or can someone explain how to set up the connection between the keytar and GP so I can play the selected Arturia VST?

[jeffn1]

David-San (knows his stuff) explains why he doesn’t think this us a good idea:

Advancing Setlist with Pedal (options)

Could we get a list of options for advancing through a Setlist (Next Song/Next Part) using pedals? I found a post covering this using MIDI messages, but would this work with an old-school footswitch connected into the “footswitch” jack on a MIDI controller? I would assume that a footswitch like that would be sending some sort of MIDI message. What about a Bluetooth (Airturn?) pedal? Any other options? While we’re at it, would the assignment of these pedal options be done in the same locatio…

[AnalogueFan]

This seems to be referring to inserting a Bluetooth transmitter/receiver between device (keyboard) and audio interface. I can do that with my Panda MIDI device on my Roland AX-1. The AirTurn can only connect directly to the computer’s native Bluetooth. I know it’s not recommended but I’d still like to educate myself on how it’s done and try it out for myself…..if it’s even possible.

[AnalogueFan]

Yeah, I saw that post from David-San. It was part of the thread I originally started. I was hoping someone had actually successfully connected an AirTurn pedal to Gig Performer (fairly simply) using the computer’s native Bluetooth. I’m really looking for fewer cables to connect and since my original wired pedal finally bit the dust, I’m entertaining the AirTurn as a replacement.

[jeffn1]

Gotya, hopefully someone can help.

[dhj]

@AnalogueFan

Gig Performer (fairly simply) using the computer’s native Bluetooth

Gig Performer doesn’t know about Bluetooth. You need a Bluetooth driver that basically turns Bluetooth into a MIDI device,

[Frank1119]

@AnalogueFan

I was hoping someone had actually successfully connected an AirTurn pedal to Gig Performer (fairly simply) using the computer’s native Bluetooth.

I guess, you’re using Windows. Most of the time Bluetooth-LE is used (as far as my experience goes) and it surfaces as a MIDI-device without the need for third party drivers, BUT (sorry, there is a but) the MIDI-device won’t show up in the older Windows multimedia api (which most DAWs and also GP use). I wrote a kind of router, but then you’re gonna need loopMIDI or something like that to bridge the gap between the router and GP…

[AnalogueFan]

Thanks for the replies. Since it’s not as simple as I had hoped, I think I’ll stick to the hardwired pedal.

[rank13]

When you mentioned this earlier in the thread:

@Torsten

Going to GP in my Rackspace i get a hint line with “Page UP” left panel and ““Page Down” with right when pressing the paddel

It means that the AirTurn is sending keyboard commands to GP, which is it’s default behaviour.

You can actually use a simple GP Script to convert these keyboard commands into next/previous variation.

1. Open the Gig Script Editor (via the Window menu item).
2. Paste in this script:

On Keystroke matching "PAGE DOWN" Description "Next"
    Next()
End

On Keystroke matching "PAGE UP" Description "Previous"
    Previous()
End

3. Press the Compile button at the bottom of the script editor
4. Close the script editor

Now try the AirTurn. The one caveat with this type of keyboard control, is that GP must be the active application, or those keyboard commands will be sent to the other active application.