I just saw a preview to this:
It is a 21.5" screen that is surrounded by 32 hardware controller knobs with which you can control the parameters of a VST directly… seems to me just like a “GigPerformer - light” in hardware.
I think, this hardware controller in combination with Gig Performer could really be a great tool!
The videos look quite promising!
The MP Host (MPH) is a VST3/AU/AAX plugin itself and it can load up third party VST3/AU plugins. MPH allows to load only one third party plugin at a time and there are two versions of MPH, Audio Effects and Instruments.
Its virtual encoders (32 per page, 4 pages, total 128 virtual encoders) can be mapped to parameters on third party plugins and on midi controllers.
Audio passes through the MPH unchanged, the MPH does not process any audio and there is zero latency to the audio signal. The MPH is a virtual midi controller within the DAW, acting as an intermediary between the DAW and the MPH midi controller. Midi played notes and DAW tempo are passed to the third party plugin loaded in MPH.
Seems the MP Host is needed
If that is true, then I fear the same issue exists as it is with Komplete Kontrol.
I instantly thought about, what if there was a “bridge” between GigPerformer and the MP host…
So that the MP Controller would reflect and control what’s going on on the Gig Performer side.
That would be awesome.
I tried that with Komplete Kontrol.
In Ableton Live you can switch between Komplete Kontrol Instances and on the S88 you can access the plugin parameters.
But this does not really work when you use more than 1 rackspace in Gig Performer.
I could imagine the same restrictions (and that is not Gig Performer’s fault) are present with this.
Everything looks very promissing here, but I think it should encorparate a touch screen, so you could use things like tone wheel drawbars for example.
hello, does anyone use MP midi controller?
Read this link, which may provide you with some useful information.
This device is very attractive, but I don’t see any point in using it for live performance, as my hands are always on my guitar.
As for using it for work at home, for me it’s more of a pretty and expensive toy than anything else - I do just as well, if not better, with a BCR2000 + GP.
And it’s a €800 toy that is not even available in stock.
On the other hand, it might be of interest to someone who wants to make live sound without using a computer.