I’m using an Arturia Minilab 3 MIDI controller for some basic synth work, and to control some widgets in my GP racks.
Now, I’d like to avoid pulling my home setup apart every time I go to a rehearsal or gig, so I’d like to get another MiniLab 3 to just have in my gig bag. But if I switch between two identical controllers, will they still connect to and update the same widgets? Or is there some sort of hidden reference behind the controller name in the UI that actually only identifies one specific controller?
And a more general question for those of you who do regularly switch between different controllers (for example using backline gear):
Is there a workflow that you’ve found that allows you to do this without remapping every widget in your rackspace to the new controller?
I’m doing it the way you’re planning. I have a Roland Fantom at home and in my rehearsal room. It works perfectly on both. But I suspect it depends on the device. If it doesn’t work with Aturia, you can use the Rig Manager.
I use Arturia Keylab 61 and a Numa Piano X 88. At the beginning I started mapping Midi to this controller. When I switched keyboards, I mapped for the new controller… It was not the right solution.
The Rig Manager is the way to manage two different devices, in this case in midi learn you have to use the symbolic name created with MIDI Control Aliases. The only thing is that if you wrote a script and used a variable “MidiInDevice,” when you change Rig the script is disabled because it doesn’t find the device. The only solution I know of is to add a “fake” controller with the same name
In this case I’m using a TouchOSC midi interface and Arturia , just an example
Thanks for the replies. I was not aware of the Rig Manager; looks like that should solve this for me if GP doesn’t accept that the two controllers should both control the same widgets.
@EskilS
I use three identical rigs with zero issues. (placed conveniently across the US) and fly with just my Macbook. Zero issues as far as connectivity. As others stated, on the rare occasion I have to use a house controller Rig manager handles it with ease.
Three completely different rigs and all work seamlessly with rig manager. I have now also made Rig profiles that would allow me to swap out either of my live setup boards with my cheap ebay m-audio boards that go as spares.
