Using GP with different keyboards

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A while back I mapped all my controls to a small controller that fits in my backpack. I’m using Akai MPK Mini MK3, but this works for any controller. Then I use a MIDI Omni In so I can connect to any keyboard without having to set the input.

Previously, when I didn’t bring my own keyboard to a gig, I would remap some of the main controls to whatever keyboard was provided. Now I use any keyboard and always have my controls on the MPK.

I also always use the Roland DP-10 Sustain pedal, which I prefer because of the fold-out rubber plate that keeps it in place. It doesn’t have a polarity switch, so I keep a scriptlet just after the Omni In which I can bypass to turn the polarity on and off. Here’s the script:

var
   m : MidiMessage = MakeControlChangeMessage(64, 0)

On ControlChangeEvent(m : ControlChangeMessage) Matching 64
    var value : integer = m.GetCCValue()

    value = 127 - value
    
    SendNow(m.WithCCValue(value))
    
End
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Take a look at rig manager.
In the MIDI Control Aliases you can switch the polarity.
No need for a script.

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I have to switch it often depending on what keyboard I’m using and just find it easier to click bypass on the scriptlet to toggle it.

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That is what rig manager is developed for.
But that is the flexibility of Gig Performer, many ways lead to the stage :wink:

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Many have learned the hard way better to learn Rig Manager sooner rather than later. Reconfiguring a large gig file with many rackspaces just once is enough. :slight_smile:

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Right but as soon as you have multiple rackspaces, that solution doesn’t scale - you have to make that change in EVERY rackspace.

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Thanks everyone for suggesting the Rig Manager. Learning to use it is going to help a lot.

The original post was more about using a small control board to have preset controls no matter what keyboard I’m playing on. I do a lot of worship keys and mix a bunch of layers and filters on the fly so it was a big improvement to my workflow to start using the same controls every session.

Using the rig manager is going to make it that much better!