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6.3. Controlling a Synthesizer – Creating Assignments
with MIDI Commands
The third Use Case that we will study deals with controlling a synthesizer from the
Mapping Application, but this time via MIDI commands instead of key commands.
Most, if not all software synthesizers can be controlled via MIDI, if only by respond-
ing to incoming MIDI notes sent from a master keyboard, or modifying some filter
parameters from a MIDI controller. By the way, the AUDIO KONTROL 1’s MIDI
interface allows you to connect your MIDI devices to your computer to control your
software synthesizers.
But here we want to make use of the hardware remote control feature to achieve
this. This solution offers several advantages:
You don’t need to configure any MIDI controllers (you don’t necessarily have
any either).
Your Remote Control is always next to your computer, and its controls are right
beneath your fingers.
You can quickly and easily change, save and recall all mappings, directly on
your computer.
The Mapping Application remembers at all times what these mappings are. (No
more questions like “What is the 7th knob on the MIDI controller’s middle row
doing?” or “Where is my self-adhesive tape? I should have written everything
down on my MIDI controller”, etc.)
Moreover, AUDIO KONTROL 1’s ability to seamlessly mix both MIDI and key
commands allow you to design very efficient controlling schemes.
If you are using a MIDI controller anyway, the AUDIO KONTROL 1’s hardware top
panel can still be a very useful additional control device for the most important
functions in your software.
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