Use Cutoff/Resonance knobs to control softsynths??

[Keybdwizrd]

Do the Cutoff and Resonance knobs on the J-50 transmit any cc data? I am using my J-50 to play Diva, and would like to use these knobs to control the softsynth, but can't seem to make it happen. Any ideas?

Thanks.

[Keybdwizrd]

Okay, so using a little MIDI monitor program, I found out that the cutoff and resonance knobs on the J-50 send sysex and not cc.

So, always being resourceful, I found an app called MIDI Designer (http://mididesigner.com/) for my iPad, and created my own knobs (nice and big ones, at that), that send the appropriate cc messages to Diva, running on my iMac. Works great!

[flyingace]

That's really cool! I'll have to go check out that app!

[Keybdwizrd]

That's really cool! I'll have to go check out that app!

There are several apps that allow you to create things like this - perhaps Lemur is the most well-known. But this one has a free version, so you can try it and see if you can figure it out first. The free version puts a big ad banner across the screen, so I ultimately paid the $ to get rid of that.

It basically allows you to design and build your own MIDI control surfaces. You add knobs and sliders - assign things like MIDI cc numbers to them - determine the size, add a label, etc. I guess it will supposedly work via Wi-Fi, but I'm not sure how that works. I plugged in my iRig MIDI connector and it worked just fine.

[flyingace]

The wifi adapter works really well with the JP editor, so I'm sure it would work with these as well, but don't know for sure