Macbook Pro Midi touchpad

PiLLO · Post by **PiLLO** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 3:13 pm

it is possible to use the macbookpro x/y touchpad in ableton? i know touchpadto midi plugin but is only windows version!!

higzy · Post by **higzy** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 3:48 pm

how do you use it on the windows version?

corygilbert · Post by **corygilbert** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 4:48 pm

just tape the button down.

kostrz · Post by **kostrz** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 5:29 pm

higzy wrote:how do you use it on the windows version?

http://www.livelab.dk/touchpad2midi.php

interceptor · Post by **interceptor** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 6:03 pm

Been looking for the same thing myself. And theres nothing im afraid. For those with ppc theres Fingamidi though. And there´s no chance it will be a ub. Here´s what the developer says about it:

Having finally got round to investigating the possibility of updating FingaMIDI to accomodate the newer (USB trackpad) machines, I have decided that it is not feasible to continue with the project. Unfortunately, Apple do not publish source code for their USB trackpad driver as they did for earlier ADB versions. This means that continuing with FingaMIDI would necessarily involve developing and maintaining a clone of that driver, a bigger task than all the rest of the project put together and more duplication of effort than I'm willing to take on. Many thanks to all of you who provided feedback and encouragement over the last three and a bit years.

jeskola · Post by **jeskola** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 7:52 pm

look for a thing called midimouse

interceptor · Post by **interceptor** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:05 pm

Midimouse doesnt have absolute tracking. Moving your mouse over a resizable window sends midi.

Completly useless.

darkcatt · Post by **darkcatt** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 12:59 am

what is the windows version called?

bigbadotis · Post by **bigbadotis** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 2:03 am

you can use controlAid for this (it has a lot of goodies for this purpose), but it runs under Rosetta.

interceptor · Post by **interceptor** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 2:18 am

bigbadotis wrote:you can use controlAid for this (it has a lot of goodies for this purpose), but it runs under Rosetta.

But this just tracks the mousepointer not the finger? Am I right?

bigbadotis · Post by **bigbadotis** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 2:32 am

good point. but it is full screen... not limited to a window.

tjwett · Post by **tjwett** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 1:56 pm

Quartz Composer takes X/Y coordinate info from any input device and you can then connect it to a MIDI out module and send it into Live via the IAC bus. works awesome. i use it (Wacom too) for all sorts of shit.[/i]

tomz.biz · Post by **tomz.biz** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 2:18 pm

try this

http://www.steim.org/steim/junxion_v3.html

interceptor · Post by **interceptor** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 4:14 pm

Still, no sign of absolute tracking mode in this app either. It sends midi alright. But its based on the mousepointer.

interceptor · Post by **interceptor** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 4:17 pm

tjwett wrote:Quartz Composer takes X/Y coordinate info from any input device and you can then connect it to a MIDI out module and send it into Live via the IAC bus. works awesome. i use it (Wacom too) for all sorts of shit.[/i]

That sounds great. I will have to look into that. Would you care to tell me more about how its done?. Does it work with the new macbook pros? Seems apple are changing the trackpad specs all the time now.