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by Michael-SW » Sat Apr 15, 2006 2:08 pm
Their homepage says that the controlling/routing/mapping software will be Open Source. Well, maybe. The drivers will be Open Source, and:
"mapd (the midi/router application) will also be available as source. soon."
(Doesn't explicitly say that mapd will be Open Source, but it is sort of implied)
"mapd is the routing application. it translates button presses to midi/osc, and receives midi/osc (from other applications or computers) to change lights on the hardware. single or groups of buttons can be configured for different functionality, such as a toggle, hold and release, ramp, radio group, or virtual slider.
for example, we could use a radio group of 4 buttons for chords. each button has midi notes assigned to it. when pressed, these notes are sent out to the specified device. when another button in the group is pressed, a different set of notes are sent, while at the same time the previous button's notes are turned off. the lights follow the currently selected button in the group, providing an instant visual cue.
here we use notes only as an example. the control associated with a button can range widely. midi cc and osc provide incredible flexibility.
mapd also provides an in-depth preset scheme. buttons can be assigned to change the current mapping configuration by stepping through a pattern or momentarily switching while a button is being held.
message filtering and learn functions are provided for quick and intuitive use. an open-mode exists to allow very low level control structures. with mapd you can create very sophisticated interaction patches without writing your own code. if you do write your own code, we provide detailed specs on our protocol for transparent integration."
