My new MIDI controller is in 3d!

Machinate · Post by **Machinate** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 5:56 pm

Nice ! It just seems like such a nice unit! I would be building a rig for maxing, using this and the max toolbox for some gesture-based patching...

Silence · Post by **Silence** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 11:29 pm

i have no clue as to how one would use this....
buuuut daaaaaamn it looks cool....
i dont know why but it looks totaly bad ass....
i would order one but i still cant figure out how to use one, and especially under windows...

i can seriously see someone using it for ultrabrowsing porn on the net....like 3d pornsearch, almost like on the movie Hackers but instead of crapass hackers, you´d be surfing....you got it....porn

sweetjesus · Post by **sweetjesus** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 12:27 am

SCENE NAVIFUCKINGATION!

Shoma · Post by **Shoma** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 12:31 am

id call it "BABLETON MIDIass NAVIGATOR"

stew · Post by **stew** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 11:16 pm

I put the driver software in a state ready for public consumption:
it's sending BinOffset relative CCs (for optimal use with Live), allows you to customize the CC numbers and features a non-linear response curve.

It's a free download from http://web.mac.com/keindesign/iWeb/Site ... gator.html

Enjoy!

itook4lefts · Post by **itook4lefts** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:14 am

stew... that's awesome. if the app works on my machine, i'm getting one of those for sure. is it really 500g? it doesn't look big enough. what's it made of?

in your app, how do you set midi channel? (i'm at work, i can't download to take a look)

stew · Post by **stew** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 2:55 pm

It's 479g according to the 3Dconnexion web site. The base of it seems to be made out of a solid piece of aluminum or something.

Ah, you got me there. Don't have a MIDI channel setting in my program yet. Will certainly add one for the next version.

Your sig says you're running 10.3.9 - not sure if the program will run on that. So far, I was only able to test it under 10.4.

itook4lefts · Post by **itook4lefts** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 10:10 am

stew wrote:Your sig says you're running 10.3.9 - not sure if the program will run on that. So far, I was only able to test it under 10.4.

hey stew. the app just quits on launch on 10.3.9. i need to upgrade anyway, no one really uses 10.3 anymore now. i was just trying to hang on until 10.5 to avoid paying twice. do you want me to pm you the crash report?

stew · Post by **stew** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 10:28 am

I changed some build settings in Xcode and uploaded a newer version that should run on 10.3.9 - I can't test it though, I only have 10.4. Can you download again from the same location and let me know if it works?

itook4lefts · Post by **itook4lefts** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 12:42 pm

hey stew. it still quits on launch. no worries though man.

stew · Post by **stew** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 12:49 am

An updated version is out, v1.1.
It's now using the Mac OS X SDK released by 3Dconnexion at MacWorld SF. New features are the ability to select MIDI channel, switch between relative and absolute mode and a sensitivity slider for each CC. Enjoy!

http://web.mac.com/keindesign/iWeb/Site ... gator.html

Machinate · Post by **Machinate** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 2:19 pm

Masayuki Akamatsu, who also made the wiiMote accessible in Max, just did a handy abstraction for the Space Navigator:
http://www.iamas.ac.jp/~aka/max/#aka_spacenavigator

stew · Post by **stew** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 4:56 pm

In the age of YouTube, everybody enjoys a good video:
http://www.bbox.tv/snmidi.html

corygilbert · Post by **corygilbert** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 5:05 pm

ok, that's just sick.

genshi · Post by **genshi** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 5:31 pm

stew wrote:In the age of YouTube, everybody enjoys a good video:
http://www.bbox.tv/snmidi.html

Brilliant! Ok, so my question would be, could you use more than one of these devices and more than one instance of your app controlling different midi parameters?

My new MIDI controller is in 3d!

Download the driver!

Update 1.1