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i am from germany where can i buy it in ebay its only ship in usa

continuous values, not just single, on/off switches = yes

you can use the dm2's "scratch" wheels, fader, and XY joy thinngy to give continuous outputs...

you can also map buttons to give different values for a certain continuous channel..

eg. i can set 3 buttons as 3 different values for a fader. high, mid, low...

(im not sure you would want to do this... but its an easy eample to understand, i use it to select things for fx... like 3 buttons for different delay time or filter type... even tho in live you can only map these to a sinlge key)

Is there a way to get this to work under OS X?

-Alex

you can use the dm2's "scratch" wheels, fader, and XY joy thinngy to give continuous outputs...

Thanks Gruff, that's what I was asking about - filter sweeps, that kind of thing...

Anonymous wrote:One question - does the dm2 to midi software support MIDI continuous controller streams? I.E. continuous values, not just single, on/off switches for control change events....

I installed DM2MIDI and checked out out the config screens (haven't had time to actually hook it up to anything that produces sound yet), and it looks like, yes, it supports not only CC, but program change, sysex, multiple commands (macros) etc. Looks quite comprehensive.

cheers,
gene

kinda doubt its gunna be for mac anytime soon.

the official DM2 drivers dont even support Windows 2000 and XP out of the box you have to get an update from them online which lets you install it properly.

http://www.ableton.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1303

Anonymous wrote:I would like to hear about all the different controllers people are using with live.

For starters, is anyone out there using wireless keyboards and jumping around on stage?

Joysticks, midi foot pedals, light detectors..whatever..Speak up!

-SongCarver

target in my area was selling this on clearance for 20 bucks

Hey all.

I'm using a Peavey 1600x as a MIDI controller for Live.
I can understand how to assign the MIDI controls to the transport controls, but I don't understand where you assign MIDI signals to allow for the "scratching" effect. The PV1600x has a big fat jogdial which can be assigned to send almost any MIDI signal, but I just don't see where you can assign MIDI to scratch the clip.

Any help on this would be awesome.

I'm also running MIDIOX and Bome's MIDI Translator.

You can't do a scratching efx within Live as untill now there is no possibility/efx to have a 'fixed playhead' over which you can manually move the wav-file

I see -- so people are just using the DM-2 as a way to control faders and controls, etc, and also to control position within the song.

OK, now I get it. I can get that to work easily enough.

Alex Reynolds wrote:Is there a way to get this to work under OS X?

-Alex

For OS X one would just need a MIDI driver, the MidiOx tool that is required for Windows is not necessary with OS X. (Think of MidiOx as the OMS equivalent for Windows.)

I don't have a DM2 unit, but unless it's not running a too obscure USB protocol it should not be too hard to write a driver for it. One should ask the author if DM2MIDI if he'd share some info on how his program is communicating with the hardware.

If anyone is looking for more resources or examples of what other people are doing with the dm2. i originally found out about it here:
http://www.vjforums.com/forumdisplay.php?forumid=10

and the "its been hacked" thread:
http://www.vjforums.com/showthread.php?threadid=2484

guys are useing it to VJ with. pretty cool if you ask me.

thanks to the advise in this thread, i just recieved a DM2 the other day(found one for $20 on eBay).

i got it installed and working yesterday. though i can't quite seem to figure out how to setup multiple banks or "virtual channels".

would anyone be so kind as to post some quick instructions on how to do this? or even perhaps sharing an example .dm2 config file so i could get a better idea on how to set this up.

thanks much!

What a damn cool controller.

I've just programmed mine to have 192 buttons, 24 or more "scratch"
faders, 96 or more joysticks.

The programming software's database is XML based and as such allows
for unlimited many-to-many relationships. Meaning every action can
include multiple actions, changes in channels, function changes, midi
notes, controllers, whatever. You can set buttons up to change other
buttons or switch between different behaviors so the posibilities are
almost endless.

Only problem is it looks like a kids toy... which it is

-Ben