Comments on: Wii Rock Band Controllers + Mac: Use junXion, Game-to-MIDI Controller Tool

By: the_woof

the_woof — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:46:52 +0000

VMidiJoy also works for people on windows–I used it with my PS3 drums. I remember that the latency was a little bit of a problem, so Max is probably better for that.

By: mike

mike — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:06:40 +0000

Junxion, by STEIM is a fantastic tool and much more than a simple Hid to Midi mapper. with support of multiple wireless usb gamepads and up to two Wii remotes plus Nunchuks you get an affordable and ultra flexible wireless Midicontroller system perfectly suited for live performance. for each of the Wii’s Sensoroutput you can adjust a threshold to avoid permanent trigerring of controller data .works like a charm with Ableton live too.

By: Zac Darko

Zac Darko — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:00:46 +0000

HA!

So that is what our illustrious VDMX leader looks like =)
Great pic.
I look forward to the next beta with the “Rock Band” plugin, right beneath the wiimote one

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:56:27 +0000

I use two of the PS Rock Band kits with the HID object in max to convert to MIDI. Since the foot pedals are lousy for drumming anyway, I made them act as toggles to activate separate sound banks so two kits give you 36 different drums and even more counting the control buttons.

Since they’re not velocity sensitive, I just use them to trigger other samples, and am planning on hooking up an expression pedal to give me some volume control. Perks of doing it in Max are being able to set really complicated dependencies between the drums (like hitting drum B after hitting drum A gives a different sound than hitting it after drum C or twice in a row).

Apparently the new Guitar Hero drum control will be velocity sensitive, so I have a bit of buyer’s remorse. Oh well.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:35:23 +0000

Or you can use the human-interface object in MaxMSP to get info into MIDI!