Hi, i want to trigger different buttons in companion by using a midi keyboard. I see that midi signal coming in, but how can i assign keys as trigger for a button, that triggers other hardware? And how can i use pads on a keyboard like the AKAI APC Key25? Thanks.
@@Remotely-Possible yep, just did that now with a Korg nano kontrol 2, a usb to hardware midi, and a program called midi patch to get its output to the midi cable. It works great, I haven’t messed around with midi with the ql too extensively. Is it possible to patch the korg to network midi to eliminate the extra usb to hardware midi device? I’ll look into it, I’m just new to it and I know you’re the expert on all things Yamaha control related.
@@mikeboltz If you want to get the computer out of the way, I would just use a USB to MIDI adapter from your Nano to the QL directly. You'll need a specialized MIDI adapter that supports "host" USB, like the ones made by iConnectivity, but there may be other ones.
@@mikeboltz There's a bunch of them. I like Kenton stuff for reliability. e.g. kentonuk.com/product/midi-usb-host-mk3/ The iConnectivity stuff is amazing, but maybe more power than you need. e.g. www.iconnectivity.com/mioxm Honestly, though, if it were me, I'd purchase a controller that has actual MIDI connectors rather than just USB. Far more useful, and often cheaper than buying a specialized MIDI interface.
Hi, i want to trigger different buttons in companion by using a midi keyboard. I see that midi signal coming in, but how can i assign keys as trigger for a button, that triggers other hardware? And how can i use pads on a keyboard like the AKAI APC Key25?
Thanks.
I did a video on creating a trigger from an incoming MIDI message. th-cam.com/video/Wgjdy9xk7AY/w-d-xo.htmlsi=d3ZCXlJFZ-vQfpoA
Would it be possible to use this with a usb midi controller to control the faders of a yamaha ql console?
You don't need Companion in the middle of that, you can just use a MIDI controller directly connected to your QL to control the faders.
@@Remotely-Possible yep, just did that now with a Korg nano kontrol 2, a usb to hardware midi, and a program called midi patch to get its output to the midi cable. It works great, I haven’t messed around with midi with the ql too extensively. Is it possible to patch the korg to network midi to eliminate the extra usb to hardware midi device? I’ll look into it, I’m just new to it and I know you’re the expert on all things Yamaha control related.
@@mikeboltz If you want to get the computer out of the way, I would just use a USB to MIDI adapter from your Nano to the QL directly. You'll need a specialized MIDI adapter that supports "host" USB, like the ones made by iConnectivity, but there may be other ones.
@@Remotely-Possible oh thank you! I didn't even know that existed!
@@mikeboltz There's a bunch of them. I like Kenton stuff for reliability. e.g. kentonuk.com/product/midi-usb-host-mk3/
The iConnectivity stuff is amazing, but maybe more power than you need. e.g. www.iconnectivity.com/mioxm
Honestly, though, if it were me, I'd purchase a controller that has actual MIDI connectors rather than just USB. Far more useful, and often cheaper than buying a specialized MIDI interface.