dfredell
MIDI input
I was wondering what are the chances that Aurora could one day be triggered with MIDI messages.
Do you want just one specific MIDI message to trigger the Next Cue button? Or some way of mapping a MIDI message to a cue, then when struck the cue will start?
Either one would be a huge step up from the current situation, where it seems there aren't any apps that allow lighting changes synced to a phone's audio playback. Next cue would be tremendous start, but of course having more granular control would ultimately be the bees knees. Whatever you have time for. In either case, your app would have the market all to itself. The second option seems a little more resilient to errors, because if the sequencer sent an erroneous message, it would be corrected at the next scene.
How do you hope to send MIDI signals to the Android device/ AuroraDMX? You mention audio playback. I was thinking some kind of MIDI to OTG USB input existed out there. Or are you hoping that AuroraDMX could listen to Google's Play Music's output?
Yes, Im trying to play the music from a Digital Audio Workstation on an Android device or phone. The software will be something like Audio Evolution or N-Track 8, which will play back the audio and midi messages simultaneously, in sync. It would be great if Aurora just had a software virtual MIDI input port to accept the messages from the virtual output port of the Digital Audio Workstation software. That way no cable is needed. This is similar to how people pair Freestyler to say, Cubase, in Windows.
It looks like "n-Track Studio 8 Music DAW" is free and might have a MIDI output. Is there one you use/ like the best that I should target/ test? I like the no cables/ devices idea. I will also have to make sure AuroraDMX keeps outputting when it gets sent to the background.
AFAIK those are the only 2 that are really in the game.
