MONOTOUCHLIVE - TOUCHSCREEN MIDI CONTROLLER : )

AngularMomentum · 26 Feb 2007

Excellent stuff man, can't wait to see the video's! 😍

infuzion · 27 Feb 2007

looks cool! What a bummer I can't afford the $500usd 15" touch screens though... how about a WinCE version? 😉

philter5 · 27 Feb 2007

great!!! this possibility is a reason to think about buying a touchscreen. i fall in love with the jazzmutant lemur but i can´t spend 2000 euros for this amazing instrument. can i create my own touchscreen controlled dynamic user interface with your software? and how does a touchscreen work? i mean how does the pc handle it? like incoming mouse moves or like something else? i know i am off topic, perhaps i should check your website now... 😉 😉 😉

infuzion · 27 Feb 2007

philter5 wrote: and how does a touchscreen work?

Watch what a casheer does at a bar or some retail stores... some touch screens work by reading an array of fine wires that connect with a finger press, like a touchpad on a laptop. Maybe these guys can explain better than me: http://www.elotouch.com/Technologies/

Dj-Grobe · 27 Feb 2007

This is the best touchscreen i tested for this usage:

http://www.elotouch.com/Products/LCDs/1537L/default.asp (accutouch version)

Its a little expensive,. This touch screen model its avilable on resitive, capacitive and saw version.

The saw version its the best (called like accutouch from elo)

I not recomend use capacitive, resitive or IR touch, the saw and this mdoel from elo its amazing sensitive and have amazing prestion.

I tested some cheap saw touch, but not work ok, i usgest if you plain buy, buy this model and put this touch open frame lcd, in some nice case 🙂

Its a little expensive, around 500U$ but is the best i used fro this : )

Best regards.

Dj-Grobe · 27 Feb 2007

philter5 create your own controller with synthmaker : )

My software its created with synthmaker : ) Its specific designed for DJing with ableton. If you need your cusotm controller, just you can create with synthmaker. Its not modular like jazzmutant, and not multitouch.

Anyway i try covering on my software all aspect any DJ need for use ableton on easy and practical way. My osftware its not modular, but have multiple screens, covering all featired needed.

philter5 if can pay for Lemur, well, i think can be good if you create your own controller .

😍

philter5 · 27 Feb 2007

@ dj grobe: thx man, that are some good infos i need. don´t get me wrong, sometimes i am not really sure if my english or the order of my sentences is right or not, but let me explain it one more:

1. i love all kinds of "visual and/or touchable controllers/instruments, like my kaoss pad 2 😍 for example ( info: Kaoss Pad 3 😍 und Kaoss Pad mini 😍 😍 😍 out now!!!). so the main reason why i was so fascinated by the lemur is the touchscreen user interface,not the modular design or something else. i know it has great other features but its much to expensive 😠 2600 us dollar 😠 and not what i am searching. so i thought about buying a touchscreens and build me my own prog. 2 i asked how the screen works, thx for your infos they are also usefull for me, but i mean something different: how did you translate the incoming "touchscreen" control to midi? or does the cpu recognize them as mouse moves? 3. i only work with ableton live so i look forward to your coming projects! 😉 😉 😉

Dj-Grobe · 27 Feb 2007

I catch the mouse movements, all standar touchscreens work on that way. Here you can see video of old version of monotouchlive, created from germany guy. He use resistive touch, i recomend never use resistive, due its not sensible, and not its ok for drag any object, like sliders, balls on pads, etc etc etc

remember if you plain buy touchscreen, the elo model i indicate its the best i tested, and i tested high number of touchscreens brands.

Well here this video created from germany guy: http://www.myvideo.de/watch/472464

Check how he have trouble, draging some objects, that its originated due resistive touchscreen bad sensitivity. The major trouble its knob drag, on this video this ist originates by bad resistive sensitivity, and this version have problem too, already fixed, but you can see its very problematic drag when you no have good sensiivity.

REMEMBER !! USE SAW (on elo that technology its called accutouch)

Soon i create new video with more quality and with the last version runing on that ELO touch 🙂

sonicfire · 16 Mar 2007

http://www.monotouchlive.com/

Um, the website doesnt work?

sequencer · 17 Mar 2007

Works Ok for me. You need to scroll down the page to see the info...

@Dj-Grobe: There is a slight typo in the Change log & News. The top date should be 26-02-2007 (not 2006)I think. It may cause a bit of confusion as to what is happening with your project.

This looks good, I wish you every success...

I just wish the damn touchscreens would come down more in price 😉

Dj-Grobe · 26 Mar 2007

Thanks for the data sequencer 🙂 My head its confused too, you know the first months of the new year some times you write the old year jajaj ! : )

MonoTouchLive Version new version coming soon Lot of improvements fixes, and new features.

Dj-Grobe · 19 Jul 2007

Complete standalone harddware MIDI COTNROLLER based on MonoTouchLive (created with synthmaker), end soon, Via Pico ITX motherboard (the CPU engine i decide use) arrival to me very very soon !! 🙂

Check the images 😍

stefan · 19 Jul 2007

So you will be running MonoTouchLive, made with SynthMaker, on this nifty gadget? That'd be really cool 🙂

Any idea what the price on the unit will be like?

Dj-Grobe · 19 Jul 2007

stefan wrote: So you will be running MonoTouchLive, made with SynthMaker, on this nifty gadget? That'd be really cool 🙂

Any idea what the price on the unit will be like?

Yes stefan i make complet stand alone MIDI controller with this unit, very portable and little : ) When i finsihed i put video for show the first prototype unit : )

Tom7777 · 19 Jul 2007

Cool idea, so like your own control, awsome 😀

matti · 22 Jul 2007

Tom7777 wrote: Cool idea, so like your own control, awsome 😀

Wow! That pico mobo is so cool 😍

Ruso · 25 Jul 2007

if you got the money for it, there's an awesome machine which I'm gonna get next month. I saw this so I thought I'd share.

It's a modular multitouch touchscreen controller meaning you can use widgets to create your own interfaces to do whatever you want. It utilizes the osc protocol which I hope soon replaces midi. anyways

here's a link: http://www.jazzmutant.com/lemur_overview.php

oddson · 26 Jul 2007

That's the machine DJ Grobe emulated one aspect of. His position is the Lemar is too expensive for most musicians when touch screens are relatively cheap. So he made the MonoTouch as a budget alternative.

organmonsta · 22 Aug 2007

You wanna touchscreen eh? Take a look on Ebay.co.uk go into compters and then look at input devices, there are now kits you can buy for under £100 and thats for a 19" monitor, you can put it on your own monitor, you can get them in various sizes as well.

Dj-Grobe · 26 Sept 2007

Jazzmutant lemur is awesome tool 3000U$ right now on USA. I live in Argentina, shipping to my country around 150U$ using fedex. Custom taxes when product arrival to my country is exactly 50% of value of product + shipping.

Total value lemur for me is: 4650US !!!

Lemur is wonderfull tool, but really expensive specially if live outside of USA or EUROPE .....

For that reason, i just buyed a touch screen , create thsi midi controller with help of lot guys here from wonderfull SYNTHMAKER comunity, and now i have my midi controller for use with ableton.

I not have time now but hoppe before 2007 end put video on youtube : )

whyterabbyt · 20 Nov 2007

Dj-Grobe, what resolution does your software need to run at? I'd really like to see if this is usable on my Asus eee. If it was, I'd be seriously interested in trying to use (or even adapt/rebuild) one with a touch-sensitive 7" screen.

Dj-Grobe · 21 Nov 2007

I think you cant, this is designed for 1024x768 and im working on new version for 1280x1024. On 7" inch i think the best is create a custom controller for that size.

whyterabbyt · 21 Nov 2007

Dj-Grobe wrote: I think you cant, this is designed for 1024x768 and im working on new version for 1280x1024. On 7" inch i think the best is create a custom controller for that size.

shame. think i'll still consider the idea though. the eee screen is 800x480, although it can run an external monitor at a higher resolution (up to 1280x1024, I believe).

(Ive seen a 7" touchscreen at about £130, which would bring the whole thing to less than £350)

TomC · 21 Nov 2007

whyterabbyt wrote: Dj-Grobe, what resolution does your software need to run at? I'd really like to see if this is usable on my Asus eee. If it was, I'd be seriously interested in trying to use (or even adapt/rebuild) one with a touch-sensitive 7" screen.

You know that a SynthMaker executable won't run on a (Linux-) Asus eee?

Tom

whyterabbyt · 21 Nov 2007

TomC wrote: You know that a SynthMaker executable won't run on a (Linux-) Asus eee? Tom

I have Windows XP installed; the eee runs it fine, and the appropriate drivers are supplied with the eee on DVD. After using NLite to create a custom install disk, and putting on much the same basic software (Firefox, Skype, OpenOffice et.c.) I wound up with at least 1Gb more space on the 4GB SSD hard drive than the Linux install left me.

Given that the onboard Celeron M supports SSE2 (albeit not SSE3), is there any other reason it might not run SM-built exes? (Of course I can always test it out myself, but not right now)

whyterabbyt · 21 Nov 2007

Ive now checked; the SM example synth run, and plays fine on my eee. So does SynthMaker; in fact I can build the SM example synth on the eee and then run it.

It would seem some of the dialog boxes (like Schematic>Create Standalone) dont quite fit in the 800x480 screen resolution, but they will fit in 'virtual' 800x600 screen mode.

So; looks like the eee can be used for ultra-mobile SM work,which is nice.

sunsynth · 21 Nov 2007

Hi whyterabbyt,

has the eee 701 a touchscreen?

SUNsynth

whyterabbyt · 21 Nov 2007

sunsynth wrote: Hi whyterabbyt,

has the eee 701 a touchscreen?

SUNsynth

It doesnt, no. But it does have an SVGA output, and USB,so it could be used in conjunction with one of these

http://linitx.com/viewproduct.php?prodid=11079

or something larger.

I'm also interested in whether an eee could be modded with one of these...

http://linitx.com/viewproduct.php?prodid=11273

sunsynth · 21 Nov 2007

Thanks 4 the Info!

When the 1001 arrives next year i think i buy 1!