Lemur for 1-touch program change on live gigs
Posted: 08 Feb 2012 21:23
I'm considering using Lemur to control my keyboard rig during live gigs.
All I really want is a bright display clearly showing the song titles for all the band's songs, such that I can simply tap the song title and have the pre-programmed midi bank/program change (maybe the occasional sysex) messages for that song sent to my rig. Right now that would just be one Yamaha Motif Rack ES sound module.
Is an iPad running Lemur the right tool to do this?
Is there an existing template that would make implementation of this functionality easier?
I would not be using any Wifi connection to a computer. I assume that I would have to use the iPad USB camera adaptor and an inexpensive USB/midi adaptor. So it would seem that I couldn't keep the iPad connected to a charger during a set... What happens if the iPad goes to sleep? Any way to prevent that from happening? If it is unavoidable, do I run the risk of having unwanted midi messages sent to my rig when I have to wake the iPad up again to select the patch for the next tune?
Thanks in advance!
- X
All I really want is a bright display clearly showing the song titles for all the band's songs, such that I can simply tap the song title and have the pre-programmed midi bank/program change (maybe the occasional sysex) messages for that song sent to my rig. Right now that would just be one Yamaha Motif Rack ES sound module.
Is an iPad running Lemur the right tool to do this?
Is there an existing template that would make implementation of this functionality easier?
I would not be using any Wifi connection to a computer. I assume that I would have to use the iPad USB camera adaptor and an inexpensive USB/midi adaptor. So it would seem that I couldn't keep the iPad connected to a charger during a set... What happens if the iPad goes to sleep? Any way to prevent that from happening? If it is unavoidable, do I run the risk of having unwanted midi messages sent to my rig when I have to wake the iPad up again to select the patch for the next tune?
Thanks in advance!
- X