Notes in Sampletank using Blueboard

I had a go at setting up everything from scratch. In the BlueBoard aux1 I had a footswitchand in aux2 I had a volume pedal.

In order to calibrate the footswitch I had to hold the switch down and press OK for the MINIMUM value and release the footswitch for the MAXIMUM value. I could not convince the BlueBoard app to work the other way round no matter how I calibrated, so my rules will assume that. The footpedal however was calibrated so that the toedown was maximum and the heeldown was minimum. I also noticed there is quite a bit of delay using an aux switch compared to an inbuilt button. Almost too much delay for my tastes. Nevertheless I persevered.

In the BlueBoard app I configured it to send CC 0 to 4 for the buttons and 10 + 11 for the aux.



I then switched to MidiBridge and connected BlueBoard in to MidiBridge.



Finally, I switched to DM1 and loaded up a kit. I then selected SONG and MIDI made sure 'MIDI ON' was showing, that MIDI channel was set to 1 and that MidiBridge was selected for input.

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I figured out the hex codes that triggered the DM1 sounds. Here are the hex codes for each cell

KICK 24
SNARE 26
RIMSHOT 25
HHCLOSED 2A
CLAP 27
HHOPEN 2E
CYMBAL 31
TOM 2B
COWBELL 38

These can be changed using DM1's MIDI learn feature, but these were the defaults as far as I can tell.

Finally the Stream Byter rules which I applied to the BlueBoard Port

# Nic's BB/DM1
B0 00 = 9X 24 60 +C    # button 1 = kick
B0 00 = 8X 24 00 +D500
B0 01 = 9X 26 60 +C    # button 2 = snare
B0 01 = 8X 26 00 +D500
B0 02 = 9X 2A 60 +C    # button 3 = HH closed
B0 02 = 8X 2A 00 +D500
B0 03 = 9X 2E 60 +C    # button 4 = HH open
B0 03 = 8X 2E 00 +D500
B0 0A 00 = 9X 31 70    # aux1 switch - cymbal
B0 0A 7F = 8X 31 00
B0 0B 7F = 9X 2B 70    # aux2 pedal - tom
B0 0B 00 = 8X 2B 00
B1-F = XX +B

There you have it!

Regards, Nic.

But upon further examination, it seems like a calibration issue, the note consistently fires off at the lowest point registered. But that moment - due to calibration - doesn't happen until the end of the switch press. How could that be adjusted? Is that a BB app thing or ??

I'm glad you helped me try to make it work. I've opened a foot switch to try to see if I can rig a different contact point that would respond the way I'm hoping. I'm not ready to give up quite yet.

Look! The earlier idea may be just the ticket: youtu.be/O8yx8j5EOqM

Just needs a little calibration TLC.

Hi tom,

The BB needs to be in controller mode and make sure that the controller numbers being used match those in the picture above (ie. 000, 001, 002 and 003) for the switches. This is necessary to match the rules I posted.

Also make sure that the rules you paste go into the Stream Byter on the *left* BB port in MidiBridge. That may not be clear from my instructions now I read them.

Other things to check are that the BB app, MidiBridge and DM1 setups match the pictures I posted exactly.

If still no luck, maybe you could post (or email if you prefer) screenshots of your setup of the same app pages as above and I will check them for you. In particular make sure that DM1 has MidiBridge selected as input with NOTES/TEMPO highlighted as per my screenshot.

Regards, Nic.

Hi redtom,

Not sure why it worked for you this time round, but if it did, I'm not complaining!

Triggering audio files - The only app like that that I have played with to get working for a customer is Sample Lab. Although not 100% sure, I think you can load in your own sounds into it. More info on how to map things to Sample Lab is in this thread.

I'm reasonably sure that BeatMaker 2 and ThumbJam would also fit the bill, but have never tried loading in my own samples.

As for IK - I do know they recommended MidiBridge to help with SampleTank before its MIDI was improved, but I suspect they don't know that it can be used to make their BB more useful!

Regards, Nic.