Possible to control two keyboards with a laptop? (midi P/C change)

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Vic from Liege
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Possible to control two keyboards with a laptop? (midi P/C change)

Post by Vic from Liege »

Hi, I haven't found any useful information about this topic on the web.

I'm currently playing in a new band and the songs we play require quite a lot of very fast program changes.

I 'd like to control my two keyboards (nordstage 3 and yamaha mod/fx) with my laptop to make these changes easier.

For example hitting the A key would send a midi message to both keyboards to switch to another program, hitting the B key would send another one and so on.

Have you heard about anything of the kind or am I just dreaming ? ;-)

thanks for your help !
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Re: Possible to control two keyboards with a laptop? (midi P/C change)

Post by maxpiano »

Hi and welcome to NUF,

you can easily do that connecting the 2 (or more) keyboards via (USB) MIDI to a PC running apps that can manage SetLists and associated MIDI messages, like GigPerformer or CamelotPro (or Mainstage if you have a Mac) etc.. search for those on the web for more info on each.

PS: but with the MoDX capabilities in terms of MIDI and Scenes management + its Touch Screen, you shouldn't really need that actually, if you use MoDX as a master to send PCs also to the Nord.
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Re: Possible to control two keyboards with a laptop? (midi P/C change)

Post by Vic from Liege »

thanks
I misspelled the yam, it's a mofx6 not a mod
sorry

I'll check

once again a thousand thanks !
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Re: Possible to control two keyboards with a laptop? (midi P/C change)

Post by koloman »

I use the software Camelot pro from the Italian company audiomodeling (https://audiomodeling.com/camelot/overview/) which has a lot functionality to handle many devices very quickly in performances. Maybe it is an overkill for what You want.
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