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--- external_control:go-back_on_encoder [2012/08/11 12:01] – created Spirit
+++ external_control:go-back_on_encoder [2018/12/27 04:10] (current) – [Example how i use this feature] corrected typos and language, part 4 Laudrin
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-====== Tutorial how to have GO and Back on a encoder/slider =====
+====== Tutorial: How to have "Go" and "Back" on a encoder/slider =====
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+This tutorial is related to this Forum page: http://www.freestylersupport.com/fsforum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=3646 \\
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+===== Preparation =====
+First you need some stuff before you can configure Bome's MIDI Translator.\\
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+) A MIDI controller with encoders or sliders that can send CC# notes.\\
+) [[http://www.midiox.com/myoke.htm|Midi Yoke]] or [[https://www.nerds.de/en/loopbe1.html|LoopBe1]], to create a virtual MIDI connection between Bome's and FreeStyler.\\
+) [[https://www.bome.com/products/miditranslator|Bome's MIDI Translater Pro]]\\
+\\
+===== Configuration =====
+If you have all of this you can configure Bome's MIDI Translater.\\
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+{{external_control:midi:bomes1.png}}\\
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+First you need to set the correct MIDI in and MIDI out.\\
+MIDI in should be your MIDI device and MIDI out either MIDI yoke or LoopBe1.\\
+Now go to the options and set MIDI thru enabled.\\
+\\
+If this is done you need to create a new preset.\\
+Press on the far left button (looks like a star) to create a new preset.\\
+As you see on the image it's called "new preset", but you can also give it a other name.\\
+\\
+===== Adding the first Translator =====
+Now you need to add a "translator", so press on the right + sign "add new translator".\\
+As you see on the image it's called "New Translator".\\
+Now double click on the "New Translator" and a new window will pop up.\\
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+{{external_control:midi:bomes2.png}}\\
+\\
+As you can see in the picture, I enabled the "Capture MIDI" box.\\
+Now click on the input field next the the box and rotate or drag the encoder/slider.\\
+You will see MIDI notes appear in the input field or control messages like "B0 01 PP".
+And as you can see I changed the "PP" to "oo", this is important!\\
+\\
+If you done this, you need to go to the "Rules" tab.\\
+\\
+{{external_control:midi:bomes3.png}}\\
+\\
+Now on this tab you need to add script you see on the image.\\
+\\
+This can be a little tricky, but just try and you will see it.\\
+\\
+If this is done you need to go to the "Outgoing" tab.\\
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+{{external_control:midi:bomes4.png}}\\
+\\
+As you see I used a key stroke emulation.\\
+This means I change a MIDI signal to a keyboard key.\\
+On the image you can see I added the key "Q".\\
+Now click on "Apply", otherwise your settings won't be saved!\\
+\\
+===== Adding the second Translator =====
+Now you just created one translator and to make this feature work, you need two translators for each encoder or fader you like to have this feature on.
+So you need to add a second translator with the same input note in the exampe: B0 01 oo\\
+The rule this time is a little bit different:
+\\
+''
+if oo<=gc then Goto "back"\\
+gc=oo\\
+exit rules, skip Outgoing Action\\
+Label "Back"\\
+gc=oo\\
+oo=oo*21\\
+pp=oo/127\\
+if gd==pp then exit rules, skip Outgoing Action\\
+gd=pp\\
+''
+\\
+A little explanation about the rule:\\
+''pp=oo/127'' means your encoder/slider sends velocity from 0 to 127 and ''oo=oo*21'' is how you divide the 127.\\
+For this, the formula is 127/21= 6.04, so on each 6th velocity step it will send a keystroke.\\
+This can look strange, because FreeStyler only allows to add 20 Sequences on one cue but I noticed it works better if you add one more.\\
+\\
+The output signal again is a key stroke emulation, only this time not the same key button, but another one so we choose "A".\\
+\\
+===== Configuring FreeStyler =====
+Now open FreeStyler and go to the "External Controls" and then "Keyboard Shortcuts".\\
+Search for the "Submaster Go" 1~20 and "Submaster Back" 1~20.\\
+On "Submaster Go 1" you put the Key "Q", on "Submaster Back 1" you put the key "A".\\
+If this is inverted, just invert the Q and A.\\
+To test this you can open a Notepad and if you rotate the encoder or move the slider one way (right / up) you see the key "Q" come up, if you rotate the other way up you will see the key "A".\\
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+{{external_control:midi:bomes5.png}}\\
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+Keep in mind you use a keyboard key. Therefore FreeStyler hast to be on top. otherwise Windows will not send the keyboard key to FreeStyler, but another active program window.\\
+\\
+==== Example how I use this feature ====
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+{{external_control:midi:bomes6.png}}\\
+\\
+Here you see two encoder that use this feature and send the Keys Q, W, E and R, but you also see the keys A and S.\\
+I added these to switch between the Submaster pages, as I like to Scroll through five submasters at the same time.\\
+If I rotate encoder 1, I can scroll through Submaster 1 to 5 and switch to Submaster page 1 (so I can see which sequence I have selected). And if I rotate encoder 2, I can scroll trough submaster 6 to 10 and it switches to Submaster page 2 (so I can see there too, which sequence I have selected).\\
+Therefore I don't need to switch the submaster pages with a separate button.\\
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+{{external_control:midi:bomes7.png}}\\
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