Hi, I was just wondering if it is possible to use a midi keyboard or pad to trigger video clips on the brightsign similar to how you would use VJ software. If yes, what model would you recommend? And do I need any adapters?
Any help or links to other related posts would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers
Matt
MIDI is essentially just serial @ 31,250 8bits and 1 stop bit. If the BS unit supports this Baud Rate then you should be able to record the strings you want using a laptop or similar and plug them into the BS as serial input events. If it doesn't then you'll likely need some sort of translator. No doubt there is a wiring diagram somewhere showing additional components required, if any.
Thanks Shaun. I will need to do some more research. I just wish I could plug my midi controller into the usb port and get Bright Author to detect the buttons I press similar to the PC keyboard. I might have to run a script on the BS to translate this if possible?
Hi Matt, BS doesn't support the required baud rate. I would suggest looking at an arduino uno, a midi shield and converting the incoming strings to keyboard presses or similar which the BS can understand.
https://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/KeyboardSerial
https://github.com/FortySevenEffects/arduino_midi_library
There are a few other libs floating around. It's a bit of a work around but should work, unless someone else has a better idea of course.
Thanks for the links Shaun, I will check them out. hopefully I can get something to work.
Cheers
Matt
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