MIDI to trigger samples with Alesis Trigger I O

I have one ! :wink:
Not plugged. I can check the manual later.

Edit : @nui Checked
Apparently you won’t be able to control much.
Only cc4 and cc 64 sent, with few values.
What would you like to do ?

Sounds like your getting the hang of it :thumbsup:
Now you should try “plays free” mode to play each tracks sequence with #3 (24-35) Track Trigs. Its a little tricky to set up but easy once you understand it.

Yep. Track Trigs for Plays Free can be much more interesting than Sample Trigs !
Or both…

And midi clips.

Midi Plays Free that would control audio Plays Free…:loopy:

Ok now your making my brain hurt. :hourglass_flowing_sand:

thanks for that!

in best case (thats what i bought the ATio for) I wanted to trigger samples (check) while also being able to change parameters of the sample itself. With having 10 trigger-ins, I thought about using five of them to trigger samples as well as five of them to change the effect-parameters.

the setup is for an experimental-type of live-setting.

Could you recommend another piece of hardware that transfers trigger (piezo and switch) to midi note & CC?

24

This means that this is the third octave (of 12 notes) from the bottom of the set of MIDI notes. “(24-35)” indicates the numbers of the MIDI Note messages in the third octave. if you look at the next table on the same page in the manual, you will see that the first eight notes of the octave only are used for track trigs and sample trigs.

Note number 36 will actually trig the sample that is assigned to Track 1, not the whole Track.

“#” stands for “number”.

What MIDI channel numbers have you set for all your other tracks?

I use Event Processor Plus for many things including midi notes to CC mapping.
You can map velocity to a CC value too.
You can set up to 32 events, so with one trigger you can control several values.

I didnt change the settings. When i open the MIDI menu, there is TR1: Ch1, TR2: Ch2, and so on…
Do I have to prepare the settings?

But triggering worked well, now I have to check how to send CCs!

Sounds great!

So you place the Event Processor Plus in between the ATio and the OT?
Can you give an example how to setup an event, or maybe send a screenshot (or how do you link trig to event?) thanks

Yes you place it between it is midi powered.

Here is an example : on note C4, velocity is mapped to the crossfader value (CC48) :thup:
You can set incoming and outgoing ranges, reverse values.
You can give me examples of what you’d like to control.

Well, that seems pretty much like the kind of hardware piece I’m looking for.

For example: I’ve placed different piezos and want to trigger them (like an e-drum module). In case it is triggered I want to trigger a sample as well as change parameters of a track, lets say the feedback of a delay. That seems very easy with the screenshot you posted.

So as I understand the Event Processor Plus, I can choose whether I want to map 32 events (CCs) to one piezo, or lets say, 1 piezo is mapped to 3 events (as I have 10 inputs on ATio).

And talking about this scenario, how is the value changing? I guess when I trigger a piezo, there is only value A and (when triggered) value B. Or is it possible to map the intensity of the trigger to the output-value – that would be perfect!?

And before buying the Event Processor Plus, I have to ask: isn’t there another way to trigger piezos/switches with the ability to send MIDI notes or MIDI CC – I mean, another kind of hardware within one box?

Thank you very much, I have the feeling to come closer to what I want to do.

If you want to trigger specific midi events from incoming hardware , be it switches or varying intensity signals, then you really ought to look at a small bespoke Arduino or axoloti project perhaps as an alternative (although basing your project around an existing piece of gear may make more sense, the axoloti or arduino can be a MIDI interpreter too [much cheaper solution if you’re prepared to dabbed a bit in code-land] )

In my example, Cc48 value is depending on note C4 velocity.

There is Bomebox, Midipal / Midibud, Mep4 too.
I bought an Arduino for that too but no time / brain for that for the moment. Ep+ works very well and I find it quite easy to program with the soft. You cannot do everything, change midi channels for ex.
I have Midipal and Mep4 too.

Thanks for the axoloti hint, havent heard of it before!

Do you own one and can tell me a bit more about it? When you say that it can act as an MIDI interpreter, does that mean that I have to send notes from the ATio to axoloti or can I connect the piezos directly into the board? The price is really nice.

Thanks, that seems like exactly what I’m looking for with the value depending on velocity.

But using the ATio (~80€ 2nd hand) + EPplus (169€) seems like an very expensive solution. The Bomebox with additional software (to translate and map events) is also not cheap with 260€.

But thank you very much, knowing that it will work feels good. Now it’s just about the price.

You could do either

either Process Incoming MIDI
or
Interpret external trigger events and convert to Midi

All of this is doable with much cheaper Arduino clones too, the Axolotl is mainly a modular sound generation platform, midi is part of the control side of it - it’s also great value as it’s a USB MIDI Host and they are normally very pricey

If you find a second hand…very helpfull for different purpose.
I’d love to tweak midi with Arduino but I takes a lot of time, which is money…

ok, one last question: How to access the MIDI CCs within the EP+?

Let’s say I want to modulate the LFO PARAM 1, the manual says: $1C 28
Can I choose these Hex+Dec within the EP+ software and map it (with value depending on the velocity) to an incoming MIDI note?

Just to make things clear before going to get one. Thanks!