Thanks! Unfortunately for me (in this case), I use Linux, and the desktop app is for Windows or Mac.
Do you happen to know if the change to “per part”, if executed on the desktop app, permanently changes that setting on the Medo?
Yes, it does. The setting is permanently applied to the Medo.
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Thanks for your help, @Elijah !
I successfully installed the Donner Control app on my wife’s Mac. And changed the setting just like you showed.
I also disabled a couple other settings…but will still have to play around with it…because Medo is sending a lot of extra MIDI data to my computer (when I use a MIDI monitor). I would rather find a way to minimize this data from the Medo, rather than having to resort to using a MIDI filter to remove certain types of MIDI messages.
Getting the BLE midi to work with my linux computer was a bit of trial and error. Sometimes two instances of Medo would appear in the Midi device window of my computer, each was able to connect, but only one (which one???) was a functioning connection. In the process of connecting, I might have to turn off and on Bluetooth on my computer, as well as forgetting and reconnecting with the Medo. Kind of a pain in the butt. I’ve experimented in the past with other MIDI bluetooth connections, in the past. I travel from school site to school site, setting up and tearing down quickly. Any setup with too much fussing around is a no-go. We will see with the Medo.
I chatted with the person who gifted me the Medo about the workflow. I see two distinct paths with the Medo as a standalone device. The first one, just screw around and stumble on something that sounds cool. Second, chart out, using a paper and pencil, the process of building the tracks for a more deliberate, composed work, figuring out how to limit mistakes during the manual recording process (slowing down the tempo, multiple passes, etc.), and calculating the length of the loop/composition before starting.
The idea of using the Medo as a starting point, then handing off the process to a DAW, is not appealing to me. I am more intrigued by what it can do as a standalone device, even though I know the results will be pretty modest.
The biggest bummer, IMO, of the Medo, is the crippling of functionality on the device itself and the necessity of external software for anything more than simple stuff.
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Yeah, I’ve noticed the same thing. For some reason, Medo constantly sends tilt gyro data as CC messages on channel 1, and it also tends to generate unintended pitch bend messages.
Besides Medo, I also like Orba and Chorda. As finger-drumming instruments, they feel more natural in the hands and have a kind of analog-instrument enjoyment to them. I don’t really use them for music production, but they’re fun to play.