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congo jnr midi question

hi there,

               i have a congo jnr and was wondering if it is poss to connect a keyboard via midi input, is it poss to assign certain notes on the keyboard to control groups or single channels? can only seem to make it control go button etc , any help would be most appreciated.

 

cheers tony

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  • In the MIDI department, we're going to have to wait for a newer release of the Congo software. Although 4.3.0 added better MIDI support, it's not quite at the point where it's 100% customizable. Although, read the manual to the Congo/Jr. and see if there's an exact answer, because a MIDI keyboard used as a control would be beneficial for training somebody who's not necessarily able to know how to run a board, ie training an middle schooler to run the board, something i have to deal with because some of them can't deal with not pressing buttons taht don't say "Go" or "Back" or "Hold" (although the Idea48's hold button is blank, but i still run into the problem).
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  • In the MIDI department, we're going to have to wait for a newer release of the Congo software. Although 4.3.0 added better MIDI support, it's not quite at the point where it's 100% customizable. Although, read the manual to the Congo/Jr. and see if there's an exact answer, because a MIDI keyboard used as a control would be beneficial for training somebody who's not necessarily able to know how to run a board, ie training an middle schooler to run the board, something i have to deal with because some of them can't deal with not pressing buttons taht don't say "Go" or "Back" or "Hold" (although the Idea48's hold button is blank, but i still run into the problem).
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  • in reply to Arel

    Arel, I'm not sure that I understand you there!

    We spent a very large amount of effort trying to make the Congo and Congo Jr facepanels as easy to use as possible, and all the keys are labelled with their function, either by LCD or on the keycap.

    When training someone to use the console, why would you consider giving them a non-standard interface that was not designed for lighting control?

    If you are concerned that they may damage it, then why let them use it at all? 



    [edited by: Richard at 4:24 AM (GMT -6) on Tue, Apr 17 2007]
  • in reply to Arel
    Isn't Congo a multiuser console?  Have you considered just logging them in with only "playback" privileges?
  • in reply to joshgubler

    Arg, misread a post agian... 

    I was stating a theoretical situation, our directors don't put kids we can't trust on lights. However, it's still a problem that they have been known to start pressing buttons (one of my friends actually managed to kill a sub on our Idea48 during Middle School) although nobody's killed a show yet.

    Also, I would hate to train on a non-standard console, but knowing what MIDI numbers correspond to the Keys is also a nice step to introducing them to MIDI later in life.



    [edited by: Arel at 8:51 PM (GMT -6) on Tue, Apr 17 2007] Fixed comprehension
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