lewisreid01 Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Hi, at school we have a Zero88 Jester TLXtra and I want to be able to trigger things like the "Go" button through MIDI. I only have access to windows laptops, so was wondering if there is any free software that will allow me to send the required Midi Show Control (MSC) signals? I have multiplay, but it doesn't have MSC functionality yet, and I doubt it will be developed any time soon, so any alternatives or work-around would be very much appreciated! ThanksLewis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mal421 Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 I have done this very thing. I use Bome MIDI Translator (Other programs are available). Dead easy to use and very stable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alistermorton Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Midi-ox is a swiss army knife for all things midi if you don't mind poking about in message buffers. I think it will let you create arbitrary sysEx messages, including MSC, but I'm not at my own PC atm so can't easily check. OTOH ... this is a bit off the wall, perhaps ... if #include <mmsystem.h> doesn't fill you with fear or make you scratch your head, it's not that hard to write your own application to send SysEx messages through your MIDI interface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alistermorton Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 If you can stretch to not free, SCS can send MSC among the sound cues. Professional level or above can send MIDI cues, and it works really well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewisreid01 Posted November 29, 2017 Author Share Posted November 29, 2017 I have done this very thing. I use Bome MIDI Translator (Other programs are available). Dead easy to use and very stable. Hi, I have tried for a while today to make this work, and unfortunalty I just cant get it to work, could you give me any more detail or advice? Thanks Lewis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonhole Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 Make sure you're not using one of these cheap cables: http://www.arvydas.co.uk/2013/07/cheap-usb-midi-cable-some-self-assembly-may-be-required/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alistermorton Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 FWIW we bought one from Maplin (about 20 quid) when we needed one at very short notice and it works fine for MSC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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