MIDI: DAW Performance preset
This preset ships inside InputConfig, free on the Mac App Store. You don't have to make an account, there are no subscriptions, and nothing is locked. Optimized for Apple silicon.
This is the expressive preset: the right stick bends pitch and drives the mod wheel, the triggers send volume and expression, and the four face buttons play the notes of a C major chord with a light haptic pulse. Pick InputConfig as a MIDI input in the DAW and play.
Right stick = pitch + mod, triggers = volume/expression, face buttons play C major
Where it is in the app
It ships inside InputConfig: open the sidebar and look in its folder, or search for it. Activate it, or press Edit to see every row. It is also here as a file, identical apart from being inactive and ungrouped, for anyone who deleted theirs or wants it on another Mac.
Every binding
| Input | Sends | Options | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Right stick right | MIDI pitch bend | Smooth curve; deadzone 10% | Pitch bend up |
| Right stick left | MIDI pitch bend | Smooth curve; deadzone 10% | Pitch bend down |
| Right stick down | MIDI CC 1 channel 1 | deadzone 10% | Modulation (CC 1) |
| Left trigger | MIDI CC 11 channel 1 | Expression (CC 11) | |
| Right trigger | MIDI CC 7 channel 1 | Volume (CC 7) | |
| D-pad up | MIDI transport start | Transport start | |
| D-pad down | MIDI transport stop | Transport stop | |
| D-pad right | MIDI transport continue | Transport continue | |
| A / Cross | MIDI note 60 (C4), velocity 100, channel 1 | vibrate | Note C |
| B / Circle | MIDI note 64 (E4), velocity 100, channel 1 | vibrate | Note E |
| X / Square | MIDI note 67 (G4), velocity 100, channel 1 | vibrate | Note G |
| Y / Triangle | MIDI note 72 (C5), velocity 100, channel 1 | vibrate | Note C (octave up) |
12 rows. Button names are the Xbox / PlayStation pair the editor shows; a Switch Pro Controller fires by position. Options are the row settings that differ from the defaults.
Notes
- Values that follow the controls. Variable Sensitivity is on for the stick and trigger rows, so the CC values track how far you push.
- Your own scale. Change the four note rows to any notes. The gamepad instrument guide has a pentatonic layout to download.
Choose InputConfig as a MIDI input in the DAW before anything else, or nothing plays.
Download
- MIDI: DAW Performance presetExpressive performance for GarageBand and other DAWs 8 KB
To add a downloaded preset: drop the file on InputConfig's Dock icon, or click the … button next to any preset in the sidebar, choose Import Preset File, and pick the file. It lands in the sidebar, ready to activate or edit. Any launch target inside a preset file is cleared on import; add one yourself in the editor if you want it.
Related
Completely free. You don't have to make an account, there are no subscriptions, and nothing is locked. Optimized for Apple silicon. Open source on GitHub.
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