Pressure-sensitive, MPE-capable, configurable multi-touch MIDI controllers seem to be like buses: you wait ages then two come along (almost) at once.

You can select a sound in the app and load multiple sounds per project, which appear in a circular arrangement. The X and Y outputs can be configured to output in high-resolution (14-bit) mode, though in practice the resolution available seemed to be around 9 or 10 bits. You’ll need to attach the relevant pad to enable the different categories of sound and the app actually supports up to eight boards being connected, should you want to collaborate in real-time. Alternative strategy one is to detect colliding aftertouch data (this can be detected by a sudden drop in aftertouch output for a note, followed by another note on event) and use its output for all notes, until the collision stops. This reduces the dynamic range of aftertouch for single notes but allows each key to be sensitive, up to around 4 notes in the same horizontal zone (as the player adapts to this reduced range).In both projects, each instrument track is set up to host multiple instruments allowing selection by MIDI controller (using Chain Select in Live, or the X/Y instrument mixing container in Bitwig): you could create a controller mapping for this selection according to taste. The pads use RFID to communicate with the board, and the available layouts are: piano (25-key piano), drum pad (16 drum pads with x-y area), keys (17-key alternative style keyboard with expression strip), and guitar (representing the first seven frets on a guitar neck). I think my first target is my idea for the “best” strategy, and apply some inertia function to help make up for the lost dynamic range. Capture your musical ideas wherever you are with Joué Play and complete your creation in your DAW with Audio STEMS and MIDI export.

Download the free Play app for Mac, PC or iOS, and when you connect the board to your device, it loads up the relevant set of instruments for the pad you have fitted. Available with the Pro option, the Joué Editor software allows you to edit each MIDI message sent by the Play Pads.

I’m thinking the time-resolution will be appropriately larger so you “whitelist” an input from the function if it shows an appropriate magnitude or time-resolution. There might be a slight loss in the granularity of pressure, as bit-space is divided between the two inputs (i. While the patent and fcc documents note that the areas could be denoted within the memory, I think it’s hard coded in the firmware and the module is just storing parameters for the module type.

This is where Joué came alive for us, particularly when sending MPE to the Wavetable synth, which was a natural fit for the Play Keys pad. If the range was a little wider I might be able to know for sure, but I don’t have enough dexterity yet to be certain of my input.Adjust the tempo of your song, or the volume of each track directly from the app or go even further by experimenting with in-app effects that can be controlled on your pads.

Where appropriate (keyboards and fretboard) the modules are MPE-capable, and in non-MPE mode they support polyphonic aftertouch, although there's precious little software or hardware out there these days that can make use of it. I’d never investigated the sensor array myself, but when I first noticed the details of the problem my ‘programmers brain’ did assume it was a firmware issue, so I was absolutely gutted when I received the useless response from them about the issue on their old forum. I think I might make a separate thread for ongoing discussion of development, if nothing else to keep me sane while I grok a new skillset.Unlike the Sensel, the Joué doesn't feature Bluetooth for wireless operation, and its interfacing is purely MIDI.