MIDITROL 4+

Good start for a long-awaited feature

Does what it says. This is the initial release, feels a little limited. Hoping that more users will get this app and that it’d motivate people to encourage growth.

At the moment it does basic CC control for the triggers (actually pretty cool) and the analog sticks on my DualShock 4 connected wirelessly. The buttons are all notes. Not sure what Options and Start do, and there is currently zero support for the touchpad on my DualShock.

Right now there is no way to edit the functionality of these controls.

Also, currently this all is unable to run in the background, which is a huge issue if you plan to use it with music apps.

Hoping in the near future that this app might have AUV3 support! That’d actually resolve most issues. But I am not sure if AUV3 even allows a unit to receive game controller input. Hmm

I check updates for my apps daily (update manually). If I see background audio support, I’m bumping it up a star. If I see an editor, I’m bumping it up a star. So far so good otherwise.

Respuesta del desarrollador ,

Thank you so much for your detailed review…

At the moment touchpad is not supported by Apple so there’s nothing I can do about it.

Options and start menu are reserved buttons for midi scale navigation, so you can access all 127 midi notes and controls.

Running the app on background is my top priority, but I’m afraid this is another feature not allowed by Apple, there’s no sense for games to run in the background... If this is not allowed by iOS, I hope you can change that start for another feature :)

Edit: Apple just confirmed to me that currently there’s no way to get game controller events while the app is running on the backgroud.

A midi note/control editor is for sure on the roadmap. So I will work hard for that star.

Please feel free to send more suggestions within the app.

Amazing app

Love the new support for the PlayStation 5 DualSense controller, particularly the ability to use two fully independent fingers on the touchpad. I had no idea that was possible!

I kind of wish there was the ability for both the touchpad and the joysticks to turn each axis into a single continuous range rather than two ranges on each axis (left and right), but I suppose I can hack a “fix” to turn them into a single range with some MIDI scripting tools like StreamByter or Mozaic.

Respuesta del desarrollador ,

You won’t need a hack, I will code that option for the next release. Feel free to send more suggestions and I’ll try my best to make them happen. Thank you for buying the app and for your review.

Needs work

Can’t find any documentation or tutorials. I figured out how to control a sound on my iPad using AUM on both ends via wireless midi but the is too much latency. Wireless controller to iPhone and wireless midi to iPad. Maybe ok for cc messages as latency may not be an issue. . Going to see if I can use usb c to usb c.

Needs to be AUv3, work in the background on the same device to be of any use to me.