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# Mackie emulation for the AKAI APCmini
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# Mackie emulation for the AKAI APCmini
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# This turns the APCmini into a Mackie-compatible controller, so that it can
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# be used with Linux DAW programs like Ardour. The emulation is complicated
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# by the APCmini having no encoders, no motorized faders, and not nearly as
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# many dedicated buttons as a Mackie device. But it offers enough controls to
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# be usable as a basic DAW controller. Tested with Ardour.
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# Copyright (c) 2018 Albert Graef <aggraef@gmail.com>
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# Copyright (c) 2018 Albert Graef <aggraef@gmail.com>
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# Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are
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# Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are
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JACK_NAME "midizap-APCmini"
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JACK_NAME "midizap-APCmini"
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JACK_PORTS 2
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JACK_PORTS 2
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# This turns the APCmini into a Mackie-compatible controller, so that it can
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# SETUP: The following lines will take care of setting up all the connections
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# be used with Linux DAW programs like Ardour. The emulation is complicated
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# automatically, but you still need to enable the Mackie control surface in
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# by the APCmini having no encoders, no motorized faders, and not nearly as
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# Ardour, so that Ardour exposes the Mackie control ports.
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# many dedicated buttons as a Mackie device. But it offers enough controls to
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# be usable as a basic DAW controller. I tested it with Ardour.
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# SETUP: In Ardour, enable the Mackie control surface, then connect Ardour's
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# Mackie control ports to midizap's midi_out and midi_in2 ports, and the
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# APCmini to midizap's midi_in and midi_out2 ports. The following lines will
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# take care of setting up all the connections automatically, but you still
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# need to enable the Mackie control surface in Ardour, so that Ardour exposes
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# the Mackie control ports.
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JACK_IN1 APC MINI MIDI 1
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JACK_IN1 APC MINI MIDI 1
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JACK_OUT1 ardour:mackie control in
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JACK_OUT1 ardour:mackie control in
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JACK_IN2 ardour:mackie control out
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JACK_IN2 ardour:mackie control out
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JACK_OUT2 APC MINI MIDI 1
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JACK_OUT2 APC MINI MIDI 1
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# PROTOCOL DOCUMENTATION: The Mackie protocol is fairly ubiquitous, but since
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# PROTOCOL DOCUMENTATION: The Mackie Control (MC) protocol is fairly
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# manufacturers can't be bothered to properly *document* their stuff these
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# ubiquitous, but since manufacturers can't be bothered to properly document
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# days, we have to rely on volunteers who do their work using some reverse
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# their stuff these days, we have to rely on volunteers who do their work
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# engineering. Here are the links that I found most useful:
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# using some reverse engineering. Here are the links that I found most
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# useful:
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# http://www.budgetfeatures.com/XctlDOC/Xctl Protocol for X-Touch V1.0.pdf
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# (This chart really is a piece of art. It's actually about the Behringer
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# X-Touch, but since that device is Mackie-compatible, there's a wealth of
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# useful information in there; just ignore the bits which pertain to Xctl.)
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# There's another fairly comprehensive one here (lacks the feedback messages,
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# though):
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# This is fairly comprehensive, but lacks the feedback messages:
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# http://www.jjlee.com/qlab/Mackie Control MIDI Map.pdf
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# http://www.jjlee.com/qlab/Mackie Control MIDI Map.pdf
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# This chart really is a piece of art. It's actually about the Behringer
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# X-Touch and its Xctl protocol, but there's useful information about MC in
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# there as well:
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# http://www.budgetfeatures.com/XctlDOC/Xctl Protocol for X-Touch V1.0.pdf
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# Information about the APCmini can be found in the Akai forums here:
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# Information about the APCmini can be found in the Akai forums here:
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# http://community.akaipro.com/akai_professional/topics/midi-information-for-apc-mini
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# http://community.akaipro.com/akai_professional/topics/midi-information-for-apc-mini
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