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Casio PX-5s as midi controller?
Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2019 6:57 am
by flipmowse
Hi all,
Anybody tried using a Casio PX-5s as a midi controller? I'd like to map the sliders and knobs, but Mixcraft doesn't seem to recognize the control when I'm in the midi learn mode. I'm new at this, and have only seen a few tutorials, so I'm probably missing something big.
Thanks.
Re: Casio PX-5s as midi controller?
Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2019 9:27 am
by jlouvar
Have you added the Casio PX-5s to the Control Surfaces within Mixcraft?
Re: Casio PX-5s as midi controller?
Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2019 12:36 pm
by flipmowse
It doesn't seem like I can add it. I did find that I can assign controllers with the midi learn under Mix>Midi Control Surface... and save those settings, but it never shows up in Preferences>Control Surfaces. Why it didn't work just from hitting the "Midi" button in the program's interface I don't know.
Re: Casio PX-5s as midi controller?
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2019 9:35 am
by Acoustica Greg
Hi,
You can't add it to control surface preferences unless we have a pre-made option for it.
Mix menu > MIDI Control Surface is the right place to look, as you've found.
Can you tell if your computer is receiving any MIDI from the Casio? Does the PX-5 show up as a MIDI device in Windows?
Greg
Re: Casio PX-5s as midi controller?
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2019 5:25 pm
by flipmowse
Yes, PC is receiving midi from the Casio. I played around with it a little more, and I can at least program the sliders and knobs. I haven't tried the wheels yet. What I was sort of hoping I could do was to have keys act independently from each other, but so far that's not working. They all show up as simply "88." It's probably me not understanding something fundamental.