MagicMidi

Magic midi

• Connect to ableton, fl studio, Logic Pro

• figure out how to take peak pressures instead of initial pressure

  • check how ableton push firmware does it

  • debug the time in between pressure readings

• pressure mapping velocity (logarithmic?)

  • \log\left(x+0.1\right)+\ 1

  • this should be the preprocessing done on the clamped input pressure (after normalizing the pressure to a 0-1 scale)

• slightly better animations (why does it go out of the box sometimes)

• Color code each square

• better design

Bugs

• centering mouse during mouse suppression doesn’t work when connected to monitor

different stuff:

• MPE support

• aftertouch events

• midi keyboard that chnages octave on swipe

• sliders

• knobs

• Xy controls

• turn table with momentum

• Shakers

• stacking sounds

• scroll gesture changes octave

• guitar sounds like harp

• still need to fine tune the pressure curve

• open magic midi button isn’t working

• fix weird edges

• power button in dark mode is low contrast

customer interviews

• user would pay $10 for it, thinks of it as rectangle

• doesn’t think professionals would buy it, try to target amateur musicians

• instagram/tiktok

• weird to use your trackpad

• make the dynamic range higher

• scale mode

• click the mouse pads to check them

• weird bug where the command key is pressed?????

• adjust the default velocity/intensity curve. It feels really hard to get consistent volume when just trying it out for the first time. I would set the lowest pressure mapped to 80%

• Make the enter and exit UI more clear. I’ve used similar software that took advantage of the macOS trackpad before + I’m technical so I learned how to use it fast. But I can imagine this is gonna create some friction for musicians.

• place the settings window on the side instead of directly over the main window. I was confused as to how to get back to the main view thinking it was the same window.

• not sure if this is possible: disable the default multi finger hand gestures

• would be very cool to see if you can map something other than a grid. I had the idea of building something like this like 7 years ago and I was envisioning having the GarageBand UI overlayed over the trackpad. You should be able to get string instruments and keyboard UI

Bugs

• fullscreen toolbar is opaque
• when on another desktop, opening settings goes to the first desktop (if you move the original MagicMidi window)
• going back to original window setting doesn’t work if magic midi is full screened
• doesn’t work offline! Also locks by default before network request is sent
• escape doesn’t return to the app when the reg shortcut does
• default pressure range should start at 20 and linearly scale 
• disable full screening altogether probably

Features

• should have composable grid of cells, where you can change each cell label, sub label, type (cc, pc, note), etc. 
  • add scales
  • add circular boys
  • Should be able to save as presets and have keyboard shortcut to swap between presets
• add sublabels to midi for general midi drum
• all keys/shortcuts should propagate down if they aren’t used by magic midi itself and if they aren’t used by system
• MPE support!
• “Looks like you have [DAW] open, would you like to connect as a midi instrument there?” Moves magic midi to be in front of it, starts propagating keyboard events down
  • integrate with mcu?
• Keyboard shortcut editor window for a lot more keyboard shortcut editing
• left and right arrow keys should change octaves
• allow it to be a lot smaller
• Blow into the side of the laptop like a trumpet
• use screen hinge angle to make harmonium