GlovePIE - Joypad to MIDI

This time i post in english, because this might be interesting for other netizens too. Because if you search for “glovepie” and “midi”, you´ll find tons of wiimote-scripts, but scripts for “joypad to midi” (or “joy to midi”) are really rare. So hopefully you find this page….

I wrote a govePIE-script which converts the data of a USB-Joypad into MIDIdata. So you can fire patterns in your sequencer-software by pressing the buttons and squirl filters and effekts with the 2 analog sticks.

All you need is glovepie (a freeware programmable input emulator), direct x8 (or higher) and a programm to route the midisignal inside your computer (e.g. midiox). Then run the script….

Here is a short describtion:

- ALL DATA send on midichannel 3

- 40 BUTTONS (4 Scenes a 10 Buttons)
- buttons send a single midinote when pressed* -ideal for fire patterns in Ableton LIVE
- scene selection: press and hold button 5 / 6 / 5+6 / none (left front)
- buttons: 1-4 (right top), 7-8 (right front), cooliehat (left top)
*(read scene comments for details)

- ANALOG STICKS got 2 modes (independent from the button scene selection):

- button 9 (left stick) or 10 (right stick) pressed*:
- x-axis (left-right) 0-127 (CC 99 / CC 20)
- y-axis (bottom-top) 0-127 (CC 100 / CC 21)
* if you release the button,the value holds the last position until pressed again

- normal (no button pressed):
- x-axis (left-right) 0-127 (CC 96 / CC 22)
- y-axis (middle-top) 0-127 * (CC 97 / CC 23)
- y-axis (middle-bottom) 0-127 * ** (CC 98 / CC 24)
* (done that way to get a defined zero at middle position)
**(this value tends to stuck… move stick slowely or even dont use it! damn bug)

This script might be quite complex, to get a huge output from the few buttons and analog sticks, but it is really easy to handle and ergonomic…. i played it the whole weekend and had so much fun, i even couldn´t stop it
And - if you want to make some changes - the script is easily to edit….

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