{"id":1560,"date":"2020-05-06T20:59:57","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T20:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trevor.ucsd.edu\/a\/wp6\/?page_id=1560"},"modified":"2025-09-14T15:03:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T15:03:44","slug":"trevocon-x-touch","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/trevor.ucsd.edu\/a\/wp6\/patches-and-projects\/trevocon-x-touch\/","title":{"rendered":"TrevoCon-X-Touch"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Overview<\/h2>\n

Part of the\u00a0TrevoCon series<\/strong> – Control (disambiguation)<\/em><\/p>\n

X-Touch + Ableton + VCV Rack<\/em><\/p>\n

TrevoCon-X-Touch<\/strong><\/em> (v.97) is a Max for Live plugin for realizing the full capabilities of the Behringer X-Touch mini USB MIDI controller. The controller has 2 layers of 8 knobs, 16 buttons and a fader (so 50 controls). This is a great device for controlling modules in VCV Rack<\/strong><\/span><\/em>. There are 2 main shortcomings with the X-Touch mini for this: Even the simplest modular rack has more than 50 adjustments and the VCV “MIDI-MAP” module only works with CC and not MIDI notes. Since the X-Touch’s buttons are all MIDI notes, we’re brought down to only 16 controls. Then, Behringer corporate completely dropped the ball and never released an editor for the Mac.\u00a0 So, we’re stuck with MIDI notes on the buttons and no way to change the MIDI channel.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

TrevoCon-X-Touch\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>in conjunction with Ableton Live 10 Suite, overcomes these limitations and also gives us the capability to create control groups (so that one X-Touch mini can control multiple sets of instruments) and even save automation.<\/p>\n

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The Research<\/h2>\n

I want to thank the folks on the VCV Rack Official User Group for their input on automating, remapping and saving control data. I started the development then posted the first example on the FB group. Omer, Artem, Frequence Morte, Gabriel and Antonio all gave valuable feedback. They pointed out these options:<\/p>\n

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  1. Stoermelder MIDI-CAT<\/strong> module for remapping note data<\/li>\n
  2. Stoermelder ReMOVE Lite<\/strong> module for automating knobs and faders<\/li>\n
  3. NYSTHI MusicalBox2<\/strong> module for recording 16 channels of CV<\/li>\n
  4. NYSTHI LOGAN20<\/strong> and 02NAGOL<\/strong> modules for recording and saving data as CSV<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    This input gave me important perspective on what can be done entirely within VCV Rack. And, it influenced me to focus on adding features to the X-Touch and Ableton Live automation (that could not otherwise be done with in the Rack).<\/p>\n

    Use<\/h2>\n