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Layout: 'Mickie' MCU-compatible control surface with colour strips - MIDI Designer Q&A

Rating: GoldLayout: 'Mickie' MCU-compatible control surface with colour strips
by the-elf

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Rating: Gold
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MIDI Target Manufacturer(s): Other/Unlisted Maker

MCU-compatible Layout, which should work with any MCU-savvy device/software.

This new version responds to scribble-strip colour messages, displaying up to 7 colours, plus 'dark'. Please note that the colours displayed by Mickie are:

00 - Dark
01 - Red
02 - Green
03 - Yellow
04 - Blue
05 - Pink/Purple
06 - Cyan
07 - White

The colours will only approximate a DAW's track colour. This is a limitation of the MCU protocol.

Please also note that Cubase, specifically, does not transmit colour information when using its legacy Remote Device method, but *can* by using the newer MIDI Remote facility. I have tested this successfully, for instance, with this remote script:

https://github.com/bjoluc/cubase-mcu-midiremote

I hope that MIDI Designer some day allows for dynamic text to accept and display scribble strip text, but for now this is as far as I can take it.

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in Community Shares by the-elf (1.4k points)
edited by the-elf
wow, yet another one. Congrats, this looks awesome! How, um, does it do MCU? StreamByter?
by MIDI Designer Team (Dan)
There isn't much StreamByter code - around 30 lines. What code there is translates the incoming level metering data and the strip colouring. MCU is really just 'normal' MIDI data re-purposed. Many of the control buttons are MIDI notes, for instance.

The difficulty is in finding documentation for MCU, but a few individuals (myself included) have undertaken to untangle it.

I'm not aware of any other tablet-based MCU controller.
by the-elf (1.4k points)
fascinating. Oh the days of closed protocols where you would pay for documentation. Fun times!
by MIDI Designer Team (Dan)
Can I please ask for this Layout to be added to the Home screen 'Browse' feature? Folks are reporting having no joy finding it.
by the-elf (1.4k points)
As a GOLD-rated layout, it’s already there. I put Mickie into the search box and it came right up. Test yourself and see what’s what. We know the Browse functionality isn’t perfect, but this layout is there.
by MIDI Designer Team (Dan)
Gotcha. Sorry for raising it - just reporting what I’ve been told. I never use the browser myself.
by the-elf (1.4k points)
Where are you hearing this stuff? Is it on social media or the web, or just people talking to you directly?
by MIDI Designer Team (Dan)
Emails from contacts. I’ve passed the message on to try a search, so will see what comes back.
by the-elf (1.4k points)
Yep, search works. Nobody (myself included) realised there *was* a search function. It seems everyone I know just scrolls down the list looking for useful stuff.
by the-elf (1.4k points)
we added search in the last few months, but still... browse ain't great. It's on the list.
by MIDI Designer Team (Dan)
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