Developer Geert Bevin – best known for his work with Moog, Roger Linn Design & the MPE Spec) has released an update to MidiWrist that makes adds voice control and multi-platform support.
MidiWrist was originally designed to let you control your DAW, or other MIDI device/app, using an Apple Watch. With the update, you can use it on Apple Watch, but also on an iPhone or iPad.
Here’s what’s new with MidiWrist 1.1.0:
- Siri voice control over MMC and MCU Transport (Play, Stop, Record, Rewind)
- Siri voice control over additional MCU commands (Save, Undo, Cycle, Click)
- Siri voice control over CC buttons
- MidiWrist is now universal and supports Siri voice control on iPads and iPhones without Apple Watch
Features:
- Four knobs can be controlled with the Digital Crown
- Macro control over multiple synth parameters from the Digital Crown
- Remotely Play / Stop / Record / Rewind your DAW from your Watch
- Knobs can be controlled individually or simultaneously
- Knobs can be linked to preserve their offsets
- Four buttons can be toggled by tapping the Watch
- Buttons can either be stateful or momentary
- Siri voice control over the buttons
- Program changes through the digital crown or by tapping the Watch
- Transport control over MIDI Machine Control (MMC) or Mackie Control Universal (MCU)
- Scrub transport with the digital crown
- Save / Undo / Toggle Cycle / Toggle Click through MCU
- Siri support for all Transport commands
- XY pad with individual messages for each axis
- Optional haptic feedback for all Watch interactions
- Optional value display on the Watch
- Configurable colors for all knobs and buttons
- Configurable labels for knobs and buttons
- Configurable MIDI channels and CC numbers
- Hide the Watch pages that aren’t needed
- Save your configurations to presets for easy retrieval
- MIDI learn for easy controller configuration
- MIDI input to sync the state of the controllers with the controlled synths
- Advertise as a Bluetooth MIDI device
- Connect to other Bluetooth MIDI devices
- Monitor the last MIDI values on the iPhone
- Low latency and fast response
Pricing and Availability
MidiWrist is available for US $4.99 in the App Store.
This is very interesting……I wonder how it will develop over time……….
That’s nice, however the Daw Voice Commander seems to do the same thing but without having to call “Hey Siri …” each time, so might be a better option to trigger commands quickly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o18Z3Y6coe0