Xbox 360 MIDI Controller

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This project was developed for the Inquiry Seminar on Interactive Music Systems in C term 2013.

The project takes an Xbox 360 Controller and maps it so that the user can control MIDI in three different modes. This was achieved through the use of a scripting program called GlovePIE and patches developed in MAX MSP. The three modes are as follows:

1) Chord Generator Mode - This mode lets the user play the 4 chords using the A, X, B, and Y buttons on the Xbox Controller. The Left and Right Triggers chose whether chords 1-4 or 5-8 are played. The Left Joystick also causes pitch bend when moved up and down.

2) Percussion Mode - This mode allows the user to map any of the percussion instruments on MIDI channel 10 to any of the buttons on the Xbox controller.

3) Sound Clip Mode - This mode lets the user record audio clips up to 5 seconds long for any of the buttons on the Xbox controller. Pressing the corresponding button will cause the audio clip to play back.

Below is a video demonstration of the project.

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