Hiro's Plogue Bidule Setup

The picture on the left shows BNC44 Controller Surface which I no longer use since Bidule Bidule HID Data Extractor successfully converts MacBook Pro2.4 keyboard events to MIDI data.

Many thanks to Sebastien Beaulieu of Plogue

MacBook Pro 2.4GHz/2GB OSX10.4.10 keyboard assignment as of 10/7/2007

[1] Kontakt2 JaBB Trumpet
[2] Kontakt2 JaBB Harmon
[3] Kontakt2 JaBB Trombone
[4] Kontakt2 JaBB Tuba
[5] n/a
[6] MachFive2 Shakuhachi
[7] MachFive2 Bamboo Flute
[8] MachFive2 Harmonica
[9] MachFive2 Penny Whistle
[C] SoundToys Crystalizer
[D] PSP 84
[K] Engage/Disengage Kontakt2 block
[D] Engage/Disengage MachFive2 block
[O] Waves GTR Overdrive (EWI)
[P] Waves GTR Pitcher (Flute)
[S] Stereo to Mono by image width to center then -6db
[T] Tap Tempo to Crystalizer and PSP 84
[Up/Down] Reverb Send Amount
[Left/Right] Delay Send and Crystalizer Send Amount
[Left Bracket/Right Bracket] GTR Pitcher Shift Amount

Bidule HID Data Extractor

Bidule maps Mac/PC keyboard to MIDI value.

Data Extractor is grouped. To see the grouped object, expanding from the context menu opens the GUI shown at the top of this page.

As you can see the Data Extractor Block at the top of this page is too cluttered. Bidule let you sub group further. Here is the new Data Extractor Block I am working on.

Subgroup: Single Key Extractor

Subgroup: Double Key extractor for keys such as Up/Down Arrow keys

Bidule Known Issues

Kontakt2 .aupreset crashes Bidule
While Bidule stores Kontakt2 samples and their settings, this makes impossible to save preset within Kontakt2 Stand Alone application
Saved Bidule presets will not show up until you reopen the project file
Bidule does not honor .aupresets sub directories
SoundToys preset list is huge. They are organized by sub directories. Other DAW hosts such as Digital Performer honors these sub directories, while Bidule prints them all as one massively long list.
HID Data Extractor catches keyboard events even when Bidule is in background
This will make impossible to write email while Bidule is running.
Bidule project file does not store HID device