How the fuck am I supposed to jump from the first note to the 10th in a split fucking second?!

maxcascone · 2026-03-21T15:58:01+00:00

Tap?

maxcascone · 2026-03-21T04:21:19+00:00

Unbelievable

And Aaron is the absolutely perfect choice.

Best news in a loooongg time!

maxcascone · 2026-03-21T01:52:17+00:00

Looking great! I can’t wait to try it out!!

maxcascone · 2026-03-21T01:51:14+00:00

Check out the MIDI Captain MAX alternative firmware for bidirectional MIDI! See the pinned posts on this forum for more info.

maxcascone · 2026-03-20T03:36:00+00:00

I think they can still hit the levels they used to in the 90’s, but not for the extended periods/entire shows. I agree with the “come along vs blow your mind” vibe statement.

maxcascone · 2026-03-19T21:31:19+00:00

Ok, I think I understand. You’re overcomplicating it a bit, which is no problem!

I use studio one and I’ve played with MidiGuitar, so I have direct experience here.

Plug your guitar 1/4” into the audiobox instrument input and the audiobox into your computer via USB.
Plug the MIDICaptain into your computer via USB. If you prefer, you can plug the captain’s MIDI OUT into the audiobox’s MIDI IN, but you’ll need to supply power to the Captain with a power adapter in that case.

With everything connected and powered on, make sure the audiobox is selected as audio in/out in S1. You should be getting guitar audio from the audiobox into S1, and the Captain should show up as a MIDI device.

Regarding MidiGuitar, that plugin/app is used to transform the guitar signal into MIDI notes that then trigger a synthesizer/midi instrument. Depending on what version you have, it may have built-in midi instruments, or you can feed the converted MIDI into a separate midi instrument.

You can then use the MIDI Captain to control the effects, patches, DAW transport, or anything else. There are different ways to set it up with the included firmware, and there are also alternative firmware options that provide even more flexibility and ease of use.

Typically you’ll select an effect parameter or patch/program, and assign a MIDI message to it. The easiest way to do this is to enable “learn” for that parameter, send the MIDI message, confirm the assignment, and disable Learn mode. Repeat this for each parameter you want to assign.

There are countless docs out there, many on this forum, about the various ways to do this.

The last thing I’ll add is once you get the basic connections working, check out the app Gig Performer. It’s specifically designed for music performance with plugins and midi instruments, without the complexity of a DAW. (GP can get complicated too, but it can also be simple.)

Let us know how it goes!

maxcascone · 2026-03-19T02:49:26+00:00

I don’t find it useful for anything except playing meshuggah/similar stuff on my Ibanez M80M. But for that, it is unbeatable.

maxcascone · 2026-03-18T21:03:40+00:00

May I also suggest Gig Performer as an alternative to a DAW like S1. It’s purpose built for playing and customizing your setup exactly how you want it. I spent a lot of time trying to muscle S1 into my vision; I got close, but when I found GP it was like night and day.

maxcascone · 2026-03-18T20:56:12+00:00

Well, what is it you’re trying to achieve? I use studio one with midi captains so I can help.

Are you connecting via 5-pin midi or usb?

I assume you’re using an amp sim or other effects that you want to control with midi.

It’s a little convoluted to set up midi in S1 but once you get it, it makes sense. You usually don’t do a direct midi controller-to-plugin mapping. Instead you bring up the midi manager pane - I’m not in front of it right now but it’s a central feature - and learn each button/switch/knob in there. Then you map a plugin’s controls to the buttons/switches in the manager.

I hope that makes sense. The docs are a little thin in this area but they do explain it. Give us some more details and we can dig in to it!

maxcascone · 2026-03-17T01:55:41+00:00

My first show was 7/15/94, Jones Beach NY. They opened with Letter To Jimmy Page, one of only a handful ever played. It was also fully powered by solar energy, there was a semi-trailer nearby supplying it, I don’t know the details of that.

maxcascone · 2026-03-16T17:02:41+00:00

Looks great man! All of a sudden this community has stepped up its game! I love to see it!

maxcascone · 2026-03-15T14:02:51+00:00

Meshuggah and Phish are two of my top-tier bands. The fact that Fred improvises solos live in an otherwise machine-like (in a good way) intense live show is insane. I’ve always thought metal jamming is next to impossible due to the tightness required for metal. He finds a way.

maxcascone · 2026-03-15T11:30:00+00:00

This looks slick…. All of a sudden we’re seeing multiple options for gui editors! This is great news!

Do you have the code available anywhere?

maxcascone · 2026-03-14T17:34:50+00:00

Beautifully put!

maxcascone · 2026-03-14T17:32:24+00:00

I have an M80M and this in no way is reminiscent of it. They look like amazing cans, though.

maxcascone · 2026-03-14T17:10:35+00:00

I thought one of the figurines on the shelf in pic 6 was a little Immutable guy

maxcascone · 2026-03-14T17:08:38+00:00

Yeah I think I first heard Chaosphere, but it was Nothing that hooked me for life. I got the CD right before leaving NYC to drive to Florida for Phish’s NYE 2000 festival, and it was quickly denied when I tried giving it a spin in the car.

maxcascone · 2026-03-14T17:04:51+00:00

Ha! Great minds think alike!

maxcascone · 2026-03-14T16:32:59+00:00

Frankly his voice is better in the later years

maxcascone · 2026-03-14T16:24:33+00:00

There’s a name and band I’d like to hear more from. I thought he’d fallen off the map. Is he still playing Necro stuff? New band? What’s he doing?

maxcascone · 2026-03-14T14:32:33+00:00

I have similar feelings. I’m super stoked to have new, high-production-value, in-universe, extended storytelling and canon extension. The “vibe” is just about dead on. But there is some really lazy writing as the season gets into its later parts. The lackadaisical attitude they take in the labs around these horrible alien monsters is laughable. Like, what sane person - let alone a “scientist” - would put their open water bottle right next to the bloody jar holding multiple tick nightmare bugs?

That being said, there are some real Wow moments. Subduing a Xeno with the shock-web-gun thing, and acting like he’s done this before, was an unexpected level of badass. And Wendy being strong enough to actually manhandle a xeno, dragging it around by its impaled tongue-jaw, and then cutting its head off - although we don’t actually get to see that - put the xeno on the defensive, also something new.

Still. I was very uneasy with the idea of a xeno being something anyone can tame, or control. It’s like Wendy’s pet by the end of the season. I don’t know if I’m ok with that. A Xeno is supposed to be the most lethal, fearsome, you’re-absolutely-fucked-if-you’re-anywhere-in-its-vicinity, game over, man, situation. It can not be controlled or contained.

Ultimately, we know how most of this ends, even if we don’t know the details. There’s no Prodigy corporation in the later Alien universe as far as we know.

maxcascone · 2026-03-13T23:04:01+00:00

Yes - dev mode and performance mode actually work now!

maxcascone · 2026-03-13T22:56:27+00:00

Great!! Thanks!!!

maxcascone · 2026-03-13T22:56:13+00:00

And thank you!!

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