Novation LaunchControl is working for me
USB Midi Controllers
Is the stand-alone operation with USB MIDI controller a prove that the controller is supported or is it enough if it works while in 'Live' mode when also connected to the Patcher? I just assume both is the same. If the later is true then I can confirm that the C-Thru Music Axis-49 works with Axoloti.
Its enough that the controller is directly connected to the Axoloti board's host port... 'live' or standalone doesnt make any difference to the firmware.
the only thing to 'exclude' is if the controller is connected to a PC/Mac which is then redirecting it thru the Axoloti Core device (eg. using USB device mode), as this is more about the PC/Mac sending via USB device.
Akai MPD26 seems to be working fine via USB midi, just needs more power than axoloti can provide
just to say that it works fine with the Behringer UMX610 controller keyboard, keys and knobs
You can add extra power through the DC input connector with a wall-wart power supply. 7-20V, center pin positive.
You can monitor the actual 5V voltage in the main window. If it drops to below 4.5V when plugging in your USB device without external power supply, I advise to use an external power supply.
@johannes, if you power thru the usb micro port (i.e. with a USB charger) is the current still limited to 500mA? or can it pull more?
(with multiple boards, Im thinking of using a powered USB hub as a power distributor, with the added advantage a single cable and then be taken to a host mac/pc for patching editing :))
Power input through the micro-usb port is current limited to 1A average. Power output on the USB host port is current limited to 0.5A average. The red LED lights up when detecting overcurrent on the USB host port.
Hi, thanks for great project, and for sending a much smaller box, than i expected
I`ve just tried Behringer BCR-2000 connected to Axoloti, and it works. I set BCR to mode U-3, but all usb modes should work.
One question OT here : what was motivation for naming a project "Axoloti" ? Just curious...
Works perfect with Teenage Engineering OP1 also with keyboard and internal sequencer.
Arturial Mini Lab confirmed. (Firmware > 2.0)
This is a wonder!!!! Cause the Mini Lab never runs under Linux. Due to a poor legacy MIDI implementation of the Mini Lab.
Addendum: I was wondering after uploading the patch and disconnecting the connection to the core, I can't play the Mini Lab anymore. So my idea was, the USB of the PC powerd the board, cause the LED are running fine. With the live mode the Mini Lab runs fine.
But no MIDI commes in. A reference test with a sequencer, the core runs in this setup fine.
The patcher shows 4,93V which should be also OK.
Now I changed to a 2A USB loader (pluged in at the MicroUsb). And suddenly everything works fine.
My first Idea: This must have something to do with the driver!
No! But what's the difference of a live patcher connected USB Midi and a disconnected patcherUSB Midi?
It must have something to the with current drawn by the keyboard in the startup phase when everything comes up. This is the main difference between the "live" mode and the standalone mode I think. In live mode the keyboard ist initialized long before the patch is running.
@johannes johannes wrote:
Power input through the micro-usb port is current limited to 1A average.
Power output on the USB host port is current limited to 0.5A average.
The red LED lights up when detecting overcurrent on the USB host port.
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If it drops to below 4.5V when plugging in your USB device without
external power supply, I advise to use an external power supply.
For the Mini Lab it looks like, we have this situation only in the standalone mode. But this could not be visualised.
So it looks like Arturia Mini Lab needs a external powerd Axo to run in standalone mode.
It's a known issue of the MiniLab, that this keyboard ist, let's say - a little bit tricky.....
Nektar Panorama P6 is working fine
In internal mode select ==> Global==>Midi jack source ==> USB