Wireless DAW transport control without internet?

March 13, 2010 7:32 PM

I want to wirelessly control basic transport functions in my recording software without using an internet-based network or buying a Frontier Tranzport. Specifically, I'd like to use my iPhone 3G to connect to a local network that I will create, including a Mac G4 with OS 10.4.x and an Intel G5 with 10.4.11. How do I do this?
posted by lukievan to Computers & Internet (4 answers total)

What recording software do you use? I have used pd to emulate the tranzport using a PS2 controller in Ableton Live, and I assume it would be possible using the ipod, but I don't know what software you would want to use. TouchOSC is good, but you have to translate the OSC to Midi. If you are using Ableton Live 8, you may have MAX4Live, which could handle both the translation from OSC as well as the tranzport emulation. (hint: I had to use the tranzport remote control option in ableton)

memail me if you would like any more information or I could even shoot you my PS2 controller files to compare if you like.
posted by AltReality at 8:46 PM on March 13, 2010

If your G4 or G5 has an Airport card, you can use it to create an ad hoc wireless network that your iPhone can connect to. With that connection, your iPhone will have a network connection over which OSC can be sent, via TouchOSC. You would then map OSC to MIDI signal on the G4 or G5.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 10:18 PM on March 13, 2010

If your G4 or G5 has an Airport card, you can use it to create an ad hoc wireless network that your iPhone can connect to. With that connection, your iPhone will have a network connection over which OSC can be sent, via TouchOSC. You would then map OSC to MIDI signal on the G4 or G5.

This sounds promising - but are you sure I do not need an internet connection? I can just create a local network this way, with an airport card?
posted by lukievan at 1:39 PM on March 14, 2010

I can just create a local network this way, with an airport card?

I believe the Internet Sharing setting creates a bridge that hands out wireless addresses in the 192.168.2.x range. So you may have to change the TCP/IP settings for the Ethernet adapter(s) of the wired-networked-computers to the same range, to put them all on the same network (i.e. 192.168.2.1 for the gateway/router for all devices). I think that would work.

You don't need an Internet connection to the outside world, you can create your own private network with this range, only by using the same gateway and unique addresses within that range. Then your locally-networked devices can talk to each other.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 2:38 PM on March 14, 2010