Operating USB Oscilloscope with midi controller? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / testgear

author: labing
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: November 09, 2024, 09:54:04 pm
content: Dear Forum,this is my first post here. I have been reading these Forums for quite some time and i must say i got the chance to learn a lot! So first i want to give a huge Thank You!I have always been using the same old analog Teltronix, mainly doing audio stuff. Following a signal in an broken amp, designing analog synth modules.Recently i have been drawn to compliment this with one of those new digital scopes, mainly for being able to capture and store events, also to get a few more channels.I am leaning towards a DHO804 or DHO914 (never owned a signal generator other than my soundcard) bevause they offer 12 bit and hdmi out. I definitly want a bigger screen hooked up. Sadly this does not seem to leave much alternatives, as most comparable models from other brands unfortunately have no HDMI.DHO914 with 16" Touchscreen, both mounted on an vesa arm shure looks cool in my imagination...Now to the question:I have never considered a usb scope since i definitly want some kind of real hardware interface. Knobs and buttons.But what about midi or OSC controllers?Are there any software options that allow the use of midi or other protocolls to use a custom controller?I would love to built me a nice hardware controller for all the main functions.I only found one thread here talking about that this is actually standard in audio software, but there seemed to be no solution.Has there been any development in that regard?(with usb osci i am also scared of the software getting abandoned but i suspect there are some major players that do reliably update their product...)

author: stretchyman
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 09, 2024, 10:32:11 pm
content: Bit of an odd one TBH...However you can use Python to control any instrument. If you want to translate midi to Python then good luck!Just buy the scope you mentioned, its got knobs on and its cheap.However it wont make music for you!Good luck bud.J.

author: egonotto
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 09, 2024, 11:22:56 pm
content: Hello,Colin O'Flynn presented a control unit for a PicoScope 5000 about 10 years ago.PicoScope Encoder Knob Board - USB HID Keyboard via Physical EncodersFor audio, perhaps thePicoScope 4262 may be of interest.How to measure the dynamic range of the PicoScope 4262 OscilloscopeBest regardsegonotto

author: labing
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: November 10, 2024, 12:28:14 am
content: Thanks a lot! I will look into those links.Didn´t know thos esb scopes were python controllable. Using OSC or a midi controller to set a variable in python is rather straight forward.And yeah, in the end i will propably get the scope i mentioned

author: KungFuJosh
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 10, 2024, 12:58:50 am
content: I use an app called "Bome MIDI Translator Pro" that can assign whatever you want to MIDI controllers. I'm using Minilab mkII to control photo editing software (also use it for music production, but that's besides the point). It might also work for your thing.Of course, none of this is necessary if you have a better scope with a better web server. 😉

author: labing
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: November 10, 2024, 01:09:43 pm
content: Thanks. Just downloading the trial version. This could be useful for a number of things.Thinking about this aproach: Of course there are a lot of midi/osc libraries for python, c++ and most other languages. So by interfacing with os-libraries pretty much anything should be possible....