Oracle For The P12 iPad App

[ophious]

Hey there. Brand new to P12 and just bought the app. I scanned through all the posts so far and I just want to make sure I got this right.

To use it you have to connect the ipad directly to the prophet via thunderbolt-to-usb-midi, correct? Which means the P12 wouldn't be connected via usb-midi to the computer at the time of use.

But you could set the interface to 'network' if your iPad is hooked up to wifi, but I don't immediately see where you do this in the app. And I don't understand the steps after that to get it working (I'm not familiar with OSx audio midi routing).

I know some of these things might seem trivial, but I think it be really awesome to have like a 'Getting Started' info tab in the app where it could let noobies like me know any basic setup things.

Anyways, looking forward to using the app, from what I've read, you've done amazing work.

R

[mekohler]

If your P12 is connected to your computer, you can use the iPad over WIFI to send the Sysex / CC's to the computer, which can then we routed to and from the P12.

1) In Oracle's upper left MIDI menu you select NETWORK for both the Input and Output Ports
2) Using macOS's built in "Audio MIDI Setup" app, you connect your iPad to the current Session (Window → MIDI Network Setup)
3) In the bottom right of the MIDI Network Setup view, you can select the P12 Input / Output as a Live Routing
4) Now, the P12 can send / receive MIDI from the Network Port, aka WIFI.

[ophious]

If your P12 is connected to your computer, you can use the iPad over WIFI to send the Sysex / CC's to the computer, which can then we routed to and from the P12.

1) In Oracle's upper left MIDI menu you select NETWORK for both the Input and Output Ports

Posting this via my iPad (WiFi connected). I see no options or ways to set in/out

[mekohler]

That is super weird. What happens if you hit Rescan? Network should always appear in both tables.  What iOS and iPad model?

Ideas:
- Restart the iPad
- Does the "Network" port appear in other MIDI apps?
- Reinstall Oracle

[ophious]

That is super weird. What happens if you hit Rescan? Network should always appear in both tables.  What iOS and iPad model?

Ideas:
- Restart the iPad
- Does the "Network" port appear in other MIDI apps?
- Reinstall Oracle

Restarting the iPad did the trick! If you still want iPad info lmk

[mekohler]

Nah, must be some weird iOS bug...I've used the same MIDI library for years & in all of my apps, and that has never happened. Anyways, enjoy.

[ophious]

Actually, another question for you. I've hook up my iPad via network to midi/audio on mac, but when I try to send/receive, nothing happens. NRPN is on for both param send/receive on the prophet. Attached is a picture of my ipad network midi config.

In the tip menu you mention connecting via OSX's MIDI Setup "Live Routings", it doesn't allow NRPN to pass through - that's not this is it?

Also, does the app 'write' to a program in a bank on the prophet or does it save the presets on the app/how would you access oracle made presets?

ps. If you integrated a social aspect to the app where people could make patches and share them with each other via the app, I'd throw you another 10 bucks though that probably be tons of work, just an idea

[mekohler]

You need to click on your iPad name and hit "Connect"...yes, macOS Live Routings has a bug where NRPN does not pass through...they never fix it :\

I use Sysex for the major Sound Design functions, but if you want NRPN's to work (dial movements) you can't use Live Routings.

It does not write to a Bank, it just populates the current active Patch. You should manually save the Patch / Bank on the P12 itself once you have something you like.

[mekohler]

Update 3.1:
- Improved support for 10.2" iPads
- Improved support for the new iPad Air
- You can now set the Morph Amount under Options
- Added more Scales to the Sequencer Module
- Saved presets / files are now sorted by date
- UI Changes

lowered price to $4.99 as well

[mekohler]

Update 3.2:
- Added support for the new iPad Mini
- Bug Fixes
- Minor UI Changes

[redpony]

Just purchased this but cannot get it to work on two separate iPads. Both are connected to midi through wifi on my Mac and are seen by other apps such as Lemur. As another user reported, the midi screen in Oracle is blank. I tried restarting both iPads but the problem persists.

[redpony]

I ended up connecting my iPad via usb directly and got the app working. Reported a few bugs which have been fixed. The app is very handy. You can easily recall things like a complex modulation matrix or delay setup. The random and morphing features are also very nice and can produce interesting results. Worth the small investment.

[cube48]

Hi Marcos, I just want to say how awesome your editor is! I'm using it already for some time (~2 years?) and it never seize to surprise me with sounds that can be achieved with it. I totally dig the randomization features, selective locking and overall approach to functions. I'm already creating the 3rd bank of sounds. Not sure if they are worth of sharing as I'm adapting them for use with Linnstrument so assignments of things like pitchbends, pressure and modwheel are probably not widely usable with regular keyboards. And I mostly enjoy totally weird and sick sounds 

Is there any chance that you could make similar editor for Prophet 6? I assume it depends on availability of one to you. Or can this be done purely with MIDI specs from P6 manual? I'd be happy to do any debugging!

Anyway, thanks a lot for Oracle! It's my most used synth editor ever (I started with editors on Atari ST in 80s) and it's by far the most clever one!