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Is anyone using the Icon Platform M+ or X+ as a midi cc controller?

Looks cool. Is it possible to assign 1 fader motorized to the volume of the selected track and the other ones non motorized to CC numbers?
 
I think these are the units that need to be turned off and on again if you want to swap from daw to midi controls. That's the only reason I didn't jump on this beaut yet. In midi mode, the faders shouldn't be motorized and I don't think you can set it up so that the master fader stays motorized.

For this I'm playing with the idea of getting a SL mixface. It doesn't look as nice and doesn't have motorized faders but it can swap between DAW and midi on the fly.
 
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I do own the M+ and X+ and I am happy with them - but not as midi controllers. I did try to get the X+ into the work flow but just couldn't get it to work, and I did try believe me. So in the end I instead geared up with the M+ and integrerade it as my main tool for the DAW (Reaper) and it works perfectly. The faders are great as well as the transport section.

So what about the midi controller then? Well I went out and bought a used BCF2000, and this is a old sometimes neglected beauty – the 100 mm faders is a treat with no hick ups or down time.

Recommend them - all three of them. For the purpose I think they originally where made for.

Best to you

MOMA
 
I'm using a platform x as a simple fader box. Disabled all the the lights and motorized faders. I just use it to control CC data. Works great for that purpose. You can create your own mapping for the device quite simply.
This is what I was really hoping to hear. Thank you.
 
I use the Platform M as a multipurpose controller for DAW control (gain on current track as well as automation) and MIDI performance. Plus several other odds and ends like controlling some functions of my RME interface (main volume, dim, mute, headphones etc.)

All that is made possible via Bome MIDI Translator which I have taking the events from the controller in MCP mode and translating/routing appropriately. It's definitely not a plug and play config.

There's another thread here where I talk about the Platform M and give a long list of the things I like and don't like about it, if you're inclined to search.
 
I use the Platform M as a multipurpose controller for DAW control (gain on current track as well as automation) and MIDI performance. Plus several other odds and ends like controlling some functions of my RME interface (main volume, dim, mute, headphones etc.)

All that is made possible via Bome MIDI Translator which I have taking the events from the controller in MCP mode and translating/routing appropriately. It's definitely not a plug and play config.

There's another thread here where I talk about the Platform M and give a long list of the things I like and don't like about it, if you're inclined to search.
What DAW are you using with the Platform M? The solution you describe in the other thread would be a great workflow for my setup, but I'm not sure I can get Logic to play along. Seems to be an issue with Logic's clunky handling of bidirectional midi from my research, though perhaps the BMT software can address that issue.
 
I have a Platform M+ with the display, it is well made, and worked well with Sonar, not so well with Studio One, in it's DAW controller mode. In MIDI mode it worked pretty well with both, but there was no way to easily switch back and forth, and there was no way to mix and match.

My brilliant idea was to pick up a Presonus Faderport 16 for conventional DAW control, and use the Platform M+ as a MIDI control surface.

It works, but it is somewhat akin to shooting mice with an elephant gun. I really should sell the Platform M+, but I like the transport controls, which are lacking on the Faderport. But I like having 16 faders, which is 8 more than the Platform M+.

Between the two of them they take up quite a bit of space, so one of them will have to go, and I think it will be the Platform M+. I really like them both, and I can find nits to pick for both, but as of today I think I like the Faderport a little better.

I can always dust off my Kore2, which worked quite well as a MIDI controller. Now if I could "talk" to the scribble strips on that one...

Then there is Console 1, which is absolutely brilliant for the supported plugins, but alas not all plugins are supported and there is not "generic" MIDI mode.

GAH! There just is no perfect device... yet.
 
Just got a Platform X+ to use as a motorless CC controller in Logic and getting things to behave was more difficult than I'd imagined. I think it mostly came down to not liking to be plugged in anywhere but directly into the computer, and without a USB extender... which necessitated some juggling on my part. YMMV.

Now that it's all set up, though, it works like a dream. What a handsome piece of kit!
 
Just got a Platform X+ to use as a motorless CC controller in Logic and getting things to behave was more difficult than I'd imagined. I think it mostly came down to not liking to be plugged in anywhere but directly into the computer, and without a USB extender... which necessitated some juggling on my part. YMMV.

Now that it's all set up, though, it works like a dream. What a handsome piece of kit!
Great intel, thank you!
 
Just got a Platform X+ to use as a motorless CC controller in Logic and getting things to behave was more difficult than I'd imagined. I think it mostly came down to not liking to be plugged in anywhere but directly into the computer, and without a USB extender... which necessitated some juggling on my part. YMMV.

Now that it's all set up, though, it works like a dream. What a handsome piece of kit!
Hi Kmaster, could you please describe how you got this working? I also have X+ and want to use that as a consumer defined midi controller. I think I tried everything (also following the official video tutorial on the icon website), and connected it directly to the iMac. The re-designed button do function, but I can't get any CC1, etc out of the fader. Very frustrating...
Thanks!
 
I'm using a platform x as a simple fader box. Disabled all the the lights and motorized faders. I just use it to control CC data. Works great for that purpose. You can create your own mapping for the device quite simply.
Hi, could you please explain how you did this setup? How did you disable lights and faders?
I also have a X+ which I want to use as midi fader box (I'm working on iMac with Cubase pro 11). Tried everything I think, but can't get any CC1 etc out of the faders (changing the buttons do work good on the other hand)
Thanks!
 
Hi Kmaster, could you please describe how you got this working? I also have X+ and want to use that as a consumer defined midi controller. I think I tried everything (also following the official video tutorial on the icon website), and connected it directly to the iMac. The re-designed button do function, but I can't get any CC1, etc out of the fader. Very frustrating...
Thanks!
I set up the custom mapping with the Platform_M+_and_X+ application (which also requires a power cycle after sending the settings). Then I open up Logic and it works!

When you power the device on, make sure you are indeed using setup #4; double-check page 2 (⌘2) of your Audio/MIDI Setup to verify it is indeed connected, and make sure that you don't have any Control Surface setup in Logic that is trying to intercept what your custom mapping is sending.
 
I set up the custom mapping with the Platform_M+_and_X+ application (which also requires a power cycle after sending the settings). Then I open up Logic and it works!

When you power the device on, make sure you are indeed using setup #4; double-check page 2 (⌘2) of your Audio/MIDI Setup to verify it is indeed connected, and make sure that you don't have any Control Surface setup in Logic that is trying to intercept what your custom mapping is sending.
Thanks again!
Although I work in Cubase, set-up must be quite the same. I tried what you suggest (disconnect all other controllers and double check Divice Setup), but no success: the re-asigned buttons (note-on) works, the faders (CC) don't. Just can't find out why...
 
i have the M+ with d2 display and while its an excellent solid device, I hate how it doesn't autobank in cubase, selling mine at the moment for £225 and gonna go for the console one fader instead (which follows track (autobanks)
 
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