Hello there! I’m new to MIDI and the Morningstar ecosystem. I started with a Love my Mc8 Pro to control my fractal gear.
I’m hoping someone can guide me on how to control YouTube with my Mc8 Pro via Bluetooth on my Mac. The AIRSTEP offers a similar feature, and I’d like to replicate it with my Mc8 Pro. However, I’m unsure about making the connection and programming keystrokes. I’m also confused about the requirement for both press and release actions for a press command. (Note indicating this is required in the editor
If someone could walk me through creating the play/pause function by programming a spacebar keystroke, I’d be able to figure out the rest.
I’m new to MIDI controlling, so please be patient and detailed.
Thanks in advance!
Hey there. The short answer is that you can’t send keystrokes from the MC8 Pro using Bluetooth MIDI; this can only be done by using a hardwired USB connection.
The longer answer: you can’t transmit keystrokes via Bluetooth MIDI on any device. The Airstep supports sending keystrokes via regular Bluetooth (using the HID protocol) but not via Bluetooth MIDI…these are different protocols. The only way you could control anything on your Mac via Bluetooth MIDI and keystrokes is by using software (such as Keyboard Maestro or BOME) to convert MIDI to keystrokes.
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Thank you. Would I then simply connect via USB after creating a preset (with my desired keystroke commands), and it should then control YouTube?
There is an approach that will allow you to do this with Bluetooth.
You can run a program on your Mac that converts Midi to keystrokes. You send midi from the MC8Pro to your Mac and the app translates the midi to the keystrokes to control Youtube.
One such app is Better Touch Tool, but you can likely find something else that’s simpler.
To see the basic (but not all) keystrokes that YouTube supports, press ? while looking at a youtube video:
Playback
Toggle play/pause
k
Rewind 10 seconds
j
Fast forward 10 seconds
l
Previous video
P (SHIFT+p)
Next video
N (SHIFT+n)
Previous frame (while paused)
,
Next frame (while paused)
.
Decrease playback rate
< (SHIFT+,)
Increase playback rate
> (SHIFT+.)
Seek to specific point in the video (7 advances to 70% of duration)
0..9
Seek to previous chapter
OPTION + ←
Seek to next chapter
OPTION + →
You can also install a browser extension to add more control.
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