How to dupicate a MIDI controller, but with a different MIDI input?

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Hi folks,

Imagine the following scenario:

I have a 25 note MIDI keyboard controller, with each white and black key mapped to a different key command in Cubase.

Let’s say the maker is “Roland” and the model is “ABC”.

Now, I have another 25 note controller (let’s say it’s from “Korg” and the model is “XYZ”), and i want to have this controller transmit the exact same key commands. Obviously i could just create the XYZ controller from scratch, but i want to avoid that extra work.

So, i need to somehow duplicate the ABC contoller, change the MIDi input from ABC to XYZ, and i should be good to go, right!?

Problem is, i can’t work out how i do this in practice.

I’m quite well versed with how the MIDI controller set-up works and also about the file structure involved.

Does anyone have any idea how to go about this?

Thanks!

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You might have some success by carefully cloning the folder and included json file in the Driver Scripts > Local folder.

The main trick would be to change the manufacturer/vendor name and device/model name in the cloned folder and file names as well as inside the json file.

EDIT: And also change the input and output port names to reflect the second device.

p.s. The vendor and model/device names can be anything you like.

EDIT 2: Removed the stuff that became irrelevant in light of the OP choosing a totally different approach.

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Thanks, i didn’t think about getting inside the duplicated JSON and actually changing the manu / model names there.

Will try that and report back!

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This will fail if the other controller simply sends different midi CCs. Many times, when we place our controllers in their Mackie mode, they will send similar messages though.

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The other controller will send the exact same CCs, the only difference is that they come in via a different MIDI input.

So i guess if i also change the MIDI input in the JSON, i should be good to go, right?

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Certainly!

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Alrighty, just in case anyone else is wanting to do the same thing, i found an alternative solution.

I used MIDI-OX to first merge the inputs of the two controllers.

This then outputs to a virtual loopMIDI port (not sure if that was an unnecessary step, but i couldn’t work out how to create a MIDI-OX port that Cubase could see).

I then edited the JSON (in Cubase\MIDI Remote\Driver Scripts\Local\make\model), changing the old MIDI port to the newly created loopMIDI port and, hey presto, it works!