Here it is folks, at long last!
Before using the editor, you will need to update the firmware on your Guitar Wing.
Instructions for the update are in a separate forum announcement:
http://forum.lividinstruments.com/discussion/19049/guitar-wing-firmware-update
Download the Guitar Wing Editor here:
Guitar Wing Editor 1.00 - Mac OS X (10.6+)
Guitar Wing Editor 1.00 - Ubuntu (12.04+)
Guitar Wing Editor 1.00 - Windows (7+)
Once you have updated to the new firmware, and your Wing is connected sending MIDI, open the editor.
In the very bottom left status bar you will see "USB Connected to Wing".
If the Wing controls on the screen are yellow, you are not connected to the Wing.
Check out this video for a quick walk through of the editor:
http://youtu.be/fB0RfgAnPaE
(EDIT: 11/11/14 - Added Link for Ubuntu (verified working on 12.04 and 14.04))
(EDIT: 11/11/14 - Updated Links to v0.23 (from v0.21))
(EDIT: 12/05/14 - Updated Links to v0.28 (from v0.23))
(EDIT: 01/12/15 - Updated Links to v0.31 (from v0.28))
(EDIT: 01/22/15 - Updated Links to v1.00 (from v0.31))
Comments
Thanks guys. Checking it out now.
Thanks guys. Got my head wrapped around it, it's getting the job done. Back to editing and playing guitar, then :)
I'm glad this is happening - i'm sure that you guys are working on it, but i would love to see a "connect button" similar to what is in the firmware app - actually inside the wing editor, as i often have connection issues.
One other request - I don't know if this is possible. It would be great to assign the buttons to qwerty key commands, customisable key commands if at all possible - e.g. press a button, and trigger, say, "apple+shift+b"
Thanks for the feedback TomG!
We are looking into an auto-connect routine and adding a button to do exactly that in the editor.
Yes we will be fixing the text in the drop downs, the next version will have a darker grey background in the drop downs, similar to how the Windows build is now.
I'm not sure if the qwerty key request is possible but I love the idea!
Wow - that was quick!
> TomG said: > One other request - I don't know if this is possible. It would be great to assign the buttons to qwerty key commands, customisable key commands if at all possible - e.g. press a button, and trigger, say, "apple+shift+b"
> Mark said: > Thanks for the feedback TomG!
We are looking into an auto-connect routine and adding a button to do exactly that in the editor.
djk314 -Thanks for the tip about controllermate - i'll check it out!
I see the update has presets. A very good function to have. Wouldn't it um be cool if you could use them like Banks? Switch to a preset on the fly with a midi pc. Just up and or down even. Not that 14 controllers isn't enough. Just thinking out loud.
Editor is working great so far, thanks!
Hi Moon,
Thanks for that, uunfortunately it doesn't quite get me the functionality I need. Increment/decrement is useful but only lets me recall up to 3 scenes stored sequentially. I use the 8 scenes as a substitute for 8 patches so I need instant recall of all 8 scenes at any point in time. Custom mapping to scenes/preset recalls a specific scene when a particular preset is activated, which is useful but also not quite what I need.
It's not a deal breaker by any chance, I have a floor controller anyway, but it would be another handy function in the editor which (I would imagine) doesn't pose a significant technical hurdle in implementing (albeit for a very niche purpose). Thanks for taking the time to look through the manual for options though, much appreciated!
@adamqlw I have an Axe Fx II also and I'm curious how you have it communicating to the AXE. Are you using a midi-usb host or thru a laptop? I'd like to experiment with a laptop first before buying a midi-usb host if thats possible. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Out of a laptop you can use a USB to MIDI converter:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=USB+to+MIDI
There are many cheap options.
Duh, I guess I could use my midisport 2x2, right?
I think that'll do it!
Thanks Mark for your time in answering me. I'm wondering why I couldn't use the USB connection between the AXE and computer instead of using a midi interface. Maybe I need to use Bome's midi software to establish communication between the AXE and GW. I'll post my findings after I mess with this tonight.
You can also try MIDI-OX for that simple task
I use Bome/MIDIPipe/MidiOx depending on my platform, so through a computer.
Excellent work, folks - works very nicely. Looking forward to whatever other developments you have in mind for it!
Hello Folks;
The sensitivity setting has no effect on my guitar wing. The big buttons are always a bit too unresponsive. This doesn't change at all with the sensitivity setting.
Another thing I noticed: I can not set the off color of the "middle finger" rectangular button to blue, purple, cyan or white.
Don't know if this showed up anywhere else or if it's a known issue (or if I'm just misunderstanding how it's supposed to work) but on the Mac OSX version of the Guitar Wing Editor the drop down menu does not seem to include all options listed above. Not a big deal, just a detail I thought might be worth mentioning before release.
So far so good, haven't had time for rigorous testing but the reconnect function is much better. Thanks, looking forward to the next evolution!
Hi guys! I finally updated my firmware & played around on the newest editor. Awesome!
Hello!
Hi again.
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