IOS Accessibility Switch Control using guitar wing

Gurbz

Hi, I noticed I can assign bluetooth midi device buttons from the guitar wing to switches for IOS accessibility Switch control.

(IOS Preferences --> Accessibility-->Switch Control)

However: after turning switch control ON the buttons do not respond.

When assigning and using a keystroke on a apple bluetooth keyboard the switch control will work.

Quesion: I assume it's a matter of the difference between a keystroke and the output of a midi button on the guitar wing.

How do I set this up properly?

Cheers,

Gurbz

Livid Support

Hi Gurbz,

From what I read in the documentation, this feature only supports HID commands (and not MIDI).

I was not able to use Guitar Wing on it's own, but I was able to use a MIDI to Keystroke Converter (in this case midiStroke 1.4) to get Guitar Wing to Control items using Switch Control. 

http://charlie-roberts.com/midiStroke/

After downloading midiStroke, I connected the computer to Guitar Wing, then I ran the app, and in the left hand panel I set up each Guitar Wing button.

0. In midiStroke, toward the bottom of the GUI, there is a drop-down box labled 'src', where I selected Guitar Wing's MIDI Port.

1. I pushed the '+' button on the left hand side, then changed the number to '36', and set the value to '0.

- Value 0 sets it to trigger on 'release' of the button.

2. I pushed the '+' button on the right hand side, and set a keystroke for that button.

I then tested that the button worked with the 'Switch Control' feature, and then I moved on to the next button.

(Note: Guitar Wing uses notes 36 through 49, and a few others.)

http://wiki.lividinstruments.com/wiki/Guitar_Wing#MIDI_Map

Let us know if we can help you more with this!

 

Gurbz

This is friggin’ awesome support! Thanks so much, I ‘m gonna try this! Will be continued.

Gurbz

Yes, nailed it! Thanks for support!

Gurbz

So the results: it is possible to create wireless switch for IOS switch control. The midi data has to be a midi note data that stays on (no off). This way it is possible to control almost any app on a IOS device through a midi controller. (At first this didn’t work because it was not clear which data to send.)

Livid Support

Thanks for the update, that's fantastic!

Gurbz

yeah, it is! Correction: it must be a midi note on/off. 

When using recipes and custom gestures instead of item or point scanning it is possible to create precise virtual overlays and virtual midi buttons triggers.

In this case I'm already perfecting this for the older line 6 amp simulator app (that's actually sounding good and is stable): 

- I have 10 banks x 10 presets (100 midi assignable presets);

- I can assign an stomp box mode and turn on boost, chorus etc (7 assigns) in each preset

- I can switch on a tuner.

And all this by wireless midi and a bit imagination. It's pretty DIY MIDI to the core.