Lab4Music Sipario Midi Command Center

[TomKittel]

I just found this handy little Midi helper:

 

http://www.lab4music.it/index.php?lang=EN

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ElmerJFudd]

Caught this post recently, saw it didn't get much notice. But I looked into the Sipario box. It looks really useful and more featured (out of the box hardware wise for its purpose) than an iPad with MIDI routing software.

 

http://www.lab4music.it/img/sipario-front.png

 

 

This is what it does:

> Send program change.

 

> Send control change.

 

> Send system exclusive.

 

> Customizing dinamic curve.

 

> Midi merge external clock.

 

> Send midi start/stop/continue.

 

> Remapping of velocity.

 

> Dynamic layer according to the velocity.

 

> Filter out and remap control change.

 

> Sounds transpose.

 

> Filter out input midi channel.

 

> Automation on control change.

 

> Midi clock internal generation.

 

> Advanced management of sustain.

 

> Backup/Recall of scenes on USB memory stick.

 

> Up to 8 levels of splits and layers.

 

Andrea Girbaudo in the videos below is using a Roland FP-30 which of course is a pretty stripped down stage digital piano. Not even line outs, just headphone. And no 5pin MIDI, just USB. The FP-30 has the PHA-4 Standard w/ escapement, 5 velocity curves. It's only 51.18" wide and weighs 31lbs 2oz - $699.99.

 

Well, obviously the FP-30 is poo for anything except being pretty light, fairly short and not too heavy. As sound source he's using the GSi Gemini dual DSP desktop which covers a lot of bread and butter sounds quite well. He's using the Sipario to send program changes, do splits/layers and transpose octaves obviously, but maybe some other stuff too. Gives the FP-30 lots of features it wouldn't have otherwise at it's price point, $319 in the US (Amazon will tell you where to get it in the US).

 

OT - videos also give you an idea of what a Gemini desktop sounds like in small band/keyboard trio context.

 

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[SteveQB]

This does look like a great product. If I was using a hardware only rig (e.g. not MainStage) it would definitely be on my interest list. I am surprised it only has one USB port though. Two would have been handy for a dual KB setup (especially lower end controllers that may not have midi ports). I wonder if a hub could be connected and multiple controllers connected to the hub? Would rely on being able to set each to its own midi channel on the controller itself I suppose