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Robust, customizable, advanced and very easy to use. Highly recommend it

So far so good! Used it to send sysex midi commands to control the organ drawbars, Leslie, etc. on the Integra 7 and it’s been working well. I still have more to investigate regarding other uses. Show more

The software has so much potential, but is held back by the cluttered and ugly templates provided with it. Please provide more streamlined button-only templates, provide blank templates, forget the awful color schemes, and follow standard apple app methodology for the menu structure. Templates shared between different iPad sizes don’t scale gracefully as they should. There is also no reason at all to restrict controls to one MIDI message type and make the max MIDI sequence length so short. I would rather use an app that has a simple grid of screen buttons with easy access to MIDI learning functions and that’s it. 90% of the rest of this app just gets in the way by trying to be everything to everyone. Show more

MidiDesigner Pro is the best midi controller app for Virtual Organs such as Hauptwerk (HW) and GrandOrgue (GO). Its capabilities are far better than traditional organ controller interfaces such as Touchscreen Monitors, Launchpad, Touch OSC, Luna Display, etc. Coupled with Stream Byter it allows many enhanced functions not possible with HW or GO by themselves. While there is a bit of learning curve, it is worth it. I have developed such layouts as custom button placement, master generals and Combo steppers with PreSet starting steps to allow one touch selection and Up/Down sequencing of steps, Automatic registration setting, etc, None of this functionality would be possible without MidiDesigner Pro. I have worked with several organists to develop layouts for different organs who are extremely happy with using MDP. I have strong recommendations for organists to try it out. Show more

Midi Designer frees your board from the limitations of its built in displays and controls. Tired of working presets, eq, compressor, etc., on the micro LCD screen. Turn your iPad into a much larger interface and display. It lets you remix the controls in a way the manufacturer never envisioned. They gave you four sliders, you need eight. The functions you need in performance are scattered across eight pages? Bring them into one. Not guaranteed, but you might find capabilities that you did not know exist. There may be a pre-existing layout for your board in the library. To make most use of MD, you are going to learn some details of Midi. In the process, you will learn much about your board. And you have a very active developer, likely to respond rapidly to a comment or question. What other app do you own where that happens. Yes, I am biased, I love this app. Show more

MidiDesigner is a snap to create in and an excellent way to unlock potential in my older hardware synths. The more I use MD, the more I’m discovering nifty workflow tricks. I do wish that we had more of a library of graphical user elements, but there is the ability to import custom graphics if needed. I love that it supports NRPN as well as SYSEX. And the pedalboard feature is great too, as it lets me tie my hardware controllers to MD, which then controls another physical synth. With MIDI learn, this basically converts a simple MIDI CC control surface or MIDI foot pedals into a customized hardware SYSEX controller. You no longer need rare, expensive antique devices or obscure, convoluted legacy software to get at the innards of old classic vintage gear. Just use the knobs and buttons on your current gear for immediate hands on remote control of whatever else you have connected via MIDI. You don’t even have to touch the iPad at this point, as it’s just functioning as a dynamic scribble strip while you twiddle physical knobs or step on pedals. The bonus is that MD works on older iPads too. My iOS 13 iPad Pro wirelessly talks to my used iPad2 still on iOS 7. What this means is one iPad is physically connected via USB to my Kronos (and therefore via MIDI to the rest of my rig), and I can meanwhile walk around with another iPad and continue sound designing as the Kronos plays itself and my rig via KARMA. No computers needed... long live MIDI! Dev support has been quick and helpful, and the MD user community has dozens of designs for download. I’m super grateful I found MD. Show more

(Still Works) It appears Midi Designer has usurped the top position in Screen Time. After simply fiddling with the app for a few years, I can’t get enough of it. Making simple controllers for both hardware and software synths, they become mine in the sense of custom control and a breath of new life that inspires creativity. Show more

This app is a beast. I initially had a few issues, but was quickly contacted by the developer who solved my issues. This thing is a power house for midi solutions and I actually really enjoy nerving out on the set up. Show more

it’s a mystery to me why, with apps available like this, synths like the Alpha Juno are selling for almost 1/10th the price of e.g. the Juno-106.

Midi Designer Pro 2 has helped me control an older Wavedrum that required sysex to have access to all of its parameters. My desktop daw couldn’t send sysex. No problem now. MDP2 can convert any MIDI information. This was crucial to what I do and I am very grateful this app exists. Show more

I was really frustrated that one of my favorite Moog synthesizers had no iPad app for deeper controls and, even simply easily knowing which preset I was on. iOS is mainly where I do my midi sequencing, synth patch editing. So it was annoying to have to unplug the iPad rig and hook up a computer. A few hours of setup (and a good bit of that was me wanting it to be cosmetically matching the synth) and I have a fully functional ‘app’ to control stuff with. If you understand midi, I dont think it is a bad learning curve. Only thing I had to hunt online for guidance for was more advanced, changing the midi channel of the whole panel with one button. Found a dev tutorial easy though. Show more

Two months without an update, so still a mess on the iPad Pro and the open in share sheet doesn’t work (can only load templates from a Mac via iTunes, not from files app). Otherwise, this app is five stars. A shame it’s not getting love from the developer. Show more

Much good in the thinking and design here. Fun to use and to make original layouts. So why is the Browse screen so awful? First you get page after page of thumbnails that are useless to pick from unless you already know what the one you want looks like. Then you get page after page of an index that is sort of organized but still a pain to navigate. I say page after page but all of this is only actually on one single enormous page that goes on and on and on. Please oh please fix this mess! It puts a cloud over the entire app. Show more

I can’t say enough good things about this app and the support. It is well designed and flexible. With a little help from the very responsive support team I was able to get a fully functional set of pages to provide realtime control of my Lexicon LXP-15. To get all the control I wanted I also added the StreamByter plug-in via an in-app purchase. This all on an old iPad 2. I will be expanding my performance layout to other devices ASAP. Long live MD! Show more

For people into tweaking MIDI this app is well ahead of the rest. It would be a fair statement to say that my expectations exceeded the limitations of the app. No demo version is available to check this out. Email to the developer went unanswered. Would have been happier with a simple “sorry..nothing we can do” as to no reply at all. Especially for an app in this price range. Show more

If you have the new iPad Pro, do not buy. This doesn’t display properly. The bottom of the screen is cut off.

Seriously guys, if you’re trying to work thru a complicated midi issue then this is the app for you. And the staff is superb. They have helped me work thru some weird things and I’m just thrilled to have these people behind this product. I’ve used the community layouts too and adapted them to my liking. Just awesome! Show more

This app can do so much, I use it to control all my guitar pedals with an iPad. There are a host of things I can do with MIDI Designer and the iPad that I cannot do with foot pedal midi controller. There is an active community for the app and a forum where you can download other users creations, which saved me a ton of time as well! I feel like I’ve only scratched the surface of what I can do with MIDI Designer. Excellent product!!! Show more

I actually bought TouchOSC and a few of the other MIDI design apps before looking at this one - scared off by the larger price tag. That was mistake, and one I am glad to have corrected by shifting all of my MIDI control needs to MIDI Designer Pro 2. There’s a pretty good wealth of community content available (a template for UNO Synth got me hooked), but if understand even basic MIDI principles, you’ll soon prefer to make your own controls. I created a template for my Roland TR-08 and was amazed how easy it was to put together and how everything just WORKED. There are even subtle touches, like how the drumpads or keys respond to velocity differently based on where you touch the pad. I’m mostly “function over form”, but there’s some great tools to help you make your projects look nicer if that interests you, as well. A lot of hardware synths have “hidden” features delegated to CC messages, or are simply difficult to execute on the face of the device. MIDI Designer Pro 2 allows you to reimagine both the programming and performance interface of your device - to set it up the way YOU want it. Support for Bluetooth LE MIDI connectivity is also appreciated. There’s some occasional stability/crash issues and I would like to see just a few more customization options for faders, knobs and pads. But this is an amazing app and really does not require you to be a MIDI expert to get going and create your own templates. Show more

Professional and sensible especially if you use MIDI a lot. One problem that took me a long time to figure out is Apples MIDI network has a bug with IPv6 so you have to shut it off in Terminal. Show more