midimouse 0.4 review

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midimouse is a small, easy-to-use and very simple program.

License: Freeware
OS: Mac OS X
File size: 442K
Developer: zeichensprecher
Price: $0.00
Updated: 25 Mar 2006
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midimouse is a small, easy-to-use and very simple program. It sends MIDI-controller-messages (CC) by moving the mouse over its window. While moving the cursor (with or without mouseDown) over the X-/Y-axxis, each axxis sends a CC, so you might send values within up to 4 configurable Controllers.

So, what's it for if you've never heard of CC's?

You can make music with it! Just connect it as a MIDI-Controller (input) to your hardware-synthesizers or software-programs and you can control the effects by moving your mouse — on a small screensize or even on full screen. If midimouse is in “click-trough” mode, you can even still reach the underlying controls!

Here are some key features of "midimouse":
Easy set-up
(default CC's on CH 1: 12+13 without and 14+15 with mouseDown)
CC Numbers are changeable
Non-Activating window, so the current application remains the frontmost one, even if you click on midimouse's window
Transparent window (0% - 95%), so you can see what's below.

A demonstration video is available on the developer's site.

(Note: You need additional software to make musik. midimouse does NOT produce any sound!)

Note: midimouse 0.3 for Mac OS X 10.3 is still available for download on the developer's site!

What's New:
Clickthrough-Mode” to reach underlying controls
(great for small laptop screens)!
Stunning Quartz-Composer window visualisation effects (optional)!

Requirements:
Installed MIDI driver
Any MIDI software (otherwise midimouse is quite useless...).

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