TouchOSC Mk1

I bought this mainly to work on ableton live and reaktor. I had some problems loading the templates via wifi and had to import them to my ipad using i tunes. The app connected to my PC flawlessly and the liveremote template works very well with ableton live. I could not get this app to co exist with my other controllers, which i see as a limitation (unlike touchable which works well with all other midi controllers hooked up to my pc). The editor is very similar to jazz mutant's lemur editor- you can customize knobs, faders e.t.c, but evrything needs to be designed and set up properly which can be time consuming but your effort is suitably rewarded. The hexler website does not have many templates and there are folks who sell templates for $10 and above- which i find ridiculous. You get the app for $5 and templates for double that price?? Overall its a great app and for $5 a real no brainer. Touch Able has greater potential but you pay 5 times more. with both the apps the usability depends very much on how well the ableton live set is pre designed. With touch OSC you can control any OSC program which extends its usability.

The best implementation so far with the variety of controls and the ability to customize controls with the editor. Definately worth spending on if you do performances or are on the look out for controllers. Definitely a way to step up your game.

Al cambiar a un iPad de última generación, no detectaba el host. La solución fue buscar la app en la configuración del iPad y permitir el acceso a la red

I’ve tried everything, followed the online “manual” (such as it is) and TouchOSC from my iPad will not send any midi control to Ableton Live. Installed TouchOSC Bridge on my desktop PC… multiple times, TouchOSC finds TouchOSC Bridge my desktop, connects to it with no issue, configured Ableton Live to correctly to send and receive MIDI using the TouchOSC Bridge but no midi commands from sent from my iPad using TouchOSC register in Ableton Live. I have wasted HOURS fighting with this app, did send in a contact request but as of yet no response. Even at one point installed Protokol, using the OSC protocol was able to see the midi messages being sent but STILL… no midi changes in Ableton. I WANT MY FIVE DOLLARS BACK!!!!

Instead of providing existing users with an update or special price for the new version the developer just renamed it and ABANDONED existing users!

The documentation is lacking, and I was not able to get this software working with touch bridgeOSC. Couldn’t find any recent tutorials on getting this to work, either. It’s a shame because this software has so much promise and I really want to love it, but the barrier to entry is just too high to make it worth it right now

This is an incredibly useful app. It works great for designing templates and triggering MIDI commands from a custom layout. It needs some polish though. Lots of little annoyances are present, like screen rotation issues, a clunky app interface, and a companion layout design app that has been neglected for years. Overall, I would 100% recommend this app. I just wish the developers would put a little more time into cleaning up the user experience.

After reading some of the reviews I had high hopes for this as a control surface on my pc for Ableton and other software. However I cannot gets the OSC portion of the software to work. Core midi works just fine, but as the editor will not sync via the bridge I’m stuck with a bunch of templates that won’t work, especially for Ableton Live. Tech support is responsive but not helping with the main issue and by the looks of it I’m far from alone in it not syncing properly via OSC. If I get resolution I’ll update my review, but for now 2 stars as at least I can use a few templates in other software.

At least it was for me. Somewhat obsessed with midi controllers and had been tweaking a live loops set up and for some time just always had that 1 button or command that I didn’t want to have to press. I have had like 5-6 of the more well known midi to daw controllers (notation, Akai) and still use those plenty. But this app magnificently does things that none of those controllers can do. This helped me creatively, technically and now I have a lot more flexibility to do more interesting thing in my sets and continue the exploration. I have never written a review before - this app is a must have if you do anything with MIDI

Not detecting my OSC message on MAX on my laptop despite being on same WiFI network.