Mira Controller 4+
Cycling '74
Designed for iPad
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- $12.99
iPad Screenshots
Description
New update features support kiosk usage and the live.meter~ object. Mira is the best companion app for Max by Cycling '74. Instantly create an interface to your patch.
Mira Controller is the perfect companion app for Max by Cycling ‘74. Whatever you build in Max, you’ll see the results immediately in Mira. Work with a wide selection of Max UI objects including multislider, meter~ and umenu. Also supports the mira.multitouch object, which receives multiple touches and handles taps, swipes, pinches and rotations, as well as mira.motion, which receives accelerometer data. You can also work with Ableton Live specific objects like live.grid and live.meter~, so you can design a custom iPad interface for your Max for Live device. Whether you connect via Wifi or USB, connect to Max with no setup or network configuration.
Mira gives you lots of options to build the perfect interface. Just drop a mira.frame object into your Max patch for each region that you’d like to see on your iPad. You can choose whether you’d like to view objects as they would appear in patching or presentation mode. New in the latest version, you can also have Mira connect to Max as soon as it launches. This makes Mira ideal for use in installations or as part of a museum display.
Mira controls any number of Max patches on any number of computers. You can also use multiple copies of Mira to control a single patch. Any instance of mira.frame can be controlled with the Mira iOS app, or from a web site using Miraweb.
- Automatically control any number of patches from your device
- Use mira.frame objects to define viewable regions in your patch. Each frame shows up as a tab in Mira.
- Support the majority of standard Max UI objects.
- Use the mira.multitouch object for gestural control
- Use the mira.motion object to send accelerometer data from your device
- Multiple instances of Mira can control a single patch for collaborative performance
- Works over WiFi, an ad-hoc network, or USB connection (Mac only)
Mira Controller for Max is for users of Max by Cycling ‘74 only. Mira requires OS X 10.6 or higher, or Windows 7/8. It also requires Max version 6.1.4 or higher. Mac USB connectivity requires Max 7.2.4 or higher.
What’s New
Version 1.2.18
We are adding two new Mira options specifically for kiosk and installation displays. The “Hide Config Menu” option will disable the menu button that normally enables the user to connect and disconnect from various instances of Max. The other option includes “Connect to USB Automatically” and “Connect to WiFi Automatically.” As you can guess, these options will cause Mira to connect to local Max instances without needing to open the setup menu. These settings, available from the Mira section of the Settings app, make it easier to use Mira for public displays without the added risk of users accidentally disturbing the configuration.
This version of Mira supports live.meter~, which provides finer detail than the standard meter~ and a lingering clipping indicator We hope that live.meter~ support will make it easier to build the interfaces that you want with Mira.
Finally, we’ve made numerous small tweaks to Mira, resolving a handful of display and stability bugs.
Ratings and Reviews
Prepare to be moderately amazed… and hugely disappointed
This is, hands-down, the easiest way to map an iPad control surface to a Max patcher. The fact that it's also easy to map multiple Mira frames (even from multiple open patchers) onto tabs within Mira sweetens the pot, and the ability to connect multiple iPads to those patchers is sheer brilliance. There are even ways to tap into massive streams of realtime data coming from the iPad's position controls and from user-defined multi-touch areas. Amazing!
However, the current version supports a ridiculously small subset of Max's UI components. I didn't keep an exact count, but so few that after a short time I became amazed when a dragged a UI object from the Explorer into the Mira frame and it actually showed up. Only the most basic objects are available for the most part (and some of those appear in altered form.)
As a result, NONE of my existing patchers are usable with Mira as is — too many missing components. Not only that, but I'd have to rethink parts of them rather than just tweak… too many faithful standbys are missing (preset? matrixctrl? umenu? really?) If I'm to use Mira as is in a real-world context — and I ~will~ try — don't get me wrong — I feel that I'm going to have to design patchers from the ground up with its (pretty severe) limitations in mind.
All that being said, this will absolutely get a glowing 5 stars from me once the majority, rather a skeleton crew, of components is supported.
Mira is awesome
Love Mira! I wish it supported more UI objects or even jsui, but it’s so easy to use and super fun.
Abandoned?
No updates in two years. Feels pretty much abandoned. Used to be good, but now it is very outdated.
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Information
- Seller
- Cycling '74
- Size
- 11.5 MB
- Category
- Music
- Compatibility
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- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 9.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2013-2020 Cycling '74
- Price
- $12.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.