MIDI Designer Pro X 4+

Custom MIDI Controller

Confusion Studios LLC

Designed for iPad

    • 4.7 • 61 Ratings
    • Free
    • Offers In-App Purchases

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Description

Make the perfect MIDI controller for your music-making gear with MIDI Designer Pro X. Or, customize a community-shared MIDI remote MIDI controller for your needs.

MIDI Designer Pro X (MDPx) is the culmination of over a decade of continuous improvements. In 2012, we launched MIDI Designer Pro, which we relaunched in 2016 as MIDI Designer Pro 2. MDP2 was the first and only professional-grade MIDI controller built natively for iOS, earning widespread critical acclaim. Since launch, we have released over 80 updates, greatly expanding features and functionality. Our library of user-created content now covers over 300 MIDI targets covering a vast array of music-making gear and software. In 2024, we take a significant leap forward with MDPx. This release elevates the user experience to new heights on iPad and Mac -- including a new, expressive theme called "Spaceship" -- while advancing usability massively for iPhone users. A new subscription model — Premium — allows even more users to use the App in their music-making and discover the App Store's best MIDI controller for themselves.

*** Capabilities ***
• Control all MIDI-enabled hardware and software: keyboards, synths, effects, pedals, DAWs, plug-ins, DJ, VJ & lighting rigs, other iOS apps, robots, cruise ships, rail guns, particle accelerators
• Solid MIDI Communications Infrastructure: Sets the industry standard for reliable and robust MIDI interactions over Network, Bluetooth and USB.
• Active Community of Authors: A vibrant ecosystem supporting legacy and current music synthesizers, sound engines, DAWs, and all MIDI-controlled devices.
• Extensive User Layout Library: More than 350 layouts for over 80 manufacturers, contributed by the Community.
• Comprehensive Support: Whether you’re just starting or tackling complex MIDI implementations, with the Community we are here to assist.
• MIDI Designer’s ‘Superpowers’: A suite of powerful features exclusive to MIDI Designer that we have developed over the last 10+ years, including:
• Ableton Link and Link Control Loopers
• Supercontrols and subcontrols as the basis for many features (with no scripting!):
• Snap sub to value over time
• Sequential subs
• Subcontrol chaining
• Button groups (radio buttons) with Bounceback™
• Steppers
• Live Transpose
• Group Presets
• Named Ticks
• Accelerometer
• Simplified Sysex Messages with variables and bit changers
• Snap to Value over Time
• Global Presets
• Pedalboards
• Popup Panels (Show/Hide)
• Two-up Page Layout for iPad/Mac
• Streambyter Plugin by Audeonic for advanced MIDI transformation

MDPx is easy to use, infinitely flexible and customizable, and battle-tested in performance. It's the only professional-grade MIDI controller built from the ground up for iOS to control ANYTHING via MIDI.

* * * * * dream | create | play * * * * *

*** Community ***
The MIDI Designer Community has built layouts for popular MIDI targets. Here are just a few:
• Ableton Live
• Air Music Tech: Xpand!2
• Arturia: Synclavier V, Analog Lab 4
• Audiofier: Riffendium
• Chase Bliss: Mood MKII, Reverse Mode C, Thermae
• Clavia: NORD LEAD 4
• DSI: Prophet 12
• Elektron: Octatrack MKII
• E-MU: Planet Phatt
• Eventide: Pitchfactor, Modfactor
• Fractal: Axe-FX
• Hauptwerk: St. Anne's Symphonic Organ
• Kawai: K1, K1r
• Korg: Volca Series, 707
• Line 6: POD X3, POD XT, POD HD500, POD Go
• Meris: Enzo, Polymoon
• M-Audio: Venom
• Novation: MiniNova
• Moog: Voyager, Animoog, Little Phatty, Slim Phatty, MF-104m Analog Delay
• Omnisphere
• Pigtronix: Infinity Looper
• Roland: Jupiter-Xm, RD-2000, RD-88, FA-06/FA-07/FA-08, RD-2000, VG-99, JX-3P, JX-8P, MKS-30, MKS-50, MKS-80
• Sample Logic: Morphestra 2
• Sonokinetic: Noir
• Soundiron: Steel Tones
• TC Electronic: Nova Drive NDR-1
• ValhallaDSP: ÜberMod, VintageVerb, FreqEcho, Shimmer, Room
• Yamaha: DX7 (TX7), TQ5, SY77 (TG77), DX21, Reface DX, AN200/PLG-100AN/AN1X

*** Find Out More ***
Web: midiDesigner.com/mdpx
Facebook: /midiDesigner
IG/TT: @midiDesigner
YouTube: @mididesigner
Community Layouts: midiDesigner.com/community
Manual: midiDesigner.com/manual

What’s New

Version 10.6.3

Welcome MIDI Designer users to our 95th update to the App Store's best MIDI controller: MIDI Designer Pro X (10.6.0).

10.6.0 is a service release.
• Presets for Groups: Reworked Save using Store Button
• Presets for Groups: Fixed Play Mode storage without entering Design Mode
• Various crash fixes (nearing 99.999% uptime in performance)
• Fixes for "not displayed" displaying in Mac menus (Sonoma changes, bad Apple!)
• Fixes for label sizes for autosized labels on multiple control adds on iPad/Mac
• Say goodbye to MailChimp, say hello to Substack
• Fixes for Xcode 16 and iOS 18

In addition, we've added Search to the Browse page within the app. In addition, it runs another 15% faster (and up to 300x faster in certain cases).

Thanks!
MIDI Designer Team

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See midiDR.com/changelog for version history.

Ratings and Reviews

4.7 out of 5
61 Ratings

61 Ratings

Shantiaum ,

THE midi controller app !

I have bought and tried to use many, if not all of the midi controller apps out there, many of which are incredible in their own right but for me, difficult to actually implement and use creatively. However this incredible app is SO user friendly. The UI and workflow have been created to place minimum pressure and thought cycles on the user, allowing a creative musician to just DO the things they want to to without having to think too much, or too mechanically and allow for an intuitive process to aid your music making. I just can’t say enough good things about this app. Generally I would not use iOS apps in my performances on big stages as they are just not reliable enough, but I have used this for several years on stage and it’s never let me down yet. Worth every penny. Great works!

mr_karlos ,

The best featured MIDI Controller for Eurorack

I spent most of the last 5 days building a touch controller for my Eurorack. I started with OSC but stopped using that when I discovered it doesn’t do 14 bit CC, SysEx or anything than basic messages. I looked at a few others but these again had limited implementation.
I found MidiDesigner and it has almost everything I need!
It does Regular cc, 14 bit cc, nrpn, sysex, midi transport. When I finished doing the basics I wanted one button to send a mute to the others, it has that! And it has presets! This is great on Eurorack, I can setup my CV modulators and save them, really lots of potential.
I use my setup with an Expert Sleepers ES-9, the FH-1 and a couple of Disting MK4s.
All editing is done on the iPad, it has CoreMidi and midi over Bluetooth LE.

Rjhclh ,

Don’t underestimate this!!!!!

This app is amazing, I keep trying different hardware midi controllers, and they never quite do what I want - this just gets better and better the more I dig in to its possibilities. I use this on an iPad Pro 12” in split screen mode. I love rocking up at a venue, with just my ipad pro, using their master keyboard - all my sounds and how I access them all on the ipad, all controlled from the LH part of my screen - MIDI DESIGNER PRO2 - love it!

App Privacy

The developer, Confusion Studios LLC, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.

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The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:

  • Identifiers
  • Usage Data
  • Diagnostics

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