Remote control for TX-6

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I made a website to control your tx-6 from a phone or computer. Useful for wireless control from across the room, or for reducing menu diving.

works with Bluetooth or USB - make sure midi input is enabled, and need to turn BLE on to find it for Bluetooth.

ideas/feedback encouraged. Have fun!

https://tx6.psimyn.com/

demo video

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This is just absolutely amazing.
Thank you so much. TE should hire you and put this into a standalone app.
I tried with bluefy browser on iOS and it works perfectly.

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This is so appreciated and so well done
Thank you!

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This is really nicely done. Any plans to develop this further? Adding an assignable lfo per page would be pretty neat. Maybe sine, ramp, triangle, square, and stepped random for useful shapes. The tax-6 is either receiving a clock or supplying one so the lfo can be timed per beat, bar, etc. Regardless thanks for sharing your interface development.

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absolutely! LFO is probably next on the list, will add a button below the FX section and have a similar overlay. Not sure if I am able to sync it with clock, the BPM knob sends relative values to increase/decrease BPM but doesn’t sync.

So for initial LFO I am thinking:

  1. param: vol, aux, fx1 send, cmp, filter, eqs, fx knob
  2. shape: sine, triangle, square, saw, random
  3. amplitude: 0-50 (or maybe to 100?)
  4. rate: frequency in Hz, either a knob or a text input. could prob show a bpm value here instead
  5. on/off toggle
  6. maybe a toggle to sync to play/stop (or just always do this)

let me know if you have any suggestions for this or other features

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I wanted to try your app on my iPad and I have the web midi app browser and it sends midi to the tx-6 however when I try using the tx-6 and your app I get the following error: connection failed: no midi usb output devices found. Can you give me any info on how to get this working I really want to try the LFO it looks great.

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using this one? ‎Web MIDI Browser on the App Store

is your tx-6 name set to something custom? (this might only affect Bluetooth though).

I just pushed a small change to try harder at connecting, I’ll test on an ios device this week

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Updates!

  • Piano keyboard for playing the synth
  • Rearranged layout by function
  • Better LFO visuals and timing, added PWM
  • Dark mode
  • Buttons for changing FX params (jump straight from small reverb to drone)
  • LFO for FX
  • Saves state, reset button in menu
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:star_struck: Wow, thanks!

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I’m sure there is something in doing wrong but I keep getting this error

Connection failed: Web Bluetooth
API not supported

I also get the same thing when I connect via usb cable.

Any help?

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Are you on iOS? You’ll need to use Bluefy browser, as Safari doesn’t support Bluetooth or web midi.

I’ve added a warning message for it now. Trying to get it compiled as an iOS app as well to make it easier

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I’m using this on iOS with BlueFly. Really nice. You’re an absolute star.

I’m finding that the LFO section’s tempo and play button go a bit bananas sometimes. Like it can take a while to pick up the tempo from the TX. And perhaps more troublesome is that the play/stop toggle can give a mind of its own whether or not the TX is in Play or Stop. What’s the app expecting in terms of TX-side tempo settings?

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Thanks! I have pushed a fix for this. It was interpreting some midi clock events as transport. That’s fixed, and clock should be a bit more responsive as well.

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Super update. This solved the transport problem, and also solved a problem where tempo went bananas when I tried to record over USB. Thanks very much!

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Question…..

Is the LFO section inside the tx-6 or is this only in this app? I looked for it everywhere and can’t find it.

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No LFO on the tx6 itself, this is just happening in the app

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