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Using USB MIDI controller as game controller

Posted: 29 Dec 2014, 15:20
by ToFran
Hey guys I'm new here and so far I'm loving hidmacros!
I have a Hercules DJ Control MP3 e2
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At this point you probably guessed what i want to do:
I want to use it for flight simulator, but windows detects it as a midi controller and not a game controller.... :(
Is there any thing i can do to be able to use the axes as game controllers?

Thank you
ToFran

Re: Using USB MIDI controller as game controller

Posted: 30 Dec 2014, 09:08
by admin
MIDI support is still experimental and AFAIR it supports only buttons, not axis.
Just run HidMacros and see if the device is detected at first tab. If you see the device, you should be able to assign some key to macro.

Re: Using USB MIDI controller as game controller

Posted: 30 Dec 2014, 15:59
by ToFran
Thank you,
I thought it was not possible because the MIDI device was not showing up.
After re-installing drivers and disabling the automatic drivers from windows update I managed to detect the device in HID macros:
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Thanks a lot now I can assign macros to the MIDI buttons.
admin wrote:MIDI support is still experimental and AFAIR it supports only buttons, not axis.
So there is now way i can use the axes?
It would me amazing if I could use these faders and knobs:
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Do you know any software that could allow me to do that?

Thanks,
ToFran

Re: Using USB MIDI controller as game controller

Posted: 05 Jan 2015, 08:49
by admin
Yes, there's no way in HidMacros to use MIDI axis.