{"id":1751,"date":"2023-05-07T12:03:11","date_gmt":"2023-05-07T16:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techministry.blog\/?p=1751"},"modified":"2023-05-07T12:03:11","modified_gmt":"2023-05-07T16:03:11","slug":"midi-relay-v3-0-is-here-as-an-electron-app-for-mac-and-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techministry.blog\/?p=1751","title":{"rendered":"midi-relay v3.0 is here &#8211; as an electron app for Mac and Windows!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I decided to give some love recently to midi-relay since person after person asked me to make this an easier-to-run app rather than setting up a nodejs runtime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I <a href=\"https:\/\/techministry.blog\/2019\/06\/06\/controlling-chroma-q-jands-vista-with-midi-show-control-and-a-stream-deck-using-node-js-and-the-web-midi-api\/\">originally created midi-relay<\/a>, I designed it to run on every OS, especially the Raspberry Pi platform. Thousands of people use it all over the world for all kinds of stuff. Probably because it&#8217;s free. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This software is designed to accept a JSON object via its API and then turn that object into a MIDI command and send it out a local MIDI port. It allows for remote control of a lot of systems by sending the command over a simple network protocol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now it&#8217;s even easier to use.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/techministry.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/screen-shot-2023-05-06-at-8.52.46-pm.png?w=151\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1754\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/techministry.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/screen-shot-2023-05-07-at-11.50.10-am.png?w=456\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1758\" width=\"265\" height=\"277\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">It runs in the system tray for easy access.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Some new features include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>a new socket.io API for bi-directional communication<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a virtual MIDI port, for loopback uses<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>an upgraded Bitfocus Companion v3 module<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Disabling remote control, if needed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>So if you&#8217;re a midi-relay user and you want an easy way to run this on your Mac or Windows desktop, go check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/josephdadams\/midi-relay\/releases\/latest\">latest release<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If using my software makes your life easier, please consider <a href=\"https:\/\/techministry.blog\/about\/\">supporting my family<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I decided to give some love recently to midi-relay since person after person asked me to make this an easier-to-run app rather than setting up a nodejs runtime. When I originally created midi-relay, I designed it to run on every OS, especially the Raspberry Pi platform. Thousands of people use it all over the world &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/techministry.blog\/?p=1751\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;midi-relay v3.0 is here &#8211; as an electron app for Mac and Windows!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[29,37,38,50,51,68],"class_list":["post-1751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-javascript","tag-midi","tag-ministry","tag-production","tag-programming","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techministry.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techministry.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techministry.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techministry.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techministry.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/techministry.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1751\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techministry.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techministry.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techministry.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}