When Rob King launched PSP2MIDI, his application that can turn your PSP into a wireless MIDI controller and/or a wireless mouse (available only in Windows), he was buying some time for playLive as it is still under development. playLive allows you to wirelessly control Ableton Live - a loop-based software music sequencer for Macintosh and Windows.

Now time has come to unveil what everyone has been waiting for, playLive's first version. The proud developer in his blog talks about the fruit of his labor, he wrote:

After much demand I finally got around to finishing PlayLive, my wireless PSP controller for Ableton Live. This version lets you control 8 tracks of 12 clips each, and gives you 4 xy pads to play around with. The clip triggers are also laid out in such a way that you could theoretically use them as a midi keyboard.  A painfully slow one, but a midi keyboard nonetheless.

On his next release he plans to make a sort of Mackie control emulation to give PlayLive a bit more flexibility. The Mackie brand is used on professional music and sound reinforcement and recording equipment like mixing consoles, loudspeakers and DAW control surfaces. Mackie could be a nickname for Macintosh don't you think? (C'mon work with me here) Anyway, he's also going to come up with a Mac version as soon as his "mactop comes back from the shop."

Much thanks to Wombot for letting us know about this release.

Download: [playLive]

Rob King has updated his nifty PSP2MIDI application. According to the dev, "there are not really any new features" in this update, but he has made it easier for you to install the application, so that's definitely helpful.

Now, you don't need to install other programs such as Python to make this program run. Rob King updated his application such that the only thing you need to do is download the zip file below, run setup.exe, and copy __SCE__PSPMIDI and %__SCE__PSPMIDI to /PSP/GAME/ on your PSP. Simple, isn't it?

This allows you to use your PSP as a wireless mouse for Windows, as well as a MIDI controller for your (Windows) PC. A Mac version is also in the works for countless Mac users out there.

On a final note, Rob King says that "If you would like to use PSP2MIDI as an input controller for Cubase or any other sequencer, you need a virtual MIDI driver like MIDI Yoke NT (http://www.midiox.com/myoke.htm). Then select one of the MIDI Yoke NT Ports in the output device selection screen of the PC server app and you can play any VST instrument in Cubase using your PSP and impress your friends :)"

If you want to try this out, just click on the download link below. Moreover, feel free to share us what you think about this application.

Thanks a lot StoneCut for the heads-up!

Download: [PSP2MIDI]

Since Rob King is still currently polishing his PSP Ableton Live Controller that allows you to control Ableton Live - a loop-based software music sequencer for Macintosh and Windows - wirelessly, he is releasing a "while waiting" application to keep us busy. PSP to MIDI, is a nifty little program that turns your PSP into a wireless MIDI controller and/or a wireless mouse (available only in Windows). Even if King placed it under the  "just to get something out there" category, this application is still worth a try.

Installation:
    1. Copy the psp2midi directory to your luaplayer Applications directory (usually/PSP/GAME/luaplayer/Applications)
    2. Edit the first line of INDEX.LUA in the directory you just copied to be the IP Address of your destination computer
    3. Copy psp2midi.py to a directory on your computer

Running psp2midi:
    1. From the command line go to the directory you copied psp2midi.py to and run "python psp2midi.py" (without the quotes)
    2. On your PSP run luaplayer and in luaplayer run psp2midi
    3. Choose the internet connection that your computer is connected to.
   
Using psp2midi:

psp2midi has three different modes (2 in non-windows operating systems):  Note mode, Chord mode, and Mouse mode.  When you start psp2midi it will be in chord mode.  Pressing select and the left or right trigger buttons at the same time allows you to cycle between modes (note: in this version there is not yet an indication of which mode you are in, sorry!). 

A complete how-to for the chord and mouse mode is provided in the Read Me text file that comes with the download.

Much thanks to Jonas Lindgren for sending us the tip for this application.

Download: [PSP to MIDI]