Maya and MIDI

[ampop]

I have some trouble finding informations about using my MIDI Controller (U-Control Evolution UC-33) in Maya. I would like to control UI_Sliders (Blendshapes, etc...) via MIDI. Is there any Plugin for Maya 4.5 or 5.0 (Windows)? I found something for MAYA 1.x on IRIX but that wasn't very helpful.

Hope, someone can halp.
Thanx in advance!!
ampop

[puppetbob]

While it won't help with your existing control panel, please checkout :

http://www.puppetworks.com/products\_faceworks.shtml

There is a demo video that will shed some light on how such systems can work.

Cheers,
Bob

[ampop]

great g just borrow me $6.000...

there has to be something cheaper. but alias wavefront says no. you can do everything with maya (there is even a winamp interface!!!) but no support for midi channels on Windows... that's quite disappointing

[jason-howey]

I've had some luck with using my joy stick to drive blendshapes. theres some program I downloaded from this sight, I forget the name. and it lets you use 4 analog sliders (x,y,pitch,throtle) you might want to check it out. I know it's not midi, but it's free!

[ampop]

the joystick thing doesn't seem to work.
a jostick sends midi data... that's the thing i know. but on which controller or channel ist tat supposed to happen?

[jason-howey]

I was talking about getting the plug'n "Joystick Server v1.1" it works in conjunction with maya's device editor.
If thats what you were trying, then never mind, but I was able to have luck with it.

[ampop]

yeah. I understood. But the Joystick Server gets no input from my USB-Midi Controller... I've tried every combination of channel and controller settings but nothing seems to happen.