VBAN -> XCtrl translator

This serves as a network based translator for interfacing the Behringer X-Touch with VoiceMeeter Potato. It is designed to run on a machine separate to the one running VoiceMeeter, either as a Docker image, VM, or distinct machine.

Behringer X-Touch: https://www.behringer.com/product.html?modelCode=P0B1X VoiceMeeter Potato: https://vb-audio.com/Voicemeeter/potato.htm

Installing

This utility is built using Rust, you may need to install that first: https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install

After pulling the repository, build an executable for your OS with cargo build --release.

Then, from the ./target/release directory, run

./vban_xctrl <machine ip> <xtouch ip> <vban ip>

This will register the program with VoiceMeeter running on the <vban ip> machine, push any VoiceMeeter changes out to the X-Touch at <xtouch ip>, receive control changes from the X-Touch, and send them as virtual MIDI messages back into VoiceMeeter.

It supports two virtual pages, controlled by the 'Fader Bank' buttons on the surface. The first page mirrors VoiceMeeter inputs, and the second shows the outputs.

A cross-platform serial port library in Rust. Provides a blocking I/O interface and port enumeration including USB device information.

Note: This is a fork of the original serialport-rs project on GitLab. Please note there have been some changes to both the supported targets and which

128 Jan 4, 2023

Comments

Behringer sometimes doesn't pick up fader info from VBAN

At some times Behringer doesn't pick up faders info from VBAN (after starting or switching layer), so all mechanical faders became to -infinity position. So you should switch the layer to the next for forcible updating faders and then switch it back to move the for example mic fader.

opened by Golstrider 3
Only push changes out to X-Touch

Pushing a full state update to the X-Touch with every received VBAN packet can cause some faders to 'rattle' in place, depending on their level. This can't be good for the motors or faders, so reducing this rate of change to as slow as possible while still maintaining responsiveness sounds like a good idea.
enhancement

opened by ollie-nye 1
Add possibilty to use footswitch pedal

If technically possible, It would be cool if we have the possibility to use the Footswitch pedal (now, it isn't working in Voicemeeter for some reasons)
enhancement

opened by Golstrider 1
Local VBAN API communication

Currently, this requires a separate machine to run on due to VoiceMeeter binding to port 6980.

Even using docker we can't get around this, as we have to be able to receive on the same port and can't bind to it. Additionally, docker will use an indeterminate source port when forwarding, which upsets the X-Touch.

There is a C implementation of the VBAN local API available, so looking into converting this to Rust will be a good start.
enhancement

opened by ollie-nye 0