Connect a Controller
Your gamepad is now an instrument
MIDIpad reads your controller at the system level, so it keeps playing when it isn't the focused app. You can leave the app in the background and focus on your music. Note that this does mean while MIDIpad is running, you won't be able to use the controller for other apps (and things might glitch, so don't try to play Call of Duty while also using MIDIpad and expect it to work properly).
Connecting
- Connect the controller to your computer: by USB cable, or pair it over Bluetooth the same way you would for gaming. (One exception: Xbox pads need Bluetooth - see Controllers.)
- Launch MIDIpad, or look at it if it's already running. A little popup in the corner confirms the pad the moment it's found, and the right-hand end of the help line, along the bottom of the window, names it and shows its charge.
- Play something - First sound is sixty seconds.
MIDIpad is built for the Sony DualShock 4 and DualSense, and plays on Xbox pads, the Switch Pro Controller, and anything the system recognises as a standard gamepad. What each family brings - and gives up: the touchpad, motion, trigger feel - is laid out capability by capability in Controllers.
Unplugging and reconnecting is handled without a restart. The app picks the pad back up the moment it reappears, and any ringing notes fade out naturally rather than hanging.
If the window shows No controller detected, see Controller not detected.