Android tablet as an external screen and controller ?

[La Tenaille]

Hi,
I'm looking for a cheap solution to control a Usine VST (Mobius) from a small tactile screen that would act as an extrenal monitor. I found small monitors are quite expensive, so what do you think about a 100€ chinese android tablet ?
It seems iDisplay can do the job? As someone ever tried that ?
Thanks for your advices

[ceasless]

I've never used iDisplay but you should definitely be able to rig up whatever you need through TouchOSC.

[La Tenaille]

I discover touchOsc (in fact I discover everything ). It seems to be the solution !
Now I go hunting a tablet...

[La Tenaille]

Well, in fact it seems touchOsc can remote parameters using the VST inlets, but can't display the VST on the tablet. Am I right ?

[iococoi]

I guess, your are right. some of those OSC Apps allow to customize their templates, so you could at least mimic (in terms of parameters to control) your vsts. another possibility would be to use some kind of remote desktop app...some should be available for the "i-thingies" and androids..the LEMUR app would be another solution..http://liine.net/en/products/lemur/

[ceasless]

Lemur is only available on iOS, so isn't available for the 'cheap tablet' option.

OSC is bi-directional, so you can have the VST sending update information to the tablet at the same time the tablet sends update information to the VST. You won't see the VST interface but you can cherry-pick the parameters that matter to you and have them available in the OSC template.

You do have to develop your own TouchOSC template though. iococoi- is there any OSC app that doesn't allow you to create custom templates? That would be useless!

[iococoi]

..i meant, in terms of mimicking the GUI of his VSTs.

as for the lemur app..

I'm looking for a cheap solution to control a Usine VST (Mobius) from a small tactile screen that would act as an extrenal monitor.

android would be one option, but he could go for an "older" ipad as well..

[ceasless]

Ah, as in bitmaps and stuff?

And true, I hadn't considered the second-hand iPad market.

[ynohtna]

If you've a bunch of time and some Javascript programming skills then you can create your own external UI that sends/receives OSC with Control:

http://charlie-roberts.com/Control/

[La Tenaille]

The trouble in my case is Mobius VST not being very talkative. It can't send track states, start positions etc , the only way to have a true visual feedback is the VST interface itself...
I'm having a look to second-hand Ipads.
So it seems for now the best solution is configuring the tablet as an external screen.

[ynohtna]

Are you dead set on using Mobius?

Have you tried Echoloop? it's a fantastic implementation and evolution of the classic EDP Pro with very good status feedback (I have a TouchOSC page that shows loop playback position, forward/reverse state, sync/quantize LEDs, etc as well as having all the interaction buttons I require).

http://www.mathons.com/echoloop.php

[La Tenaille]

I just tried echoloop. You're right, status feedback can be precisely collected through MIDI out. But then I've tried 8 copies of the VST in my patch and MIDI out freezes. Mobius works perfectly with 8 tracks.