MIDI Translator Pro

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Bome MIDI Translator Pro is a versatile MIDI mapping, processing, and scripting tool. Create custom MIDI routings, rules, logic, layers. And with keystroke and mouse emulation, you can control any software on your computer using a MIDI controller.

Some examples where Bome MIDI Translator Pro is used:

  • by musicians, both hobbyists and professionals
  • by DJs and controllerists
  • by lighting engineers
  • in music studios and TV studios
  • on big and small stages
  • in theaters
  • by photographers for raw development
  • for MIDI control of games
  • in research and development for rapid prototyping

Overview

Bome MIDI Translator Pro is a popular MIDI and keystroke mapping tool: use it for controlling arbitrary software by way of MIDI and keystrokes. Its rich feature set also allows it to be used for general computer automation.

With Bome MIDI Translator Pro you can control your computer from MIDI or other devices. For example: you can control your favorite software with a MIDI control surface, use MIDI turntables with arbitrary DJ software, map MIDI messages to other MIDI messages, and much more.

You can create your own mappings by defining the translations, or use one of the many pre-existing translation presets. We are constantly working on new presets, and the active community expands the available pool of presets, too.

At Ableton, we’ve found Bome MIDI Translator Pro to be super helpful for prototyping new hardware products. It was essential to our first ‘hacked’ prototypes of Push 1, where we chopped up a few MIDI controllers, and combined them with a movable set of buttons using Legos and a Livid Brain. More recently, we have used MT Pro along with Adobe XD, so we can trigger mockups with our actual hardware prototypes. MT Pro is extremely flexible for designing exactly what you want — for commercial or personal use — without needing to be a software developer.

Jesse Terry, Head of Hardware at Ableton

Downloads

Trial Version

  • the trial version only runs 20 minutes at a time (you can restart the program as often as you like)
  • the trial version cannot be unlocked: see next section for how to get the full, purchased version

Download Bome MIDI Translator Pro Trial 1.9.1

Released: 2024-03-21


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macOS Compatibility Info

MIDI Translator Pro is fully compatible with Apple Silicon and Intel processors.

Windows Compatibility Info

MIDI Translator Pro is fully compatible with Windows 32-bit and 64-bit on Intel or AMD processors.
The virtual MIDI ports are not compatible with Windows on ARM.

Updates

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Classic Edition

Please see the Classic page for more details.
→ MIDI Translator Classic

Purchase MIDI Translator Pro

  • Price: € 59 (incl. VAT where it applies)
    (approx. US$ 65)
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  • Online order: you will receive license key and download link immediately by email.
    Note: in very rare cases, your order may require manual verification by the payment service, or by your credit card company. It should not take more than 24 hours for completion.
  • License covers Windows and macOS.
    But please run one license only once at a given time.
€ 59 incl. VAT
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Digital Download

This product is purchased as a digital download. After your purchase, you will receive the download link and your personal license key via email.

Software Protection

Please note that this software uses technical means to prevent modification of the software itself. If the binary executables are modified, the program will stop working. This can be fixed by reinstalling the software from the original installer.

Video Tutorials

You can also watch the clips on YouTube.

Features

MIDI Translator Pro works by specifying mappings for different input and output types. Below is a list of different trigger types (Incoming) and action types (Outgoing). You can combine them as you wish (e.g. do keystroke-to-MIDI conversion, or MIDI-to-mouse mapping).

Incoming Actions

  • MIDI messages
  • MIDI Port plugged in/unplugged
  • keystrokes
  • timer
  • application focus
  • enable/disable the current preset
  • opening a project file
  • bytes or text on a serial port

Processing ("Rules")

A sequence of rules can be defined to be processed if the incoming action matches:

  • assignments of variables, e.g. pp = 20
  • simple expressions, e.g. pp = og + 128
  • labels and goto, e.g. goto "2nd Options"
  • conditional execution, e.g. IF pp < 20 THEN do not execute Outgoing Action

Outgoing Actions

  • MIDI messages
  • MIDI port
  • add/remove/disable/enable MIDI routes
  • keystrokes
  • mouse movements
  • application focus
  • create/start/stop timer
  • change active preset
  • enable/disable the current preset
  • execute program
  • send bytes or text to serial ports
  • execute AppleScript (macOS only)

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Support

Documentation

The Documentation (Reference Manual) provides descriptions of all features and functions offered by Bome MIDI Translator.
→ User’s Manual

Bome Forum

The Bome team is active in the forum and makes sure that everybody’s request will be satisfied as soon as possible. This is the recommended way to get help for specific problems.
Moreover, users can interchange know-how, tricks and their experiences.
→ Bome Forum

Purchase Support

For any problems with purchasing MIDI Translator Pro, please contact us directly.
→ Purchase Support

Email Support

Our main technical support is handled in the forum. However, if you own a license of MT Pro and require personal support, please use our contact form:
→ MIDI Translator Pro Licensed Support

Licensing

Do you need Bome MIDI power in your own products? We offer many options for licensing our products for redistribution.

You can license MIDI Translator Pro and the runtime MT Player for redistribution. This is especially useful for building or expanding your business by selling Presets with your customized MT Player.
→ MT Player OEM Licensing

The Bome virtual MIDI port driver is a versatile and robust way to add virtual MIDI ports to Windows and macOS. See the BMIDI page for more information and how to license it.
→ BMIDI Virtual MIDI Driver SDK