Opendeck – Midi Controller Software

All Beats & Buttons midi controllers use the Opendeck midi software, originally created by Shantea Controls and which is available as open source software. Beats & Buttons is allowed to use this software on the controllers that we are selling.

Quick links

Configurator now available on https://config.beatsandbuttons.com/

• Offline Configurator can be downloaded here:
  – Apple MacOS OpenDeck (if install fails due to security please grant the software access to run)
  – Linux OpenDeck
  – Windows OpenDeck
  Or checkout the information at https://github.com/shanteacontrols/OpenDeckUI/releases
• B&B Online Configurator – Connect the controller and go to the B&B online configurator
• Original OpenDeck Configurator – If there is an issue with the Beats & Buttons configurator above, you can go to the original OpenDeck configurator of the open source software.
• All Configurable Features – Check out what you can configure in Opendeck
• Midi Mapping explanation (Ableton) – Check out this video

Online configurator information

The online configurator only works with browsers support WEB MIDI. For example Safari will not work, preferably use Chrome to access the configurator website.

Also you have to grant access to the website to use WEB MIDI or else the configurator will not see the device. If you are not sure if you granted access or you dis-allowed the access, please visit this information page on Google for more information on how to change the access.

Using Opendeck with the Beats and Buttons controllers

The controllers you buy at our shop are all pre-configured when they are shipped. But this is a standard basic setup of mainly CC’s being send. You can very easy configure all controls yourself to fully make the controller act exactly as you want it to.

Some nice features to consider

• Use a button to switch presets/banks
• Assign different midi channels to parts of your controller

About Shantea Controls, creator of Opendeck

Check out the Tindie store of the original creator of the Opendeck Software to buy his great Opendeck boards to make your own controller. Visit his website for all information and details.