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junXion ^© v2

STEIM is happy to announce the release of junXion ^© v2.

In response to the growing demand for more 'musical' and more 'hands-on' controllers for laptop performance, STEIM has created junXion, a software application for music performers, art installation makers, theater makers, choreographers.

junXion v2 is a Mac OSX data routing application that can process any Human Interface Device (joysticks, mice, touchscreens) and MIDI device data using conditional processing and remapping, with MIDI events as its output. This resulting MIDI data is then available to any audio or music software that runs on that Mac or can be send to external MIDI devices.

junXion v2 is redesigned completely from the ground up (as compared to v1.4), resulting in a system whereby the user creates so-called 'Patches'. Each Patch is a connection between a sensor input (for example: 'joystick X-axis') and an Action (for example: 'convert the sensor data into midi controller 3, but only under certain conditions'). The Action is a user selectable set of conditions and actions that determine what should happen with the input-sensor's data and what kind of MIDI data should be send out.

junXion v2 features:

recognition and usage of 3 types of Input Sensors
- HID (external), such as joystick X-axis, mouse scroll wheel, touch screen Y-axis
- MIDI (external), such as MIDI note events from Port 1, Mod. Wheel events from Port 2
- Timers (internal), data generating processes, up to 100 Timers can be used
being resolution independent, junXion v2 can handle any input data up to 16-bit resolution
one Input Sensor such as 'joystick X-axis' can be connected to multiple Actions, thus generating multiple MIDI events
multiple Input Sensors can be connected to one Action, so for example several switches of your joystick can trigger the same Action
scaling of the incoming data
straight mapping from the incoming data into one of the available MIDI events
mapping of the data of one input to the output of another input (for example: trigger a note with a key on your computer keyboard and control the pitch with one of the joystick axis)
remapping of the computer keyboard and mouse to MIDI data
creation of analog style sequencers using junXion v2's Timers
MIDI output port selection per Action (for example: the internal MIDI bus, the internal QuickTime GM synth or external MIDI port)
the possibility to simultaneously connect up to 15 USB input devices and route them to separate or common MIDI channels/ports (for example: you can for instance 'play' Ableton Live with two joysticks and the computer keyboard)
the possibility to simultaneously connect up to 15 MIDI input devices (thus effectively allowing to use 240 MIDI channels) and route them to separate or common MIDI channels/ports
external MIDI input data can be merged with junXion's MIDI data
save/recall user defined configurations
editable table based response curves for the translation of gestures into MIDI controller data
an extended set of data conditioners and conditional data routing (for example: passing a threshold by moving a joystick will first trigger a note and than send its further movement data as MIDI controller data)
'Timers' for timed data streams triggered and 'steered' by external input devices (for example: use for simple sequencing)

NEW features for v2.5

Universal Binary
OSC Input and Output support
extended Timer control
extended Actions

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Tutorial on MIDI and Music Synthesis

Note that installing 'USB overdrive' or other drivers for gamepads and joysticks might interfere with junXion.

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Some of the above functionality has successfully been applied in other STEIM systems for live performance: LiSa, The Lick Machine, SensorLab. The Amsterdam based STEIM foundation and its researchers have been at the forefront of the invention of physical input devices and touch based hardware and software instruments for live electronic music performance since the early 70's. STEIM's director Michel Waisvisz is one of the driving forces behind performances with free-movement hand-worn sensor/keyboard instruments and has, together with programmer Frank Baldé, designed several hardcore performance systems.
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System requirements

junXion v2 runs on any Macintosh computer with OS X 10.3 or higher and is available for EUR 75.

junXion v2 can be ordered online at the KAGI online store.
Registered junXion v1.4 users can update to v2 for EUR 60.

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For more information please contact Technical support.

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