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24 alternatives to MIDITROL
The MIDI controller for wireless gamepads
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. MIDITROL launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
- 1AH
2025 · nanassound.com · its alternatives →
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Turn Your Game Controller into MIDI
Feb 2026 · pounding.systems · its alternatives →
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- 5M2
2017 · midipadapp.com · its alternatives →
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VibePad▲128Control AI coding assistants with a gamepad from your couch
Feb 2026 · vibepad.now · its alternatives →
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An interactive terminal app/UI for MIDI composing, mixing, and playback—written in Rust - minimaxir/miditui
Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Dune▲633Context-aware Mac keypad to automate workflows + meetings
Apr 2026 · projectmirage.ai · its alternatives →
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- 11OP
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Dune Keypad▲372Context-aware Mac keypad, w/ Claude + community extensions
Jun 2026 · projectmirage.ai · its alternatives →
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- 14AP
I'm building a video conferencing app designed to facilitate better remote piano lessons. My hope is to solve a lot of the challenges piano tutors and new students deal with when taking lessons through Skype/Zoom. It leverages WebRTC's data transmission to send media, MIDI state, and (eventually) send sheet music files and other musical data. I'm surprised with how well the MVP has worked and would love to hear any feedback or suggestions!
2024 · keyboardconnect.com · its alternatives →
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- 16PB
Hi HN, I'm Erwin. I built a small free open-source utility that bridges Bluetooth LE MIDI keyboards into the new Windows MIDI Services stack so any DAW or Web MIDI app can use them as if they were wired. I bought a Roland FP-90X piano partly because it had Bluetooth MIDI. On my Windows 11 PC, pairing succeeded, but my DAW couldn't see the keyboard, and notes I sent from the PC never made the piano sing. After a regrettable number of evenings, I'd separated this into three independent bugs stacked on top of each other. The first one is the famous one: Windows only natively exposes BLE-MIDI…
May 2026 · its alternatives →
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Control your MIDI devices using your lips.
2019 · its alternatives →
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MidiMacro▲13Turn Your Music Gear into Powerful Computer Shortcuts.
2025 · midimacro.com · its alternatives →
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- 23IC
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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