Feature Request: Incoming Input for Mouse Position

I’ve been adding some Outgoing Mouse position/click translators to my setup in Bome and discovered the need for a tool that could possibly be added in the future: Incoming Mouse actions with paramaters silmilar to the Outgoing version.

The case I’m thinking of has to do with a particular translator I set up where any MIDI Key on Channel 1 from a specific keyboard will trigger a Mouse Position Left-Click action, which is interacting with a certain plugin’s GUI tab (un-MIDI-mappeable, hence the need for a click). The issue with this is that if I’m playing a more rapid series of notes in succession, it is executing the click each time (causing occassional GPU rendering lag on Windows), when I only need it to click in that area once if the mouse isn’t already there. An Incoming Mouse Position event, or perhaps a rule condition, would be able to say, ‘hey, if the mouse is already present in these exact coordinates, do/don’t take any further action.’ Hopefully that explanation makes sense and is something that can be added in a Bome update.

Hi,

Several years ago I had a similar need to monitor the current mouse location. I created a program called MidiBuddy which can capture mouse coordinates, and clicks and translate them to MIDI messages so you can be aware of the mouse position in Bome MIDI Translator Pro. It only runs on Windows and you can find more about it here.

I believe there might be some reluctance to add as a feature of Bome MIDI Translator Pro as it sends a lot of MIDI messages as the mouse moves so care must be taken with it with all of the extra MIDI traffic it generates.

With that said, I will pass your request along.

Steve Caldwell
Bome Customer Care
Also available for paid consulting services: bome@sniz.biz