Melbourne Instruments has launched the Melbourne Exchange, a library of owner-created setups and software for its Roto-Control motorized MIDI controller. The site opens with more than 60 entries covering plugins, effects pedals and synthesizers.
Setup files import into the company’s ROTO-SETUP app with parameter names, colors and detents already configured. The initial selection includes:
- Plugin setups for Universal Audio’s 1176 and LA-2A collections and SSL G Bus Compressor, as well as plugins from SSL, Brainworx, Maag and Analog Obsession, and Logic Pro’s Compressor.
- Pedal setups for devices from Chase Bliss, Boss, Meris, Hologram, Old Blood Noise and Moog.
- Synthesizer setups for instruments from Elektron, Moog, Waldorf and Korg.
Each entry credits its creator, displays a download count and states whether it has been checked against the manufacturer’s documentation, a Roto-Control or the target device. Owners can also confirm that a setup works with their own equipment. All content hosted on the Exchange is shared under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license.
The Exchange also hosts software built using Roto-Control’s published APIs. RotoSeq, a Max for Live sequencer by Alut, uses the controller’s eight knobs to reshape the sequencer clock. MAP8, by Quixotic7, is an extended Ableton Live script.
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Melbourne Instruments has published both the serial API for configuration and the SysEx API for live two-way control. Source code for its Ableton Live, Bitwig and Logic Pro integrations is available on GitHub. The Exchange includes a starter prompt for AI coding assistants such as Claude, Cursor and Copilot that directs them to both API specifications before generating code.
The Melbourne Exchange is available now. All downloads are free. Browsing is open to everyone; downloading and sharing require a free account, created using an email address and a six-digit verification code sent by email.
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