This is the user manual for the MIDI controller app 7III Tap for iPhone.

Quick Start

Below is a video to help you get started. It follows the Mac version of this manual, but most steps are similar for other systems. You can start by following along with the Set Up section.

Set Up

Note: If you are only going to use the Encoders, then you can directly jump to 2. Connect your iPhone.

1. Add the Tap MIDI Remote Script

1. On your computer, download the MIDI Remote Script at project7iii.com/tap/Tap.zip.
2. Manually create a folder called Remote Scripts within your User Library if it does not already exist. The default User Library locations are:

   Windows
   \Users\[username]\Documents\Ableton\User Library
   
   Mac
   Macintosh HD/Users/[username]/Music/Ableton/User Library

3. Place the unzipped remote script folder called Tap into the Remote Scripts folder you just created.

2. Connect your iPhone

Note: If you have a Mac, MIDI over USB is the best way to connect your iPhone to Live. If you are never using MIDI over WiFi, you can disable MIDI over WiFi enabled in options.

Over USB (Mac Only)

1. Connect your iPhone to your Mac using a USB cable.
2. Open the app Audio MIDI Setup.
3. Open the Audio Devices window.
   → If it is not already visible, select the Window → Audio Devices menu to display it.
4. Find your iOS device in the sidebar and click the Enable button.

Over WiFi

1. Connect your iPhone to the same WiFi as your computer (best would be an ad hoc WiFi network).
2. Configure RTP-MIDI:

Windows

1. Download rtpMIDI.
2. Follow this guide to install rtpMIDI and connect your iPhone (no Advanced Configuration necessary).


Mac

1. Simply follow this guide (no need to do Step 9).

3. Set Up Live

1. Launch Live.
2. Open Live's Preferences and navigate to the MIDI tab.
3. Select the script Tap using the dropdown menu in the Control Surface column.
4. Assign your iPhone or Network Session as input and output ports.
5. Activate Track and Remote for your active MIDI Ports.

User Interface

There are 5 views in Tap.
The main Tap interfaces are the known views of Ableton Live: Device View, Clip View and Mixer View.
Tap also has one extra view which are customizable encoder pages to control about anything that accepts MIDI CC: Encoders.

Home

Select Try to connect to Ableton Live and then Play Tap to play Tap.
Tap Test Tap without Connection to explore Tap without connection.
Tap Start Encoders to get to the stand-alone encoders interface.
Get Help and dive into Settings.

Main Views

The main Ableton Live controller views share some common elements, described below.

Tracks Bar

The top bar showing the tracks of your Live project.
Navigate between tracks by swiping left or right. To select a track, tap on it. A long-press opens the track’s context menu where you can delete tracks, add tracks, go to Home or Encoders.

Footer Bar

Here's a detailed look at the buttons in the footer bar, from left to right:

Side Panel/Encoders

The side panel opens the options for the midi grid. Long-press opens the encoders view.
In the mixer view, the button shows up as the encoders button. You get to the encoders view by pressing it.

Navigation Buttons

Navigate the three main views via the arrow buttons. In the Encoders this will move forward and backward in the encoder pages if you have more than one page.
Long-press on the left pointing arrow to undo, long-press on the other to redo.

Duplicate/Stop

In device view: Duplicates the selected clip. Long press shows a context menu.
In the other views: Stops all the clips.

Quantize

Quantizes the notes of the clip selected.
Long-press will show detailed quantize options.

Capture/Options

Capture in clips, captures the midi just played in the grid.
In all other views this will get you back to the options view.

Record

Activates or deactivates the session record button.

Play/Stop

Starts or stops the playback.

Device View

Devices Bar

The devices are shown here, you can navigate by swiping left or right. Select a device by tapping on it.
Tap on the + to add a new random device. You can choose between adding a random sound, synth, drums (if you are in a MIDI track) or effect.

Banks Bar

Navigate and select banks of the chosen device here.

Encoders Section

The 8 encoders of the current bank.
You can swipe from in between the encoders to get to adjacent banks directly.

Double tap an encoder to reset to 0 (or center for Panning), triple tap to reset to center (63).

MIDI Grid

Play notes with the MIDI grid. You have the option of choosing from different scales, velocity modes, mood wheel, grids etc. via the side panel button in the Footer Bar.

Clip View

Show the clips. Use the Tracks Bar to navigate horizontally, use the clips for navigating vertically. Start and stop clips by tapping on a clip. If you tap on an empty clip slot Tap will take you to the Device View. Long-press on any clip slot to bring up a context menu.

Mixer View

Show the mixer section. Use the Tracks Bar to navigate.

Encoders View

Shows custom encoder layouts. You can create a custom encoder layout, or load a previously created layout by tapping the button in the top right-hand corner and choose your adventure. Encoder layouts can include multiple pages. You can adjust the MIDI channel and CC for each encoder. The navigation of the pages is done through the Footer Bar arrows.
For encoder functionality check the Encoders Section.