Every screen becomes a MIDI controller.

Phones, tablets and computers connect from the browser and play through your computer's MIDI ports: a DAW, a synth, any instrument. Nothing to install on the devices you play.

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Windows · macOS · Linux coming soon · controllers on Android, iOS and any modern browser

Clip LauncherLaunch Ableton Live clips and scenes. The pads follow your set.

How it works

Connected in three steps

The computer with the MIDI ports is the receiver. Every other device on the same network opens a page and becomes a controller.

Wi-FiYOUR COMPUTER · OMNITHRU APPServerWebSocketReceiverWeb Thru BoxMIDI portsLoopback AUSB 1USB 2PhoneXY Pad · GyroBallTabletClip LauncherComputerDesktop senderAbleton LiveDAW · Loopback BSynth hardwareUSB out 1Drum machineUSB out 2 PhoneXY PadTabletClip LauncherComputerDesktopWi-FiYOUR COMPUTERServerWebSocketReceiverWeb Thru BoxMIDI portsLoopback AUSB 1USB 2AbletonDAWSynthUSB 1Drum m.USB 2
Messages from the controllersFeedback from the DAW: Clip Launcher LEDs, TouchSurface and Builder faders

  1. Start Omnithru on your computer

    The receiver opens in the browser and finds your MIDI ports by itself: USB interfaces, virtual ports, your DAW.

  2. Scan the QR code

    On Omnithru's home page, the session button shows a QR code and a link: open it from a phone or tablet on the same Wi-Fi and pick the controller you need.

  3. Assign a port and play

    In the receiver, give each controller its MIDI port. If the network drops or you reload the page, it finds its port again.

Components

One receiver, nine controllers

Each controller is a web page. Open as many as you like, even several of the same kind, on different devices.

Web Thru Box · the receiver Runs on the computer with the MIDI ports. It keeps track of connected controllers, gives each one a port and forwards their messages. It also routes between hardware ports, no DAW needed. One per sessionChrome · Edge Clip LauncherLaunch Ableton Live clips and scenes from a tablet. The pads follow the state of your set.Sends and receives Harmonic TableHexagonal keyboard: chords have the same shape in every key. KeyboardTwo octaves with pitch bend, modulation and an arpeggiator. Chord WheelChords from the circle of fifths, with progression suggestions. TouchSurfaceFaders and buttons that move when you change values in the DAW.Sends and receives XY PadDrag the dot with your finger: two CCs per pad. GyroBallTilt your phone: the balls roll and send CCs. Desktop senderBrings another computer's MIDI ports onto the network, USB keyboards included. Controller BuilderDesign your own surface with faders, XY pads and buttons, and save it to a file.Build your own
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Routing

No DAW required

The receiver is also a router: connect one of the computer's inputs to an output, for example a USB keyboard to a hardware synth. Routes are saved and come back by themselves when you plug the cable in again.

When you disconnect a route, Omnithru turns off hanging notes and re-centres pitch bend on all 16 channels.

Where it runs

On your computer, or in a box

Omnithru works on your local network, even without internet. No accounts, no data leaving your network.

Available

Desktop app

Install it on the computer with the MIDI ports. The server starts with the app and your devices connect over your home or studio Wi-Fi.

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In development

MIDI SERVER

A small dedicated device: switch it on and Omnithru is already there. It joins your network or creates its own. With the MIDI BOARD, a stage-ready tablet.

Learn more →
Coming later

Cloud

Your own session on the internet, shared with a link, to play together from different networks.

Ready to play from your phone?

Download the app, open the receiver and connect your first controller in a minute.

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