PadBridge 0.5.0-beta.1 (Windows beta)

Turn a game pad (Xbox, DualShock 4) into a MIDI controller, a keyboard/mouse, or a network game pad for another computer. New: Windows 10/11.

This is a beta: the first Windows build. Another release follows in a few days.

New in 0.5.0-beta.1

• Windows 10/11: Xbox pads via XInput (360, One, Series; rumble), DualShock 4 via USB (rumble, light bar), keyboard/mouse output, MIDI to your DAW through a loopMIDI port, MIDI devices, network to Mac and Linux. Not yet: a virtual game pad on Windows as the receiving side (needs ViGEmBus, planned).
• MIDI-Geräte tab: live drawings for the Novation Launch Control XL, Akai MIDImix and APC mini mk2 and the Elektron Digitakt II; remapping, LED colours, and forwarding a device to the other computer.
• DualShock 4: light bar and rumble now react at once (could take seconds before).

All changes: CHANGELOG.md. Setup guide (German): DOC.md.

Downloads

Windows (padbridge-0.5.0-beta.1-windows-x86_64.exe): put it in a folder of its own (e.g. C:\PadBridge) and start it. The program is not signed: if Windows SmartScreen warns, click More info → Run anyway. Allow it in the firewall prompt for private networks.
For MIDI install loopMIDI and create a port named exactly PadBridge (optional PadBridge In for MIDI clock from the DAW), then start PadBridge.

macOS (PadBridge-0.5.0-beta.1-macOS.zip): unzip and move PadBridge.app to Applications. Intel build for macOS 10.13 and newer; runs on Apple Silicon via Rosetta. Not notarized: on the first start, right-click → Open → Open. For keyboard/mouse output allow PadBridge under System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility.

Linux: no package in this beta; use 0.4.2 or build from source (see DOC.md). The next release brings a Linux package again.

Network: both computers need the same key: in the "Netzwerk" tab click "Schlüssel kopieren" and put it into netpad.key on the other one (Windows: %APPDATA%\PadBridge\netpad.key), then restart PadBridge there.

The user interface is in German for now.