Conductor turns MIDI controllers and gamepads into programmable command surfaces — keystrokes, shell commands, OBS scenes, DAW transport. Describe the mapping in plain language; AI configures it. You approve every change.
Plug in any MIDI controller or gamepad. Conductor detects it and streams every event live — note, CC, aftertouch, button, axis.
"Map my A button to open VS Code." Five LLM providers, your own API key. Or skip the AI and edit mappings directly — MIDI Learn included.
Every AI change arrives as a diff you apply or reject. Nothing touches your config without sign-off. Hot-reload — no restart.
DAW transport, velocity-sensitive shortcuts, LED mode switching on your Maschine or Launchpad.
Maschine → Logic Pro →OBS scenes, mute toggles, sound effects, fader-controlled volume. Your APC already does this.
Replace a $250 Stream Deck →Git macros, long-press-guarded deploys, shell commands, IDE shortcuts. Open-source Rust engine.
Git macro pad →Xbox/PS button mapping, HID triggers, accessibility setups. A $30 gamepad becomes a macro pad.
Gamepad → anything →The full CLI daemon — all triggers, shell and keystroke actions, plugins, config hot-reload — is MIT-licensed. It ships with a read-only MCP server, so any LLM client can inspect devices, config, and diagnostics. The paid app adds the visual GUI and the AI workflow that writes config.
getconductor.dev ⧉Multi-protocol input, AI configuration, and a visual desktop GUI — every competitor has at most one of the three.
| Conductor | Bome MTP | Stream Deck | Condukt | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIDI + gamepad/HID | ✓ unified pipeline | MIDI only | neither | MIDI only |
| AI configuration | ✓ 5 providers | — | — | — |
| Open-source engine | ✓ MIT | — | — | — |
| Price | $49 one-time | $95 | $150–250 hw | $19.99 |
Full CLI engine, all triggers, plugins, read-only MCP.
Visual GUI, AI configuration via chat, MIDI Learn, profiles.
Everything in Studio + priority support, early access, commercial use.