Pihitan

Keyboard / Gamepad controls for NeuralDSP plugins

Pihitan is a practice tool that allows you to navigate and control NeuralDSP plugins using your keyboard or gamepad. It controls your mouse through a preset of points defined in a template. Specifically made for guitarists on laptop fiddling with the settings

Features

Allows you to navigate / control the mouse using Keyboard / Gamepad
Dedicated Next / Previous preset button
You can use your own template or download from others

Installation

Go to releases page and download either the installer or jar file. The template files will be included if you used the installer. If ran through java jar, download the template files separately.

How to use

Open Pihitan.
Open your standalone NeuralDSP software.
Select your template.
Configure your controls, either keyboard or gamepad.
Click Start button.
Navigate through sections 7 or 9, when your mouse is hovering over the section button, press space.
You can now navigate through each items using 1 and 3. Press 4 or 6 to turn the knobs. Press space to toggle effects or turn the knobs to control levels.
Press J or K to cycle through presets.
Press esc twice on your keyboard to exit the program

Keys highlighted are default. On a succesful start, the settings are saved.

Press SHIFT + 1 to reinitialize the screen. Press this after moving / resizing the vst window.

Press SHIFT + 2 to show the wireframe of the set window area.

Limitations

As the software only clicks on your screen, it can only be used when the NeuralDSP software is visible on screen
Only works on standalone. Not tested when ran in DAWs.
When you move the NeuralDSP window, you have to recalibrate by manually pressing SHIFT + 1.
Haven't tested in multi screen setup
Gamepad only supports buttons. Analog inputs are not detected.
Limited templates. You can check the contribute page if you want to help.